----- Original Message ----- From: "barbara webster" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Computer crash - description please > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Allen > I see you are from New York are any of your > West's from there my brick walls are John West > and his sister Ellen he was born 1829 in Fleming > Cayuga Co. Ny Ellen was born 1835 there parents > was Lyman West 1798 Vt. Ruth White 1806 Ma. > hope this ring a bell with some one > thank you > Barbara > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen Siebold" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Computer crash - description please > > > > Dear Barb, > > I didn't mean to scare you. I've been computing since the early 70's or so > > and have had only 1 true failure (I've had 2 'stupid' failures directly > > attributable to my own actions) in all that time over many, many, > computers. > > > > When it does happen however, you will remember it. > > > > It's always nice to protect yourself . . . at least that's what I learned > > long ago on the school bus :)> > > > > Allen > > > > > > > > > > Rev. E. Allen Siebold > > Lansingburgh Ecumenical Shared Ministry > > Pastor: The United Methodist Church > > 3rd Ave at 116th St. > > Stated Supply: First Presbyterian Church (USA) > > 3rd Ave at 115th St > > Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA > > www.gbgm-umc.org/lansingburgh > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Barbara" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:44 PM > > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Computer crash - description please > > > > > > > Allen: You are indeed a fountain of info. Thank you for taking the > time > > to > > > explain it so well and so fully. You have succeeded in scaring me to > > > death....and right into the computer store for a CD burner. > > > > > > Your message should be published on every group. > > > > > > Grateful Barb in Ottawa, Ontario. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Allen Siebold" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 9:48 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Computer crash - description please > > > > > > > > > > Barbara, > > > > Computers can crash in different ways depending on the problem. If a > > hard > > > > disk 'goes' it often, but not always, gives a warning -- strange > sounds > > > and > > > > intermittent errors -- at best. > > > > > > > > If a cpu stops working -- it just stops and stares back with a blank > > > screen > > > > without blinking. > > > > > > > > If a memory chip goes bad, you will get failures and faults and error > > > > messages. > > > > > > > > Sometimes your operating system goes bad -- that is the easiest. You > can > > > > reload your operating system. > > > > > > > > The bottom line is you know you've crashed because it just stops doing > > > what > > > > it does so well -- work. > > > > > > > > If your hard disk stops working you probably, but not always, have > lost > > > all > > > > your data -- unless you back up, back up, back up. Not just one back > up > > > > disk, but several backed up on a rotating basis. Some folks use zip > > drives > > > > because they hold more. I now use CD-R disks -- it just take a few > > minutes > > > > to back everything up on a couple of CD roms. I also am attached to a > > > > network here at home and another at work. So periodically (once a > week), > > I > > > > move files to another computer on each network. Each week I have my > > > updated > > > > files on CD disks and two computers in separate cities. Am I paranoid? > > Oh, > > > > yes. I had a computer crash on me -- a hard drive went bad with little > > > > warning. > > > > > > > > And that (for me) is the short answer. > > > > > > > > Allen > > > > Rev. E. Allen Siebold > > > > Lansingburgh Ecumenical Shared Ministry > > > > Pastor: The United Methodist Church > > > > 3rd Ave at 116th St. > > > > Stated Supply: First Presbyterian Church (USA) > > > > 3rd Ave at 115th St > > > > Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, USA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Barbara" > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:19 PM > > > > Subject: [WEST-L] Computer crash - description please > > > > > > > > > Hello all: > > > > > > > > > > Myra wrote that her computer crashed and this got me to wondering > what > > > > > actually happens when this event occurs. > > > > > > > > > > What are the symptoms? > > > > > > > > > > What happens to all your saved files and your family database? > > > > > > > > > > What do you do to correct it or to recover from the crash? > > > > > > > > > > I keep my family database updated on disk, in case my machine > crashes, > > > but > > > > > I've never understood what the term means or what actually happens. > > > > > > > > > > Enlightenment, anyone? > > > > > > > > > > Barb in Ottawa > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe send a post to <[email protected]> > > > Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > > Become a transcriber for the Census Project. > > www.us-census.org >