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Re: recovering lost files
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Date: 
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 04:33:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Christopher Tracey writes:
Thanks Matt.... I owe you one...

I lost only about 10% of the total file set...  I guess because of
netscape caching pages and my searching for the files.  It took me a
while to figure out that I had lost them.  Luckily, I had just copied
some of the files from floppies (and then wiped the floppies :/ ) but I
ended up being able to recover part of the data from them.

My thesis is saved. :)

That's GREAT Chris! I'm happy I could help.

Matt



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  Re: recovering lost files
 
I'm happy to hear that you recovered them...:-) Here are some advice: ** Make at least *two* *more* copies of any data you don't want to lost. ** Never Trust Floppies, they are volatile, literally. ** Make your HDD defargmented by using either (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: recovering lost files
 
(...) Thanks Matt.... I owe you one... I lost only about 10% of the total file set... I guess because of netscape caching pages and my searching for the files. It took me a while to figure out that I had lost them. Luckily, I had just copied some of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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