This weekend, my house was burgled and amongst the things to go was my
computer. I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebody on a temporary
basis but all of my data has been lost. Many years worth of stuff will never
be recovered but as an excercise in damage limitation, I am currently
trying to rebuild my address book.
I'd be grateful if any of my buddies or GPVLmembers would mail me so as to
help in speeding up this process.
MS
(biting down hard on a wooden stick right now)
Hi Mark,
Commiserations over the burglary. My sister was robbed so I
have an idea how you might feel.
I guess this isn't what you want to hear, but why didn't you
have backups of all this data? Even if the PC wasn't nicked
it could well have suffered a disk failure at some time.
Cheers, John
"Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> This weekend, my house was burgled and amongst the thingsto go was my
> computer. I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebodyon a temporary
> basis but all of my data has been lost. Many years worthof stuff will never
> be recovered but as an excercise in damage limitation, Iam currently
> trying to rebuild my address book.
>
> I'd be grateful if any of my buddies or GPVLmembers wouldmail me so as to
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> help in speeding up this process. > > MS > > (biting down hard on a wooden stick right now) > >
John Fryatt <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi Mark,
>
> Commiserations over the burglary. My sister was robbed so I
> have an idea how you might feel.
Thanks John. I appreciate it.
>
> I guess this isn't what you want to hear, but why didn't you
> have backups of all this data? Even if the PC wasn't nicked
> it could well have suffered a disk failure at some time.
>
I backed up a proportion of stuff, especially personal and critical files
but without a zip drive or something similar, 10gig equates to a load of
floppies. I did have a backup contingency odf sorts. My machine had 2 drives
in it and most stuff was zipped up and archives on the slave. It's ironic.
Only last week, I was discussing the size of my GPL installation with
somebody and how I intended to buy a cd burner to backup stuff like this.
MS
Good advice. Before putting cash down for the latest, greatest graphics
card, a thought to data security is worthwhile. With average computers now
coming with 20Gb hard drives, this is no longer trivial. The cheapest and
easiest method is the one suggested here, a redundant HD in a removeable
carrier (or a firewire drive). The first thing I bought for my new notebook
was a mirror HD in an external enclosure. After laying out that little bit
of cash, I could forget about security and buy all the toys I wanted. I use
Norton Ghost to create an image, and in the case of disaster I am back up
and running in less than ten minutes. Before using Ghost, I created data
backups only, but a weekend spent restoring all my applications and still
finding lots of little things "missing" was enough to convince me that Ghost
was worth the small price. Of course, if you have a seriously messed up
system, you might not want a perfect image of it.
Stephen
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> [email hidden] (Mark Seery) wrote: > > > I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebody on a temporary > > basis but all of my data has been lost. > > Bad luck Mark :-( I know this won't help, but I decided to *try* to > protect myself against this kind of thing a long time ago. I have a second > HD in a removable tray (very important... it's no good left in the PC :-) > which I mirror my C: drive onto weekly. That 2nd HD lives in a hidey hole > safe from your average smash 'n' grab burglar. It might even survive a > fire... though not a fireman's hose :-) > > Andrew McP >Shit...now that realy sucks.
Sorry for you.
Robert
"Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> This weekend, my house was burgled and amongst the things to go was my
> computer. I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebody on a temporary
> basis but all of my data has been lost. Many years worth of stuff willnever
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> be recovered but as an excercise in damage limitation, I am currently > trying to rebuild my address book. > > I'd be grateful if any of my buddies or GPVLmembers would mail me so as to > help in speeding up this process. > > MS > > (biting down hard on a wooden stick right now) > >
"Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I remember reading that thread and saying to myself that I need to do the
same thing. After hearing of your misfortune I will be buying a cd burner
tomorrow and backing all my important data up over this holiday weekend.
Again sorry to hear about your bad luck.
Chin up.
