View Single Post
  #7   (View Single Post)  
Old 23rd December 2008
JMJ_coder JMJ_coder is offline
VPN Cryptographer
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 464
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TerryP View Post
I don't think I have to say it, but if you have a way -> I would backup all valuable data off the drive while you can. I still remember having to copy data off a breaking USB connector, not fun.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ephemera View Post
as a precaution i would suggest taking a backup of any important files right away.

check the o/p of fdisk; does it show a discrepency in the partition size?

also check the SMART status of the disk. if it indicates that the disk is ok then that doesn't necessarily mean the disk is ok, but if it indicates an impending disk failure then the disk is almost certainly bad.
Thanks -- a backup is always sound advice. And more than once I've been burned by not backing up -- you'd think I would have learned after the first time. In this case, however, it was a fresh vanilla install -- no data yet. All my data is stored on my main desktop.

But now that it's been mentioned -- I'd better go backup my desktop.
__________________
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
Reply With Quote