Technical Test Thread

I have decided to start this thread for discussing technical issues that come up rather than messing up the other threads.

I guess the first issue seems to be pasting Word text into posting boxes.

Recently we have had three threads lockup up as a result of posts involving Word text.

  • Pehaps the computer will be more amenable after a rest. I am sure you humans will appreciate a break too! :)

  • I did read you cannot destroy a hard disk. All the info is always there even if deleted. A hard disk is very strong and very difficult to destroy even with malice. Maybe wrong but amazing that you can delete files but they can still be discovered

  • You can take out the HDD, drill holes in it or smack it with a sledge hammer B&B :)

  • Unknown said:
    Wise words Tiger and I did when I moved here and about a year later my pc crashed. I went and bought a new PC. Only after I realised just how much I had lost of my memories and life and really special friends. Some I have got back but others not. Some pics irreplacable.

    Yes data is irreplaceable. I keep mine in various places but nowadays it can be kept on a memory stick in my pocket.

    Last May I was preparing my computer for going on holiday and I was backing up my data to a memory stick. It was late at night and somehow I misunderstood when the computer asked me  if I wanted to delete all my 2012 data. I thought it was talking about the copy on the memory stick so I said YES. Then the full horror of what I had done descended on me having realised I had deleted all data from 1st January 2012.

    I immediately went to the cloud and found a copy there which was about 48 hours old. Then I realised I had made a copy that was only 24 hours old so I could relax. At least I know the full horror of losing one's data.

     

    It is a tough lesson.

     

    Oh something else. Start a new data store each year. Structure it so that it is easy to copy.