tannan Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 my hdd has gone and a mate is putting in m new one Link to comment
donutman Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 i will be off line most nights for about 8hrs, as i am sleeping btw good luck with the hd Link to comment
tannan Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 its only just working at the mo keeps crashing Link to comment
Pars Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 4 hours? Disk swap = 4 mins XP Pro bootable CD with NTFS format at say 80GB = 20 mins Total time 24 mins :up: Beers before teatime Link to comment
tannan Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 but its all the data and drivers i have got norton gost but want fresh install Link to comment
steven_beattie Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 << i will be off line most nights for about 8hrs, as i am sleeping btw good luck with the hd >> Link to comment
Scooby_kid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 get a Zip drive m8, can use it as a hard drive backup fella, take off, put back on Link to comment
steven_beattie Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 zip drive didnt the flinstones use those Link to comment
Scooby_kid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 they work m8, about the sturdiest way of storing data lol Link to comment
Scooby_kid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 unless of course you have a pc to back it all up on... Link to comment
steven_beattie Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 had my pc crash on me too many times, due to downloading too much stuff i always keep a spare drive with an OP system on Link to comment
Scooby_kid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 you can also partition the drives so you can boot up and recover etc, but you need 2 OS and a big hard drive lol, Link to comment
steven_beattie Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 << you can also partition the drives so you can boot up and recover etc, but you need 2 OS and a big hard drive lol, >> everyone has got a biggun these days, i know i have Link to comment
Scooby_kid Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 LOL but is ever big enough steve? Link to comment
Pars Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 I use a firewire disk to store all backup sh1t :up: Link to comment
dooahhdoo Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 << you can also partition the drives so you can boot up and recover etc, but you need 2 OS and a big hard drive lol, >> Not much use if the disk fails though m8? Link to comment
tannan Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 i am back with a new hdd and norton gost so next time 35 mins Link to comment
steveeee Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 was quiet without you lol Link to comment
buzzuk Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 i run two 120gig drives and ghost them every week then unplug ghosted drive, if a virus hits my down time is approx 5 mins then ghost good drive back to bad drive and unplug works for me Link to comment
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