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>It's ironic. > Only last week, I was discussing the size of my GPL installation with > somebody and how I intended to buy a cd burner to backup stuff like this. > > MS > >[email hidden] (Mark Seery) wrote:
> I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebody on a temporary
> basis but all of my data has been lost.
Bad luck Mark :-( I know this won't help, but I decided to *try* to
protect myself against this kind of thing a long time ago. I have a second
HD in a removable tray (very important... it's no good left in the PC :-)
which I mirror my C: drive onto weekly. That 2nd HD lives in a hidey hole
safe from your average smash 'n' grab burglar. It might even survive a
fire... though not a fireman's hose :-)
Andrew McP
Mark Seery wrote:
Keep the faith Mark :-), I lost everything, I mean everything, in a HD
crash a couple of years ago myself, and I think I have a vague feeling
as to what you're going through, lost every setup etc that I made for
GP2 and my early days of Nascar2/TPTCC etc, it sucks, but on the other
hand, you get to start fresh all over, and instead of working along the
same lines as you used to, you get to start over with an open mind,
right now it doesn't look too bright, but as soon as you sort out the
more important stuff like your address book and such, you'll soon feel
better, at least about the computer related stuff
I've been fortunate enough never to suffer a burglary in my own home and
can only vaguely imagine how upsetting it must be, and knowing that they
will probably never get caught either doesn't help I guess. I hope they
at least were of the "professional" kind that "just" broke in and took
what they could and didn't smash up the rest of the place ?
Beers and cheers
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> > I backed up a proportion of stuff, especially personal and critical files > but without a zip drive or something similar, 10gig equates to a load of > floppies. I did have a backup contingency odf sorts. My machine had 2 drives > in it and most stuff was zipped up and archives on the slave. It's ironic. > Only last week, I was discussing the size of my GPL installation with > somebody and how I intended to buy a cd burner to backup stuff like this.Andrew MacPherson wrote in message ...
>[email hidden] (Mark Seery) wrote:
>Bad luck Mark :-( I know this won't help, but I decided to *try* to
>protect myself against this kind of thing a long time ago. I have a second
>HD in a removable tray (very important... it's no good left in the PC :-)
>which I mirror my C: drive onto weekly.
Excellent idea.
This may be overkill but when we move to a new house I'm going to have a
dedicated server. My plan is to put that in the basement inside a
laboratory-type flammable material cabinet that is bolted to the floor.
We use these things at work. Really thick steel and lockable with 2" vent
holes. I'll set a backup job to dump critical data to that a few times a
week and the pricks can steal my PCs that are upstairs... they're insured -
the data isn't.
My neighbourhood has had several break-ins in the last month. My important
data is backed up on CD-R and/or my notebook, both of which go to work with
me everyday.
My webcam is set as a motion detection camera. Even if the bastards get my
PCs their picture gets FTP'd to my ISP's server.
Paranoid? Yeah, maybe.
SB.
That is cool. Paranoid, sure but when you have toys you like to keep'em
OR put the culprits in jail. Is this motion detection available from
software or does it need special hardware? I have a Kodak DVC-323 works
great and hey, maybe I can setup this too :-) I hope my PC can ftp the
file in less than 2 seconds.
Jason.
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> > > My webcam is set as a motion detection camera. Even if the bastards get my > PCs their picture gets FTP'd to my ISP's server. > > Paranoid? Yeah, maybe. > > SB.
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> You could just move to Australia.....
>
> Luke
> -=87=-
>Is it true that Hard Drives spin in the opposite direction Down Under? ;-)
You could just move to Australia.....
Luke
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Dale Green <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Andrew MacPherson wrote in message ...
> >[email hidden] (Mark Seery) wrote:
> >Bad luck Mark :-( I know this won't help, but I decided to *try* to
> >protect myself against this kind of thing a long time ago. I have asecond
vent
> holes. I'll set a backup job to dump critical data to that a few times a
> week and the pricks can steal my PCs that are upstairs... they'reinsured -
> the data isn't.
