Calling all computer savvy members!

[ddt0725]

Thank you


I do have some good news ....a few months back my external hard drive went "corrupt" on me (I

[Chris White]

I do have some good news ....

See your luck is changing already!

a few months back my external hard drive went "corrupt" on me (I'm just full of bad luck) and I lost 1,000's and 1,000's of photos ...all of my daughter's wedding photos, newborn grandbaby pics, photos of my mom who has since gone to better place and many, many others!

That is why I use multiple external hard-drives for parallel backups. They do occasionally fail, but the odds of two or three (I actually use three for the type of images you lost) failing at the same time is highly unlikely. Much easier than trying to recover from a bad drive. And, external storage is relatively cheep. I back up everything important in at least two places. I bet you will going forward too.

[ddt0725]

Without a doubt, I am!! I am also going to look into online storage back-up because I still don

[Chris White]

Personally, I do not use online storage, I am not comfortable with all my personal information (that has not already been culled) on someone else's storage. External hard-drives are cheep and a couple of also relatively in expensive fire safes in different locations are my personal preference.


I have not heard of the Magical Jelly Bean, but it sounds like something I will look into.

[HDNitehawk]

Anyone here ever use Magical Jelly Bean?

Only once and Mom got real mad because I traded our cow for the beans.

[Steve U]

Magical Jelly Beans....I tried some of them in college, work up in a strangers apartment with my underwear.......


Ohh you mean THE Magical Jelly Bean, well you start off with your remote in your mouth and ....

[ddt0725]

Anyone here ever use Magical Jelly Bean?

Only once and Mom got real mad because I traded our cow for the beans.
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LOL! You have been hanging around Steve U. way to much!!

[ddt0725]

Ohh you mean THE Magical Jelly Bean, well you start off with your remote in your mouth and ....

I really set myself up for this! [:P]

[weilin]

magic jelly bean keyfinder is the other utility that will give you a list of the keys on your computer. It does the same thing as Produkey. Either will work.

[ddt0725]

Well, the process has begun and at the moment it is not going well! Everything has been backed up, deleted and deactivated from the old hard drive. For the last hour my daughter has been trying to take the old hard drive out of the computer. One screw to go and we cannot get it out! It is facing the top of the tower one inch or so from the top of the tower and we just don