[ILUG] Well, all my playing with distros and now I've lost everything

[John Allen]

Conor Wynne wrote:
> I must have tested every distro over the past month, downloaded crazy 
> gigs worth of stuff -- configured them, updated them,, install more 
> distros in vm's, configured them, updated them etc only to nuke em the 
> next day!
>
> Well, windows and all my purchased apps are now gone, gone gone hone, 
> along with my account details to download em again!
>
> Nice one!
>
> Yes I did have a backup, I emphasise did! While nuking vista and 
> installing xp on my father-in-law's laptop, I used MY backup USB HDD 
> just for his docs.
>
> Now I only have what is on this laptop, and whatever music I bought 
> from itunes (not yet copied on this ibook) I burnt for my wife's car 
> music...
>
> Doh, I lost loads a suff. Oh well.
>
> I am forever preaching backups to people, and for once I get nuked....
> I blame stargate atlantis, do not install OSes with data to preserve 
> while watching telly!
>
> DOH!
Arrgghh, the old I used my backup disk for another purpose, and now I've 
lost everything.

The moral of the story is *NEVER* use your backup disk for anything 
other than backup :)

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John Allen                          mailto:john.allen at codemountain.net
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