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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:47:19 PM EDT
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You had multiple copies of the data in other places, right?
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:48:11 PM EDT
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You had multiple copies of the data in other places, right? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile He didn't say he was a good grad student. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:49:19 PM EDT
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I have all of my grad school stuff backed up on two computers, google drive and drop box. What you describe is the subject of grad student nightmares.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:49:57 PM EDT
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That was my only copy. Midterms were handed in over the weekend so I don't need anything that was lost.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:50:06 PM EDT
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Yeah you never have important stuff in only one location.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:53:20 PM EDT
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1) Don't work off of flash drives.
2) Only one copy of your data? 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:55:51 PM EDT
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that sucks
please tell me you had backups elsewhere as well? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:56:44 PM EDT
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Backups will be your friend, tough lesson to learn.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:57:25 PM EDT
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So it sounds like you're saying I should upgrade.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:57:44 PM EDT
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Say it out loud kids:
"2 is 1, 1 is none." 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 7:58:45 PM EDT
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USB keychain drives are convenient. They are not reliable.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:00:03 PM EDT
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Umm, per chance, are you a millennial?
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:00:07 PM EDT
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Say it out loud kids: "2 is 1, 1 is none." I would recommend 3: One in the cloud, One local working copy, and One local backup. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:02:26 PM EDT
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Say it out loud kids: "2 is 1, 1 is none." I used to have the "Jesus Saves, and makes frequent backups" on my wall. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:02:34 PM EDT
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So if it's a brand new drive, you had an older drive it replaced?
Did you keep it? Any chance a prior version is still saved? Backups are your friends. No kidding. Even if you mail it to yourself, regularly. I'm just say'n. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:04:45 PM EDT
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I would recommend 3: One in the cloud, One local working copy, and One local backup. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Say it out loud kids: "2 is 1, 1 is none." I would recommend 3: One in the cloud, One local working copy, and One local backup. I don't trust cloud options (for no real good reason). But I have 2 backups plus a third offsite. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:06:22 PM EDT
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What data recovery software have you tried?
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:06:22 PM EDT
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I don't trust cloud options (for no real good reason). But I have 2 backups plus a third offsite. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Say it out loud kids: "2 is 1, 1 is none." I would recommend 3: One in the cloud, One local working copy, and One local backup. I don't trust cloud options (for no real good reason). But I have 2 backups plus a third offsite. I don't feel like dealing with an offsite backup so I count the cloud sort of as one. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:09:29 PM EDT
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Costly lesson but I just learned it.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:10:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What data recovery software have you tried? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:10:26 PM EDT
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I don't feel like dealing with an offsite backup so I count the cloud sort of as one. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Say it out loud kids: "2 is 1, 1 is none." I would recommend 3: One in the cloud, One local working copy, and One local backup. I don't trust cloud options (for no real good reason). But I have 2 backups plus a third offsite. I don't feel like dealing with an offsite backup so I count the cloud sort of as one. Just as good. Main thing to me is an option that protects against theft/fire/flood/etc. Having 87 backups does no good if they're all in the same location. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:11:48 PM EDT
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None, no computers will even recognize the drive. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What data recovery software have you tried? Was it a Sandisk? They usually provide a free copy or trial of their rescue software. I used it once on a CF card and it actually saved everything after I deleted the card accidentally. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:17:46 PM EDT
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I had that happen to me with a 1Tb hard drive. I had 60 days of adult content on it and it was all gone just like that.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:20:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:24:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try this Used this program to recover files off my wife's USB hard drive that was acting similar. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:25:59 PM EDT
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I don't think that will work if it isn't readable in the first place? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Try this Used this program to recover files off my wife's USB hard drive that was acting similar. Does it show up in Disk Utility on your mac? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:29:42 PM EDT
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Only one copy of your grad school work ?
Like to live on the edge? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 8:30:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it show up in Disk Utility on your mac? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Try this Used this program to recover files off my wife's USB hard drive that was acting similar. Does it show up in Disk Utility on your mac? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:12:44 PM EDT
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If the drive is visible to the operating system, a recovery utility should be able to pull it out.
Then, hammer that bitch to oblivion. Never trust a thumb drive that does that shit. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:23:41 PM EDT
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I'm working on a word document off of a thumb drive when it freezes. I jump through the usual hoops of waiting for it to respond and then close it through the task manager. After a while it finally closes. I can't find the drive on the computer so I take it out and reinsert it. The computer says it needs to be formatted. Went home and tried it on my mac and it wont recognize it either. Brand new 64gb USB 3.0. So all in all, I lost 3 1/2 semesters of grad school work. Not terrible but it still sucks none the less. 3.5 semesters of grad school yet still wasn't smart enough to have a back up or to use google drive or dropbox |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:29:40 PM EDT
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i have had success with easus file recovery but it only runs in windoze
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:33:10 PM EDT
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love the thread title.
