{"id":46,"date":"2007-03-20T23:43:56","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T05:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d2.degen.net\/?p=89"},"modified":"2007-03-20T23:43:56","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T05:43:56","slug":"when-disk-failures-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.degen.net\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"When Disk Failures Attack!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">ARRRGG! Under the heading; yes it can happen to anyone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I suffered a catastrophic drive failure on my primary notebook this weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Best I can tell it was from a corrupt MBR, very strange considering the system was not a multi boot or had multiple partitions. And of course it struck at the worst possible time as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the road with back to back customer calls to make.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><em>So here are the lessons to learn from my misfortune:<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Always keep a current backup of anything you care about. Fortunately I had all \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Documents\u00e2\u20ac\u009d form a few days before on a flashdrive.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Consider a partitioned drive separating your data from the OS, this is something I had been thinking about for sometime and will go into my next build.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">If you are a road warrior, or find your self away form your office much, keep a copy of your OS installer and any hardware drivers with you. I did not have that special HP XP Pro recovery disk with me, so I was forced to rebuild with Vista\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Oh\n<place w:st=\"on\"><\/place>Vista, just when I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m out you Pull me back in!<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Keep a copy of Ubuntu or some other cd image bootable OS with you. Thanks to my copy of Edge Eft (Ubuntu 6.10) I was able boot the system, browse the undamaged files and copy them off to an external USB drive. Needless to say, Ubuntu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stock went way up with me!<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tools would be nice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. Before our airports went all medieval on having a screwdriver in your carry-on, I would always have at least a small Philips on me, and sometimes a Leatherman tool. After this debacle I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m seriously considering a packing a small toolkit in my checked bag, just in case.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">At any rate, the mire fact that I can type up this entry today is a good sign that my system and work week are on the road to recovery.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARRRGG! Under the heading; yes it can happen to anyone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I suffered a catastrophic drive failure on my primary notebook this weekend. &nbsp; Best I can tell it was from a corrupt MBR, very strange considering the system was not a multi boot or had multiple partitions. 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