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Hairy Ears
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Phew - Lucky Escape! (Or the value of making backups!)
#1029063 - 17/01/13 01:21 PM

I just feel like saying "thank god for Norton Ghost". Due to a brain fart of my own I managed to bugger up the registry on my XP machine such that Windows wouldn't boot, not even in safe mode. Just restored to the backup I made on Monday and all is back to normal.

I guess what I am saying is "take some time out to make backups, they *will* save your bacon one day!"

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#1029076 - 17/01/13 02:21 PM

Spread the word!

But I can tell you - nobody ever listens until it's too late...

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Hairy Ears
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#1029084 - 17/01/13 02:55 PM

When it comes to my data, I try to go by the maxim that digital data doesn't exist until it's in at least three places

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#1029237 - 18/01/13 12:43 PM

When I was a struggling musician (now I just struggle lol) I used to compliment my income by teaching IT programing in local colleges and I used to tell the students "Rule #1 of computing is Backup, Rule #2 is Backup and I'll leave you all to work out what Rule #3 is!"

And imaging software is especially useful for complex music setups - drivers, activations, passwords, serials, configs, application/user data all returned to fully functional in a matter of minutes, next best thing to a magic wand. You simply cannot overdo backup

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