As we continue our hunt for an Intel 865 PERL motherboard (supplier number 1 realised that they no longer have any, and now we are waiting for supplier number 2 to decide whether or not they have any in stock) we've decided to start preparing for the worst. (This is for if Plan Z doesn't work.) (Plan Z involves sending our hard drives to Dicko the friendly IT consultant in Melbourne, who has a mate who bought an 865 a few year ago, and letting him work his magic.)
So, could everyone have a look at their computers, and the CDs that they've got lying around, for any collections of pictures that they might have got from us. Some things that I think I've put on other peoples computers include our holiday in Tasmania (still got that Al?) and other holidays and trips away at various times. If you've got any folders of our photos, I'd really like to know that, just in case we aren't able to get the RAID to rebuild when we attach it to a new controller. (Make sense to you, mum?)
The third part of this message is to encourage everyone to backup everything on their computer that they would not want to lose, and KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THE BACKUPS ARE KEPT! When our computer comes back to life, and we realise that we haven't lost any data, we will laugh, and then spend the next day (and 80 DVDs) backing up EVERYTHING, regardless of the fact that "I'm about to buy a 300GB drive to use as a more convenient backup, so there isn't really much point doing it now.)
Bother. Bother. Bother.
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Debbie has just pointed out that ANY photos of our family would be welcomed, not just ones that we have left lying around.
I have a folder of yours entitled Colin, which has over 100 or so images of when you guys came down and saw Colin the first time, and then went to Glenelg afterwards, and then here. I think it was around your birthday last year?? Anyway its on my hard drive if you need it.
*updated, ok its from 8 november 2005 and has 276 images in it and also contains grenny and grampa pictures as well.
I've got a heap of stuff from 2001 - 2003, including church, eastercamp 2003, calvin, Debbie, Natalie, Stuart, manipulated etc etc.
And we've got a variety of photos of you lot we've taken.
And if I finish scanning my slides... I'll have a heap of early photos of you Stu ie over 30 years worth!!
l says yes we still have all the photo's that have been dumped on our computer. And yes a 250gb USB drive is what I use and also the second partition (not the same as the OS, just for Karen & Heth) as our storage drive.
well I'm sure you lot all know what you're talking about! I'm just glad when mine works, and that there's someone to fix it when it doesn't!
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