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    My main PC has taken a crap! The files are safe on a separate drive so no need to worry, but the main OS drive died so I cannot access them for a bit.

    Tried rebuilding the drive without success. I have to buy a new drive tomorrow...
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    Re: Delayed

    Same thing happened to me on Monday. The only things I lost were saved emails and my browser favorites. That sucks.
    Does it make sense to use a usb stick drive to store all of my files, instead of using my hard drive?
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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Does it make sense to use a usb stick drive to store all of my files, instead of using my hard drive?
    I am thinking of getting an external hard drive to save the contents of my PC, as backup, and also so I can take all my files to the DR when I emigrate without needing to take the whole unit.

    Does anyone see any problem with that, or have a better idea?

    How about saving my files online? I am looking to store around 40GB. Would that be an economic way of doing it?

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    Re: Delayed

    i've gone the external hard drive route but for 40 gig i would consider just backing up on DVD.

    it would only take 10 singe dvd's, mas o menos, or 4 dual layer to do the job.
    of course you would want 2 do it twice, or thrice, for extra security.

    for me the external hard drive has been a blessing.
    i can even boot from them and have traveled to the DR with one full of music and movies.
    much safer than bringing a laptop if you have proper access to a computer when you arrive.
    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    I am thinking of getting an external hard drive to save the contents of my PC, as backup, and also so I can take all my files to the DR when I emigrate without needing to take the whole unit.

    Does anyone see any problem with that, or have a better idea?

    How about saving my files online? I am looking to store around 40GB. Would that be an economic way of doing it?
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    Re: Delayed

    i use foxmarks with firefox to manage and store my bookmarks online and i keep all my saved emails backed up online with whatever email site i use. yahoo and gmail are perfect for that as well as hotmail.

    i'm also experimenting with mini linux distributions like puppy linux www.puppylinux.org or www.puppyos.com and damn small linux http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ . they both can be stored on a usb thumb and boot from it. basically giving you a fully functioning and mostly complete OS that will work on virtually any computer with a free usb port.
    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Same thing happened to me on Monday. The only things I lost were saved emails and my browser favorites. That sucks.
    Does it make sense to use a usb stick drive to store all of my files, instead of using my hard drive?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    i use foxmarks with firefox to manage and store my bookmarks online and i keep all my saved emails backed up online with whatever email site i use. yahoo and gmail are perfect for that as well as hotmail.

    i'm also experimenting with mini linux distributions like puppy linux www.puppylinux.org or www.puppyos.com and damn small linux http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ . they both can be stored on a usb thumb and boot from it. basically giving you a fully functioning and mostly complete OS that will work on virtually any computer with a free usb port.
    If you don't like the lack of features with small linuxes, you can boot Fedora on a single CD, the images are premade and available. It would probably be easier finding a CD-ROM rather then a USB 2.0 port in a place like the DR since for any new USB drives most of the time you need 2.0, not 1.1.

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    Re: Delayed

    usb...is it not backwards compatible?

    the CD idea is certainly viably although perhaps more cumbersome and fragile...but still simple.
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    If you don't like the lack of features with small linuxes, you can boot Fedora on a single CD, the images are premade and available. It would probably be easier finding a CD-ROM rather then a USB 2.0 port in a place like the DR since for any new USB drives most of the time you need 2.0, not 1.1.

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    I am thinking of getting an external hard drive to save the contents of my PC, as backup, and also so I can take all my files to the DR when I emigrate without needing to take the whole unit.

    Does anyone see any problem with that, or have a better idea?

    How about saving my files online? I am looking to store around 40GB. Would that be an economic way of doing it?
    I have multiple drives in my main PC, one drive alone wouldn't be enough for my porn!

    External drives are nice and probably the most economical and compatible way in the 40GB range.

    DVDs are nice but finding DVD drives in a place like the DR might be difficult.

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    Re: Delayed

    i have two 250 gig externals and one 500 gig.

    the smallest external i see in the stores around here are 80gig and amost the same price as the 250 or even 320 gig versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    I have multiple drives in my main PC, one drive alone wouldn't be enough for my porn!

