Returned

[d_trektone_w]

Yay and whew! My powerbook is back home. It appears the work was done on the motherboard (full replacement?) but the data's all available.

Happy!

Comments

[tennis-bear.livejournal.com]

Well, all's well that ends well, eh? Have you made your fresh data backup already???

[trektone.livejournal.com]

Yup, of the critical stuff. My original thought, archiving-wise, was to burn a cd with the really important stuff. However, I'm now wondering if having a whole extra external hard-drive for everything is the way to go, since they're not so expensive these days.

Your thoughts?

[tennis-bear.livejournal.com]

Another option is buy a DVD writer, which is relatively cheap device but extremely useful. DVD ROM's hold 4GB, way good for most critical data backups. And backing up 40 GB of music files onto 10 DVD's is easy and light for most users (if you've got 40GB of digitized music).

PLUS... iDVD suddenly becomes a useful program for you. *smile*

So don't discount the the DVD writer option...

[rabbijeffty.livejournal.com]

Hooray for un-lost data!

[dbldbl.livejournal.com]

tsk tsk tsk! that'll teach you to backup your importanties of your digital life!

let me know if you need a copy of Apple Backup, I can drop it in your email.

[trektone.livejournal.com]

Hey, I actually have been regularly backing up the really important stuff (like tax files, etc.), but in light of the recent problem I'm wondering if those nice-to-keeps like photos and iTunes are important enough to back up as well.

Thanks, will take a look at Apple Backup. Does it require .mac?

.mac optional

[dbldbl.livejournal.com]

usage is totally enhanced with an account, in fact the Backup software is exclusive to members.

however, any owner can use it to backup to external media, such as DVDs, CDs, external HDs.

simplicity, ease of use... it's another elegant piece of software.

ok, i'll step outta the reality distortion field now... hehe... it's one of those things where It Just Works.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Hooray!!! We're still piecing back together bits but count ourselves incredibly lucky since what we lost was the drive on our server!!

Meanwhile I'm happy to say that the "West Wing Season 6" files I downloade were playable and I'm finally getting started on that! yay!