Sunday, July 30, 2017

Issues

Good morning friends. This past week has been quite a ride for me here in "computer world" the ups and downs were to scale down even the nastiest coaster ride. Wednesday morning my PC crashed. I could not get anything to work. A day later I was advised to replace the 10 year old machine and I promptly did so. Once in operation I was now facing the loss of all my photos and everything else associated with my history on the old computer. Several days of trial and error I've managed to get some of my "stuff" back.

I was told that the "New" systems are as simple as can be, but I'm not convinced. Still I'm making progress and should be able to post a an actual fly fishing related story soon. I ask that you be patient and keep your fingers crossed. Thanks, Alan.


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  1. I'm far from an IT expert, but if you're really faced with losing stuff that's irreplaceable, I think there are people who can salvage whatever is on your hard drive.

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    1. William Shuck
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      Bill believe it or not I'm finding stuff little by little. Hopefully I can find someone who will find the rest.

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  2. I use Google Photos to automatically backup all my photos. Easy and "limitless."

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    1. I would highly recommend this as well. I like to have my photos on my machine, but I also upload them to Google Photos for cloud storage, just in case something like this were to happen. Glad to hear you've recovered some of what you lost.

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    2. Johnson From Accounting
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      I am looking at that now.

      Thanks Mike

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  3. Nice pancakes!! You can also you a jump drive to save your photos and work.

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    1. TROUT1
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      Pete I'm compiling several ideas...I will eventually get it right.

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  4. DOH!.....Alan, I feel for you. Hate loosing stuff. And especially hate relearning techmology when its day to day use. Good luck my friend.

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    1. Ralph Long
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      Ralph it's tough for us not so computer saavy to get a handle on this stuff.

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  5. Alan
    I feel your pain, happened to me years ago. Since then I've been using an external hard drive to store everything on the C-drive. I usually save everything once every month unless I forget. So far I haven't had any mishaps.
    Once use older guys get use to using a certain system and the technology changes it can be a pain. One example of what I'm talking about is the constant messages I keep getting from Google to change to Chrome which I annoy because I am use to using the standard system---you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bill I know that I won't be the one who has to deal with again.
      Technology changes daily, and has passed me buy for certain.

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  6. did you go with a laptop or desktop?

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  7. Alan, I feel your pain! I've been through this so many times I have nightmares about it. Save your old hard drive, a good IT expert should be able to save what's there. Back up photos to Google Photos. (as much as I hate Google!)There are programs to back up copies of the blog and other things. Technology sucks. I refuse to give up on my Windows Vista!

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    1. Howard Levett
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      Howard several have suggested Google photos, my son being one also.
      I'll have the hard drive checked.

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  8. I am glad all is well with you, Alan. Sorry about your computer issues. Sox lost a tough one today thanks to the bullpen, along with an error by Boegarts who is starting to worry me a bit with his shortstop play. Be Well.

    Sam

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      Sam the Sox have a few issues that need addressing. Time to deal is now. Or as we use to say back in the old days "wait til next year"

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  9. Computer loss is devastating. I've been there and now backup all my photos. So sorry. But, those pancakes look delicious!!

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    1. The River Damsel
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      Emily I have managed to save most of them and the hope is I'll get the rest back.
      Blueberry pancakes are my #1 comfort food.

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  10. Brutal... Hope it works out Alan. Computers are great but frustrating too. Consider backing everything up on a portable hard drive going forward, and possibly even paying for a service like carbonite (or similar) which basically stores your system remotely - so if you crash, you can get things back in multiple ways... Redundancy is good :)

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    1. Hibernation
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      Will I know 0 about these things, luckily my son is available and has helped me a lot.
      Backup, like going fishing with more than one fly.

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  11. Here is the only advice I can give you, being married to a computer tech, is have an external hard drive. Ours is a bazillion gig. Remember, she's a computer person and she knows all about his stuff. My computer dies, and they all do eventually, everything is on the external drive. I don't store anything on my laptop. Best I can offer.

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    1. Mark Kautz
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      Mark most of you have suggested a good backup, I think that's the direction I'll take.

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  12. Alan,
    We all just want to make sure that your blogspot, this gem continue on because it is way too valuable to loose! The past "archives" and their accompanying photos are just as important! Please thank your talented son for the recovery mission that he is organizing!
    Wait a minute....thinking hard....this has to do just with your photos in storage on your machine....regardless, we want the total package protected for sure!
    Definitely not a tech guy,
    D.

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    1. Dougsden
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      Doug, your last few words fit me perfectly.
      Little by little we are finding stuff. Now the task will be to sort it out....that's a winter chore.

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  13. I'm sorry to hear that, but good patience and better tasting the tortilla .. right?

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    1. Armando Milosevic
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      Armando I'm in agreement.

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