    External drives are nice and probably the most economical and compatible way in the 40GB range.

    DVDs are nice but finding DVD drives in a place like the DR might be difficult.
    ...doesn't "everyone" have a DVD writer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    usb...is it not backwards compatible?

    the CD idea is certainly viably although perhaps more cumbersome and fragile...but still simple.
    USB is backwards compatible to a degree, most bootable USBs can be read/wrote on 1.1 but won't boot. Also I have found issues even with the writing/reading, my sister's 256MB will work on this laptop (1.1) but her 1GB won't.

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    i have two 250 gig externals and one 500 gig.

    the smallest external i see in the stores around here are 80gig and amost the same price as the 250 or even 320 gig versions....doesn't "everyone" have a DVD writer?
    I have 2TB for my porn and other files, including the backup of this site!

    Everyone in the modern world does have a DVD-Writer but I would bet Rocky's doesn't even being a popular internet site during breakfast.

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    Re: Delayed

    true, i don't know that he does on the
    "public" computers but that's not what they were setup for either.
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    I have 2TB for my porn and other files, including the backup of this site!

    Everyone in the modern world does have a DVD-Writer but I would bet Rocky's doesn't even being a popular internet site during breakfast.

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    Question Re: Delayed

    DT,

    i recently changed my partitions to better accommodate linux installs but i've apparently screwed it up

    i have a 3 gig ext3, i think, partition and a 500meg swap partition setup but it's not working.


    what would you recommend?

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    DT,

    i recently changed my partitions to better accommodate linux installs but i've apparently screwed it up

    i have a 3 gig ext3, i think, partition and a 500meg swap partition setup but it's not working.


    what would you recommend?
    What boot loader are you using to choose between the OSes?

    This is the NT way (I never used it) http://www.packetwatch.net/documents...multi-boot.php

    This is the Linux way:
    http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux...w2k-HOWTO.html

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    thanks DT.

    i'm just trying to follow the instructions given but the linux is not completing installation.

    i'll have a look at these links

    i may just reformat my C drive and reinstall both XP and linux...dual boot.

    had it working before with ubuntu but not with puppy linux currently.
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    What boot loader are you using to choose between the OSes?

    This is the NT way (I never used it) http://www.packetwatch.net/documents...multi-boot.php

    This is the Linux way:
    http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux...w2k-HOWTO.html
    ...oh, i'm using GRUB for a boot loader

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    thanks DT.

    i'm just trying to follow the instructions given but the linux is not completing installation.

    i'll have a look at these links

    i may just reformat my C drive and reinstall both XP and linux...dual boot.

    had it working before with ubuntu but not with puppy linux currently....oh, i'm using GRUB for a boot loader
    I thought you were dual booting, odd you were having issues then, when you installed did you do complete format.

    I never worked with puppy linux, just Fedora & Redhat before then, never had any issues with them and I have been running Linux on PCs and laptops since 1995.

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    Re: Delayed

    i suspect i set the partitions up incorrectly and am about to remove them and start over. my XP is fine so i just have to figureout what i'm doing wrong with the linux.

    i was previously experimenting on a desktop but am now using my laptop. it has a "recovery" partition and is using a gateway proprietary version of XP, i wonder if that recovery partition is the issue?
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    I thought you were dual booting, odd you were having issues then, when you installed did you do complete format.

    I never worked with puppy linux, just Fedora & Redhat before then, never had any issues with them and I have been running Linux on PCs and laptops since 1995.

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    Re: Delayed

    do i actually "need" to make a separate partition and a swap partition?

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    do i actually "need" to make a separate partition and a swap partition?
    Yes Linux cannot run on NTFS!

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    Re: Delayed

    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    i've gone the external hard drive route but for 40 gig i would consider just backing up on DVD.
    Quote Originally Posted by Apos View Post
    doesn't "everyone" have a DVD writer?
    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas View Post
    Everyone in the modern world does have a DVD-Writer
    I don't have a DVD writer, only a DVD player. Are you suggesting 20 miles from London, England, is the not the modern world?

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