On 2/21/2013 5:28 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 02/18/2013 08:15 AM, jonc wrote: >> On 02/18/2013 03:34 AM, Tim wrote: >>> On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 18:05 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>>> Am going to look into this....as I want to "build" a server at home, >>>> and see what I can do with it.....maybe some form of central >>>> information repository?......I'll think of something! >>> Having a central server is very useful. You can store *your* files on >>> it, your mail on it, etc, instead of on the computer that you use, and >>> they'll always be there. Then, you can try out different distros and >>> software on a client computer, without losing any of your personal >>> stuff. >>> >> >> Useful, also, for backups, especially a backup of a separate home >> partition if you do change distributions often. You can easily set up >> a separate home partition and include it, unscathed, in any new setup, >> but having that backup is a very good thing. > > Well I've learned my lesson when it comes to backups. (Lost an entire 2 > year's worth of data, pictures, movies, files, folders, and music!) I > was using Windows 2000 at the time, and was constantly under pressure > from my current job at the time, which left me in a tizzy on a daily > basis! I had the PC up and running at home, and everything seemed to be > working, (I mean what could POSSIBLY go wrong!?...right? It was Windows > 2000 we're talking about..the "latest and greatest"...RIGHT?..LoL!) > Needless to say I had come home thinking I was going to be able to > download some files from work, only to find my machine in a "Blue > Screen" state, and it never recovered after that, I even went so far as > to try to access the files taking the HD out and putting it in a > different machine, but whatever happened? it completely fried my > drive.....from THAT day forward...I make an incremental backup at the > end of EVERY week! And then I duplicate THAT to an external USB storage > drive, which then gets placed in a Folder on my Linux Mint > box.....(that's right!....I will NEVER lose "My Stuff" EVER again!) Win2K is kinda' old. As for the blue screen? That is / was a error report and had you actually read it it would have told what had crashed, usually a hardware driver which are provided by the hardware manufacturer, and how to fix it. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
