My Dell Went To Hell

15 years ago

Same thing happened mine a few months ago. I hadn't a clue what to do but Dell support were very good. I managed to restore my files and a Dell guy came out within about 2 days to replace my hard drive (even though my warranty had run out a few weeks previously).

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koolphoto 15 years ago

I have a system that does automatic backups to an external hd at night. This way as long as I keep my computer on I am covered. There are a lot of programs that can do that for you.
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- sam520 15 years ago
  
  Same thing just happened to me. The sad thing is - I had bought Acronis to do automatic backups - but did not understand how to make it work. The guys at the computer store are going to show me how to set it up so I don't have to worry so much should this happen again. Mine was a Dell too!
  
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ADAMw3

15 years ago

That's exactly why I don't buy a dell. Seriously, if you got some time, just learn to build your own PC. You will not only be able to build a more powerful machine for much cheaper (Almost 50% cheaper), but you will also be able to fix all your problems!

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Markus Nimocks

15 years ago

For those that want a simple backup strategy:

1) Buy a USB external drive ($60 for a 250GB or so...)
2) Download Microsoft Synctoy 2.0 (free)
3) Make sure everything is stored in your My Documents folder and back it up!

Easy!

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MovingAhead 15 years ago

Yep, things like that can happen anytime.

Backup your important files at regular intervals.
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- mmacken 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MovingAhead
  
  Yep, things like that can happen anytime.
  
  Backup your important files at regular intervals.
  
  Touch wood, ive never backed up anything of mine and luckly never had a problem. Now wheres that USB stick.............:p
  
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ashleybaker

15 years ago

Yeah its happened to me a few times!

I just bort a cheap external hardrive to keep everything safe - works great

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Mangozoom

15 years ago

Over 2000 errors on my hard disk ... not looking so good

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Jesus Perez

15 years ago

I pay Mozy to backup my stuff to their servers. I think I paid $99 for 2 years.

I don't trust any local hardrive unless it has RAID 1 and offline tape backups. Eventually, all drives will fail within 5-7 years (maybe sooner).

Ironically enough, I'm in the process of restoring my 113gb D: drive which died earlier this week. I would have lost many HD family movies if it wasn't for Mozy.

Carbonite is good as well, btw.

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Mangozoom

15 years ago

mmacken .... DO IT NOWWWW!!!

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Ken Preuss

15 years ago

Dell went to Hell?

Get on track with a Mac!

Sorry, had to do it. Ha.

Ken

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Mo Goulet

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken Preuss

Dell went to Hell?

Get on track with a Mac!

Sorry, had to do it. Ha.

Ken

I tried going with MAC but 10 years of windows has my brain stuck...

I bought the missing manual and had a system built by a Professional Video/Studio Developer in Hollywood CA..paid $3500 with $6,000 in software and my wife uses it for email and she does not even know how to find google..

If any warrior wants a good MAC, go to My Stuff Online and click the link for Computers to see what it has...

Let me know if you are interested...

Wish I could break this windows drug habit ...MAC images are incredible compared to windows...

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Andy Money

15 years ago

Originally Posted by proapc

I tried going with MAC but 10 years of windows has my brain stuck...

I bought the missing manual and had a system built by a Professional Video/Studio Developer in Hollywood CA..paid $3500 with $6,000 in software and my wife uses it for email and she does not even know how to find google..

If any warrior wants a good MAC, go to My Stuff Online and click the link for Computers to see what it has...

Let me know if you are interested...

Wish I could break this windows drug habit ...MAC images are incredible compared to windows...

Same. Makes me feel like I'm using a toy whenever I'm on one, I can't get ahold of it unfortunately.

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lollieamp

15 years ago

I dun like Dell as they are not reliable

I had a very bad experience as they broke down few times within 1/2 year

So yeah, hell to Dell

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Andy Money 15 years ago

Backup EVERYTHING. ALL THE TIME. Sh** happens and it WILL happen.

If you have a desktop install a second hard drive to use exclusively for doing automated backups. Back when I was still living at home and was using my desktop I had my computer automatically backup the primary hard drive onto the secondary one every single night. You can do this with a laptop too, just get an external hard drive.
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DotComBum

15 years ago

Is your dell computer back to normal yet?

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Enigma7

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Mangozoom

Aaaaaaaaah

I kept putting off my back up, was going to do it this weekend and guess what ... my Dell has died.

Think with a restore it will be okay but the moral of the story is ..............

DO YOUR BACK UPS

John

Sorry to hear of your situation....I Love My "Click Free" Ext HD

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W.P. Allen 15 years ago

Dell is garbage.
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Angela V. Edwards

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Mangozoom

Aaaaaaaaah

I kept putting off my back up, was going to do it this weekend and guess what ... my Dell has died.

Think with a restore it will be okay but the moral of the story is ..............

DO YOUR BACK UPS

John

Yeah, I hear you on that, John. I've had a couple of crashes since I started in IM. This is a very important post.

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James Campbell

15 years ago

Word to the wise. Do not do a reformat or back up when you're sleepy. I made this mistake 1.5 years ago. Backed up everything on a 500GB External HD, and 5 minutes later BAM! Reformatted the external HD and my computer's HD. That hurt so bad, I can still feel it.

Now I'm obsessed with backing up on multiple sources, online, external HD's, flash drives, etc.... It is a little insane, but I don't want to feel that pain again

- James

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Mangozoom

15 years ago

Hey everyone thanks for the love ... my PC guys has called me and I am collecting my baby real soon

Using the PC in the family room sucks ... I cant just sprawl and trawl, have to sit up whilst listening to childrens TV

I appreciate everyones ideas on backing up and want to declare that today should be ...

INTERNATIONAL WARRIORS BACKUP THEIR FILES DAY ... Seriously DO IT TODAY, NOW, DONT DELAY!!!

As someone elequently put it S%$" does happen.

Hope I made my point with out too much over emphasis.

John

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jaynet

15 years ago

Agreed that it is always much cheaper and more efficient to build your own. I've found that Tiger Direct always has great prices on 'bare bones' kits that are a breeze to put together. Just did one for my stepdaughter and I've built 4 or 5 others from their stock in the last few years.

On the other hand, my main machine is a 4 year old Dell that has never even burped, although it's carried a heavy workload for all that time.

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