[WriteLog] Hard Drive Failure, THANKS

[Bill Metzger]

While somewhat off topic, there is an excellent program available called
"Second Copy 2000".  The website for it is www.centered.com.  Basically you
can set the program to automatically backup any of your information as it
changes, to another hard drive or network computer.  It is done totally in
the background.  In my case I have many gigabytes of digital images from
traveling as well as all my ham programs.  Second Copy has prepared and
maintains backups on a second hard drive as well as a network computer.
This way I have a total of 3 copies should I have a problem.

The program is inexpensive and strongly recommended.

Bill
KF0OH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgwier at comcast.net>
To: "Packrats" <packrats at mailman.qth.net>; "Qrp-L" <qrp-l at mailman.qth.net>;
"Amsat-Bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Cc: "Elecraft Mail" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:12 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Hard Drive Failure, THANKS


> I received many many replies from my off topic posting.
> I love ham radio and the generosity of people to others
> in need. THANK YOU. My investigations reveal that this would
> be the single largest expenditure on equipment I have made in
> two years.  Many of you know me, and so you understand
> what that means:  this is extremely expensive.  It is that
> way because companies, having as poor a back up situation
> as I did, have lost vital data and will pay whatever it takes
> to get the problem fixed.  The market will bear the price,
> and it is high.
>
> My failure is in the spindle and POSSIBLY a disk head.
> The disk had droppings put on it for ten minutes before I
> figured out what was happening.   I had important family
> financial, tax, etc. backed up as well as most important
> code work I am doing now.  But I lost a book I was working
> on, a large article and all research that went into it
> for QST,  a large article and all research that went into
> it for an article for QEX, a large article and all research
> that went into it for an article for CQ VHF, and all design
> work on several antennas including a small vertical array
> for 160 meters for N2NT and W2GD.  It has mostly stopped
> my work on the SDR-1000 for a month while I attempt to
> recover.
>
> Life is too short and I can afford a full raid disk, and excellent
> back up, and a high quality UPS much more readily than I can afford
> to lose exactly 1/10 of my life's work.
>
> Thanks again to all who wrote.
>
> Bob McGwier
> N4HY
>
>
>
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