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Erwin · #1 01-19-2003, 09:49 AM

This morning when I switched on my computer I got the dreaded message:

Disk read failure. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to restart.

After much checking, I found that my 10 Gb hard drive which is only 2 years old has died. It is a Samsung hard drive that came with my computer.

I have lost 2 years worth of site updates and study notes and essays.

Also 2 years worth of saved emails, saved PMs, documents and collection of images. Thank God I have an old 1 Gb slave drive with some information on it, so all is not totally lost.

I had to go out and buy myself a new hard disk (80 Gb Seagate) and just installed it, and reinstalled Windows XP. I could not retrieve any data off the old hard disk. It has well and truly died.

As such, I will be reinstalling software over the next 2-3 days, and won't be online much. Also, I am starting work again tomorrow - my 1 month vacation is finally over.

Anyway, just letting you all know. Always back up important data!!! Thank God my ADSL internet connection still works!!!

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