Today my laptop disk died whilst sitting still next to me on my desk not being used. 100% cpu all of a sudden and inability to launch new binaries were the giveaways. I ran a comprehensive backup on sunday night and only did some freeems stuff since then, nothing I can't do again. No major loss for me this time. I may get the few files that I would want to get out of it yet. I haven't tried. The last 2 disks I had die cost me zero files. I got lucky both times. This time I was prepared well.
If you haven't backed up recently, do so now!
My last laptop disk was fujitsu and lasted 11 months of heavy duty fred use. This one was seagate and lasted 15 of heavy duty fred use. The one I'm typing from has win xp pro on it and is hitachi, we could create a pool on it if you like, they have a 5 year warranty though, so perhaps 18 months?
Time to read though those threads, then dishes, then bed.
- DaveBMW
- Fred
Fred.