09-30-2006, 07:34 AM
" I do back up, but never the user folder. Why is that? I've never had a crash to the point that I could not save anything."
Let me get this straight. You claim to "back up" everything BUT the user folder. That makes no sense. Everything else is already on other media, and doesn't need to be backed up. What other personal or original content is there?
"Yes, in 18 years using Macs, I've never lost a hard drive."
If you've used a computer, you've had data loss, major or minor, that you couldn't recover. Everybody has. ALL hard drives are vulnerable to mechanical failure or data loss. And all computer users do stupid things.
If you've been using macs for 18 years, it's hard to imagine you'd accidentally cram your HD completely full, then overstuff it without realizing it. I've done goofier things than that, most of us have. Actually, no, I haven't. In fact, most of us haven't. Yours is the first documented case I've personally ever heard of.
"Unfortunately the jump from a 120gb drive to a 160gb is a bit more than I can afford, so that's why I was out of space."
Out of space on what? Your backup drive?
Even if you did have a secondary (backup) drive equal to the size of your primary hard drive, it wouldn't have helped, since you don't do backups. If you did, you'd know that a bare, brand new 160GB hard drive costs around $35.00, less than the average parking ticket.
"I'm not new to Macs, please don't insult me with the "hard drives are cheap and abundant, backup often" routine"
If you're not new to macs you needn't pretend to be insulted.
Let me get this straight. You claim to "back up" everything BUT the user folder. That makes no sense. Everything else is already on other media, and doesn't need to be backed up. What other personal or original content is there?
"Yes, in 18 years using Macs, I've never lost a hard drive."
If you've used a computer, you've had data loss, major or minor, that you couldn't recover. Everybody has. ALL hard drives are vulnerable to mechanical failure or data loss. And all computer users do stupid things.
If you've been using macs for 18 years, it's hard to imagine you'd accidentally cram your HD completely full, then overstuff it without realizing it. I've done goofier things than that, most of us have. Actually, no, I haven't. In fact, most of us haven't. Yours is the first documented case I've personally ever heard of.
"Unfortunately the jump from a 120gb drive to a 160gb is a bit more than I can afford, so that's why I was out of space."
Out of space on what? Your backup drive?
Even if you did have a secondary (backup) drive equal to the size of your primary hard drive, it wouldn't have helped, since you don't do backups. If you did, you'd know that a bare, brand new 160GB hard drive costs around $35.00, less than the average parking ticket.
"I'm not new to Macs, please don't insult me with the "hard drives are cheap and abundant, backup often" routine"
If you're not new to macs you needn't pretend to be insulted.