>
> My neighbourhood has had several break-ins in the last month. Myimportant
> data is backed up on CD-R and/or my notebook, both of which go to workwith
> me everyday.
>
> My webcam is set as a motion detection camera. Even if the bastards getmy
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> >HD in a removable tray (very important... it's no good left in the PC :-) > >which I mirror my C: drive onto weekly. > > Excellent idea. > > This may be overkill but when we move to a new house I'm going to have a > dedicated server. My plan is to put that in the basement inside a > laboratory-type flammable material cabinet that is bolted to the floor. > > We use these things at work. Really thick steel and lockable with 2"Quoted text (11 lines)
> PCs their picture gets FTP'd to my ISP's server. > > Paranoid? Yeah, maybe. > > SB. > > > > > >I use a shareware app called Homewatcher (www.homewatcher.com) there's a few
others (like ChillCam) that are OK.
They all seem to use the standard Windows video API so basically any video
source coming in to the PC is usable. All these apps do is capture an image
from any video source and compare it to the previous one.
I have a USB Intel PC Cam. I could also use a video camera connected to my
video capture card. Bascially, if it makes an image on the screen you could
use it. I think I could even do motion detection on my TV card - not that
it'd be useful :-)
The FTP speed can be a problem. I'm on a 1Mbps (upload) cable connection so
the pic gets uploaded in less than 2 sec. I figure the average thief will
take longer than that to notice the camera and start pulling cables. I also
happen to have the PC in the corner opposite the door so it'll grab an image
of the bad guy as he comes down the hall.
If you're on dial-up then it'll likely take too long to connect and upload.
But... maybe it's worth a try in case you have a really slow thief.
SB.
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"Jason Monds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> That is cool. Paranoid, sure but when you have toys you like to keep'em
> OR put the culprits in jail. Is this motion detection available from
> software or does it need special hardware? I have a Kodak DVC-323 works
> great and hey, maybe I can setup this too :-) I hope my PC can ftp the
> file in less than 2 seconds.
>
Thanks, I'll check it out. I'm on cable to but sometimes the ftp-login
isn't too quick.. Hehe.
Jason.
Sideshow Bob wrote:
>
> I use a shareware app called Homewatcher (www.homewatcher.com) there's a few
> others (like ChillCam) that are OK.
> [snip]
>
> If you're on dial-up then it'll likely take too long to connect and upload.
> But... maybe it's worth a try in case you have a really slow thief.
>
> SB.
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>Mark, >sorry to here about this. >Against data loss I frequently synchronize all personal data between my >notebook >and home-PC with Laplink. So I have my business staff also at home and my >private scrap also in my office. Furthermore I backup addressbooks (or other >stuff I don't want to mix) in separate folders on the other computer. >Wanna know what still happened? >My notebook was stolen and few days later (before my new notebook arrived) my >home-harddisk smoked off. Thats Murpheys law. >Mark,
sorry to here about this.
Against data loss I frequently synchronize all personal data between my notebook
and home-PC with Laplink. So I have my business staff also at home and my
private scrap also in my office. Furthermore I backup addressbooks (or other
stuff I don't want to mix) in separate folders on the other computer.
Wanna know what still happened?
My notebook was stolen and few days later (before my new notebook arrived) my
home-harddisk smoked off. Thats Murpheys law.
JensSchumi
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>This weekend, my house was burgled and amongst the things to go was my >computer. I have kindly been loaned a machine by somebody on a temporary >basis but all of my data has been lost. Many years worth of stuff will never >be recovered but as an excercise in damage limitation, I am currently >trying to rebuild my address book. > >I'd be grateful if any of my buddies or GPVLmembers would mail me so as to >help in speeding up this process. > >MS > >(biting down hard on a wooden stick right now) >A bit, but good :-)
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>Paranoid? Yeah, maybe. > >SB. > > > > >You bet.
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