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From the lens How I Survived a Hard Drive Crash.

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Condolences, sympathy, words of encouragement, rants, raves, advice, you name it -- I'm all ears! Has your PC hard drive crashed? Got a MAC you say...has it given you any trouble?

Did you read this entire lens? Wow--let me hear from YOU! Oh, and VISTA is SOOO annoying to me STILL!

  • data1122 Apr 27, 2012 @ 8:15 am | delete
    Very nice lens.
  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Feb 18, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    In 2011 I had everything on computers, PCs and Laptops from drive problems to out and out failures. Short of locusts (do locusts infest computers anywhere in the known world?) I've seen it all dealing with personal PC for over 20+ years. Congrats on getting it back together. See, it's not hopeless when a drive crashes, just awfully darn near hopeless!
  • Sfthomas Dec 30, 2011 @ 6:29 pm | delete
    It was a good read, I've had a few hard drive crashes myself. The 1st time, it was a nightmare because it took me by surprise, but now I dare say that I'm a bit of a tech geek. Well part of it was out of necessity because there was no one else to help me. Now I seemed to be asked for help with their computers before they decide to take it to a professional.
  • cyrusmiley Apr 4, 2011 @ 4:49 am | delete
    Thanks dear for sharing your experience of hard drive crash with us. It has added to my knowledge will take care of it in future
  • SaveMySystem Dec 29, 2010 @ 2:37 am | delete
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  • SaveMySystem Dec 29, 2010 @ 2:35 am | delete
    Before picking router for connection make sure router has enough ports for PC's a as well as the Internet connection. Look for which topology you can suitably apply with particular router.
  • WriterBuzz Nov 1, 2010 @ 12:21 pm | delete
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  • Oct 18, 2010 @ 8:48 am | delete
    Its a quality lens. I read your lens very carefully and you provide a lot information through this. The usb extension, vga switcher, video splitter, hdmi matrix switcher are the computer networking devices which are very useful to transferring the data throughout the networks.
  • logicaldatarecovery Mar 31, 2010 @ 7:25 pm | delete
    Hey, this was a great read. You have a nice flair with your writing. I did not care for Vista much either (an understatement to be sure) to the point I started using Mac exclusively out of the office. I do have to say that I like windows 7 Pro, you might give it a look if vista continues to vex you.
  • andrewsmith15 Mar 12, 2010 @ 5:15 am | delete
    Really very good lens I prefer to backup all the important data but If lost by some reason we can recover them by unistal's Quick Recovery software which can be downloaded from http://www.unistal.com
  • GoodBug Dec 7, 2009 @ 6:33 pm | delete
    I had a hard drive crash a couple of years back and yes, it was one of the most traumatic things that happened that year. And I doubt that I'm any better prepared for it now.

    Hopefully your lens will spur me into sorting and saving the things I need BEFORE it happens again.
  • Jack2205 Jul 16, 2009 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    I am currently trying to fix or replace a hard drive in an old Apple iBook G4 that was used for school students. It's a good idea to always back up all of your computer information on a PC or a Mac because they can both crash any time.
  • debnet May 13, 2009 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Very comprehensive lens Julie. It must've been a nightmare for you! I was going to click 'it never happened to me' (or however it's worded) in the poll, but I didn't want to tempt fate!! 5*****
  • poddys May 8, 2009 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    Wow very detailed, and you sure learned a lot of lessons from doing this. 5***** and a lot more if I could for a great lens.

    I used to use WS_FTP too, but then found I couldn't get it free any more. Didn't want to pay, so now I use FileZilla, which is free and in many ways better too. There is often a free solution these days.

    I use a lot fo free software, like Open Office to replace MS Office. Not quote as good, but 95% there, and for the amount I use it, it saved me a lot of money.

    I rely heavily on external USB Drives and Flash Drives for backups and for copying from one machine to another.
  • jjanisse Mar 5, 2009 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    Great Lens! I felt your pain. Both in my personal and professional life I have lost many hard drives. With some luck and good planning I have not lost any data (many times it was more luck). Not today though. I have added an online backup service to my safety net. It is so important to backup your valuable content. Every day thousands of computer files are needlessly put at risk. Finding a solution that is right for you is so important. I have written about online backup solutions at Squidoo and at my backup.jmjgroup.com.

    Take care.

    -Jordan.
    backup.jmjgroup.com
    Life is too short!
  • adez7 Jan 28, 2009 @ 8:37 am | delete
    Julie, I will still be reading this one years from now! LOL Fives and blessings for a great lens. :)
  • chefkeem Jan 27, 2009 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    I'd rather learn, let's say Chinese... What a lens, poor thing! 5*s and a hearty SquidAngel for you. :)
  • stargazer00 Jan 27, 2009 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Oh my, computers are our boon and our bane aren't they? When my little Gateway laptop with XP crashed I went over to the Mac side. I LOVE it so far. I have an iMac desktop. I'm thinking of looking in to that online computer backup service when they get it available for Macs. I think $50 a year is worth it. I hate losing all my work! Although my son bought a cool little gadget on eBay that was able to retrieve some of my important things from my last two crashed computers.
  • businessblossom Dec 18, 2008 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    Been through three versions of this horror story in ten years . . . and from looking at the symptoms you list, my father is about to go through it . . . thanks. I'm lensrolling you to all five of my lenses and giving you five stars.

    I should probably mention . . this lens brought me comfort in the face of my father's pending disaster.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 10, 2008 @ 9:24 pm | delete
    Welcome to the Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
    Lizzy
  • Nishith May 28, 2008 @ 7:25 pm | delete
    Your Lens is so much up to mark that i have featured in the main page of my Group....COMPUTER CARE...!!!
  • Nishith May 28, 2008 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    Thanks for stopping by my COMPUTER CARE group and submitting your lens here.....This lens is quite Informative and Source of knowledge for those who have experienced this CRASH before....ESPECIALLY ME ......5 times till now....Lost over 300 GB of my personal data....and still recovering from that...Nyways ALL in ALL U GAVE A GOOD CONTRIBUTION ....5 STARS for you....KEEP IT UP....!!!!

    AND YES DO CHECKOUT MY LENS : http://squidoo.com/gadget-information/ ITS ALSO ON SIMILAR TOPIC " COMPUTER CARE " I LENS ROLLED YOU.....MY GUEST BOOK ARE AWAITING COMMENTS ESPECIALLY FROM SQUIDOO GIANT LIKE YOU....CYA ...!!!!
  • Margaret_Schaut May 18, 2008 @ 12:07 am | delete
    I just love your approach to things!
  • LaraineRose Apr 11, 2008 @ 12:28 am | delete
    Hi Julie, It's been a while since I checked in on you. I hope that all is running smoothly for you now. I just bought a new laptop. Windows Vista still needs somes bugs sorted out but I really needed it. This minute! My XP hit the tarmac. You know all about that! Congratulations on being at the top of the heap -Squidooing. Me? Well, not a one lens wonder - but just about. Like the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland (rushing around but getting nowhere.) 5 Stars wonderful, fav. fan
  • Jhon Feb 15, 2008 @ 3:19 am | delete
    Hi,Good lens about a hard drive crash.This lens has real time examples how to recovery our hard disk from the crash.It also given how to protect our hard disk from crashes.
  • steveffeo Jan 27, 2008 @ 10:37 am | delete
    Wow lots of great info, yes the old .dll errors can be a real challenge. Excellent lens
  • coachbriany Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:14 am | delete
    Oh Julie, I am so sorry, you are truly sick. A hard drive crash and Tall Lens of Squidoo to calm your nerves.

    I love it.

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