Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:36:19 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with dying drive/restoring data Message-ID: <20040920113618.GB32147@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <b2807d040409192056134f7f02@mail.gmail.com> References: <20040919215851.GA23394@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <b2807d040409192056134f7f02@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:26:18AM +0530, Subhro wrote: : Which media do you intend to backup to? If I were in your place, I : would just tar the /home and the /etc and put it on a USB drive or on : a CDR/DVDR if you have a burner. However, Are you sure that the drive : is fixed firmly into the drive bay and you are seating the laptop on a : sturdy base? I took the drive out of the bay and reinserted it. It was working fine until a few days ago. I started hearing the clanking, then yesteday, it never finished the startup process. My last backup was to my server, then to CDR. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.
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