Jun 11, 2005, 23:18
My PC is kaput - stone dead - won't boot. All my photos trapped onboard.
Could be worse. The problem seems to be that my primary hard drive is unrecognized - possibly defunct. I think not, however - I have been having similar non-recognition problems with other devices on the IDE controller - so I think it is the motherboard that is toast and not the hard drive. Fortunately the unrecognized drive is not the drive where I keep my photos - only the drive with the operating system. When I install my photo drive in a new machine, I will get my photos back (hopefully).
Why bore you with this story? It made me think about how often I back up my photos to other media? If your hard drive crashed, how much of your work would you lose? I know that I would lose a lot - my photo exhibition masters, the dance portfolio I did,and all my new work.
Makes you think, eh?
Could be worse. The problem seems to be that my primary hard drive is unrecognized - possibly defunct. I think not, however - I have been having similar non-recognition problems with other devices on the IDE controller - so I think it is the motherboard that is toast and not the hard drive. Fortunately the unrecognized drive is not the drive where I keep my photos - only the drive with the operating system. When I install my photo drive in a new machine, I will get my photos back (hopefully).
Why bore you with this story? It made me think about how often I back up my photos to other media? If your hard drive crashed, how much of your work would you lose? I know that I would lose a lot - my photo exhibition masters, the dance portfolio I did,and all my new work.
Makes you think, eh?