09-30-2006, 12:18 PM
The 160 drive expense I was speaking of was laptop drives. I would have gone with the 160 instead of the 120 from the beginning, but the price difference was too much.
I don't back up the system or the user file. I back up the documents folder (where all my important files go), photos and music.
I understand that when people ask for help with problems related to and OS malfunction that the common chain of questioning starts with "did you have a backup." But s***, if it was backed up, would they be asking in the first place!? My issue was not a matter of not having a backup. Oh, right, a backup of the OS could take me back to where I was, but that would not have FIXED me. I would still have 1gb of free space. I simply posted the thread with the question "what else can I try" to see if there were any tricks that could get it jump started. In the time it took half the people to respond negatively about not backing up, other people in a different place helped me through the problem.
Maybe it's just hard for you people to comprehend that I've never had mechanical errors on a machine. Sure, I've had it on fw drives, but not the main machine. I've never had to send a computer in for repairs, I've never had a corrupt OS drive... heck, my Performa 575 is still running like a champ when I plug it in and fire it up.
I appreciate the help.
I don't back up the system or the user file. I back up the documents folder (where all my important files go), photos and music.
I understand that when people ask for help with problems related to and OS malfunction that the common chain of questioning starts with "did you have a backup." But s***, if it was backed up, would they be asking in the first place!? My issue was not a matter of not having a backup. Oh, right, a backup of the OS could take me back to where I was, but that would not have FIXED me. I would still have 1gb of free space. I simply posted the thread with the question "what else can I try" to see if there were any tricks that could get it jump started. In the time it took half the people to respond negatively about not backing up, other people in a different place helped me through the problem.
Maybe it's just hard for you people to comprehend that I've never had mechanical errors on a machine. Sure, I've had it on fw drives, but not the main machine. I've never had to send a computer in for repairs, I've never had a corrupt OS drive... heck, my Performa 575 is still running like a champ when I plug it in and fire it up.
I appreciate the help.