tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post8391026289470936450..comments2023-12-15T08:48:28.098-05:00Comments on Once in a Blue Muse: Taxes, computers, and backups, a tale of woeLisa Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post-74920020488623918022009-04-07T12:41:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:41:00.000-04:00Yikes. The hard drive was hosed then. It just go...Yikes. The hard drive was hosed then. It just goes to show that how reliant we've become on techonology. I've actually been thinking about saving to the cloud, but haven't made the jump yet.<BR/><BR/>Here's to no more technological hiccups for you. (I read your most current blog entry.)Anne Velosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647230834696876870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post-87513779870954046582009-04-06T16:11:00.000-04:002009-04-06T16:11:00.000-04:00Good tip, AnneV. SpinRite is a great program. We...Good tip, AnneV. SpinRite is a great program. We did try it, but it just didn't work for the problem the drive had. <BR/><BR/>However, we have used it successfully in other circumstances. <BR/><BR/>The other thing I would recommend to everyone is to defragment their hard drives at regular intervals.Lisa Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post-45919166283257521192009-04-06T15:32:00.000-04:002009-04-06T15:32:00.000-04:00In case you have another hard drive failure, there...In case you have another hard drive failure, there is a program for Windows-based-machines called SpinRite that can work miracles on fixing hard drives enough to pull data from them. It's also a disk maintenance program, to help prevent/minimize failures. And it is significantly less than what you paid. While I haven't had to use it yet, we have it just in case, I've read/heard some testimonials that would make most people cringe at the thought but it works.Anne Velosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647230834696876870noreply@blogger.com