What Are You Doing Right Now

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dustinb3403 I was like surprised people still do this....

I see it recommended constantly on SW.

In a dire pinch, I would still do this. Otherwise, I would just ship it out to a data recovery place and let them do what they're best at.

The real issue is how they got into this position, not that they do something crazy and desperate.

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dustinb3403 I was like surprised people still do this....

I see it recommended constantly on SW.

In a dire pinch, I would still do this. Otherwise, I would just ship it out to a data recovery place and let them do what they're best at.

The real issue is how they got into this position, not that they do something crazy and desperate.

I heard that if you sing to them, they spin faster. I swear it works.

dbeato

@scottalanmiller Backups, Backups and more backups.

DustinB3403

@tim_g said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dustinb3403 I was like surprised people still do this....

I see it recommended constantly on SW.

In a dire pinch, I would still do this. Otherwise, I would just ship it out to a data recovery place and let them do what they're best at.

The real issue is how they got into this position, not that they do something crazy and desperate.

I heard that if you sing to them, they spin faster. I swear it works.

How can you hear about something and swear by it?

DustinB3403

There is a Tap It Forward event going on tonight at the Genesee Brewery... not sure if I can go or not. . .

Obsolesce

@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@tim_g said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dustinb3403 I was like surprised people still do this....

I see it recommended constantly on SW.

In a dire pinch, I would still do this. Otherwise, I would just ship it out to a data recovery place and let them do what they're best at.

The real issue is how they got into this position, not that they do something crazy and desperate.

I heard that if you sing to them, they spin faster. I swear it works.

How can you hear about something and swear by it?

SW style.

DustinB3403

I guess I killed that SW topic about freezing hard drives... lol

EddieJennings

Trying to find a way to stay focused for 29 more minutes.

gjacobse

le sigh

While trying to placate ***(L)***users, dealing with a system with pegged CPU,..

Tri-booting my first system... this should be fun.

momurda

@gjacobse luser is the original name for logon user, about 45 years old now.
I have a tri boot system at home, 2 win 10 installs, 1 mint on same hw.

gjacobse

@momurda said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse luser is the original name for logon user, about 45 years old now.
I have a tri boot system at home, 2 win 10 installs, 1 mint on same hw.

lol. yea,.. luser has been.. but sorta implying loser ...

In this case, it's

Vista
DeepIn
Ubuntu

Texkonc

Just called it a day for work. My onsite took a helluva lot longer than hoped. Got caught up enough to deal with the rest Monday.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dustinb3403 I was like surprised people still do this....

I see it recommended constantly on SW.

Because enough people have tried it and it used to work. I haven't had to do that in God, 10 years or so. Backups are your friend.