when I use to LAn in high school we would always come across a bad or dying part and have to replace it. one of us was always in the middle of a build so we had extra parts to fix whoevers computer for the night to keep playing. broken parts got sprayed in wd40 and slid across the floor on fire to be smashed with a rubber mallet one night. thus became the ritual. wd40 and rubber mallet ever thrown a 30 inch CRT monitor off your friends parents roof at 3am blasting to whom the bell tolls and sand storm? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:35:58 PM EDT
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I ended up using "321Soft". It appears to have worked but it changed every file name to FileXXX so I have to sift through 400 word documents to find what I need for this week.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:38:37 PM EDT
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this is like the modernized version of the dog ate my homework
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:38:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'm working on a word document off of a thumb drive when it freezes. I jump through the usual hoops of waiting for it to respond and then close it through the task manager. After a while it finally closes. I can't find the drive on the computer so I take it out and reinsert it. The computer says it needs to be formatted. Went home and tried it on my mac and it wont recognize it either. Brand new 64gb USB 3.0. So all in all, I lost 3 1/2 semesters of grad school work. Not terrible but it still sucks none the less. There are 'rescue programs' available that will pull the data off of a defunct USB drive. The one I have costs about 40 bucks. It works really well. If you're interested, I will go see what the name of it is. Good luck. He who laughs last...has a backup.  |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:39:30 PM EDT
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I ended up using "321Soft". It appears to have worked but it changed every file name to FileXXX so I have to sift through 400 word documents to find what I need for this week. That happened when I recovered a card, all file names changed but file type extension was the same. FYI I use "Chronosync" on my Mac. I keep the files maintained on my iMac or external drives and then when I need to copy to additional drives for backups, I just open it up and it does the sync. 1 way or it will recognize deletions as well. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:39:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 3.5 semesters of grad school yet still wasn't smart enough to have a back up or to use google drive or dropbox Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm working on a word document off of a thumb drive when it freezes. I jump through the usual hoops of waiting for it to respond and then close it through the task manager. After a while it finally closes. I can't find the drive on the computer so I take it out and reinsert it. The computer says it needs to be formatted. Went home and tried it on my mac and it wont recognize it either. Brand new 64gb USB 3.0. So all in all, I lost 3 1/2 semesters of grad school work. Not terrible but it still sucks none the less. 3.5 semesters of grad school yet still wasn't smart enough to have a back up or to use google drive or dropbox |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:39:51 PM EDT
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In the world of ubiquitous cloud storage you get a
out of 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:44:56 PM EDT
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My wife had a 32gb drive sticking out the front of her work computer when she hit it with a book and snapped the connector off the PCB, a coworker's husband (who teaches soldering and PCB repair) tried to repair it but the data was gone. Years of class plans, assignments, etc, all down the drain. I gave her two 18" USB extensions so the next time it takes a hit at work or she drops her laptop the drive can just flop around, and I set up a 3tb external drive for her, but she never uses it, or backs things up to her laptop's drive like I told her to...
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:47:11 PM EDT
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My wife had a 32gb drive sticking out the front of her work computer when she hit it with a book and snapped the connector off the PCB, a coworker's husband (who teaches soldering and PCB repair) tried to repair it but the data was gone. Years of class plans, assignments, etc, all down the drain. I gave her two 18" USB extensions so the next time it takes a hit at work or she drops her laptop the drive can just flop around, and I set up a 3tb external drive for her, but she never uses it, or backs things up to her laptop's drive like I told her to... Kharn Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I like this style for that exact reason. 
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:52:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1) Don't work off of flash drives. 2) Only one copy of your data? Also, the data is likely recoverable. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:53:22 PM EDT
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I'm working on a word document off of a thumb drive when it freezes. I jump through the usual hoops of waiting for it to respond and then close it through the task manager. After a while it finally closes. I can't find the drive on the computer so I take it out and reinsert it. The computer says it needs to be formatted. Went home and tried it on my mac and it wont recognize it either. Brand new 64gb USB 3.0. So all in all, I lost 3 1/2 semesters of grad school work. Not terrible but it still sucks none the less. Thumb drives generally use TLC flash - triple layer cell. It is the least reliable of the flash types. Add to that two more factors: 1. Most technology follows an inverse bell curve with failure rate on the Y axis and time on the X. It either fails early or runs a good while, then toward the end of its useful life. 2. You only had one copy. There is no substitute for multiple copies of data regardless of the storage technology used. Data loss sucks. Glad to hear it didn't consist of critical data. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:55:16 PM EDT
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I believe I got it all back. My penance for not having a backup.
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:56:00 PM EDT
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I believe I got it all back. My penance for not having a backup. Go forth and backup thine files. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 9:57:50 PM EDT
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So it sounds like you're saying I should upgrade. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/5_inch_1_4_floppy_disk_-_top_view.jpg Don't worry, that floppy disk is write protected. Shit's safe. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:00:29 PM EDT
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I believe I got it all back. My penance for not having a backup. awesome |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:02:43 PM EDT
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First thing you should do: Take all your archived grad school work and zip it up, encrypt it, and shove it into the 'cloud' somewhere.
Then, come up with a viable backup rotation involving two different brands of USB zip drives or external HDD. Third, STICK TO IT. And make sure you rotate an encrypted backup to the 'cloud' at least monthly. Finally: TEST YOUR BACK UPS! I have every paper I wrote for grad school along with all the references I made and images I embedded in an archive because I couldn't afford to lose any. That and because it would look pretty bad for a grad student in Information Assurance to lose all his work due to not having a contingency plan or adequate data storage practice. Repent thee, sinner. Go forth, and sin no more. |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:05:13 PM EDT
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I didn't realize the usb drives were that unreliable. For automatic backup on your mac, you can try their Time Capsule LINK
I have been using one for a few years and its pretty sweet. If you do something stupid you can go back to the last known good version and all your stuff is there and it backs up automatically. The only problem is if it would fail and you needed a backup..... |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:07:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe I got it all back. My penance for not having a backup. It was murdered and came back? How close are we to Easter? |
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Posted: 3/2/2015 10:08:19 PM EDT
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That was my only copy. Midterms were handed in over the weekend so I don't need anything that was lost. and this, my dear, is the reason god invented google docs. |
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