OT - Sick Computer and MasterCook

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Quoted message said:

Just wanted to let you guys know. I'm not sure how much longer I can
use my computer. My hard drive seems to be crumbling. Some things
work, others don't. If we can't fix it, I'll be gone for at least a
month.

Once everything is either stabilized or repaired, I'll be asking people
for any copies they have of my cookbook and my mom's. None of the
others are critical.

Currently, my recipes are all showing up individually, but doing
anything with the "Carol" cookbook freezes MasterCook solid.

Over and out (hopefully not for long),
Carol

Get a new hard drive roughly priced at $100, and a copy of Norton Ghost
(About $60). You can clone the old drive to the new and Ghost also does
dynamic sizing. If your old drive was 40GB and the new one 160GB it'll
dynamically size the drive giving you an additional 120GB of space on
the volume.

I've been using it for years. It most recently saved a server that some
nitwit had configured as RAID 0 with a two drive setup. When one drive
started crapping out all bets were off. Thing was, it was intermitent.

I was able to use Ghost to image it to a RAID 1 drive set. Then replaced
the bad drive and mirrored it back forming a RAID 10 set.

Another good thing to have is Knoppix. It's a CD bootable Linux
distribution with the KDE (K Desktop Environment) that reads NTFS
volumes and can connect to pretty much anything via NFS, SMB (SMB is
Windows Server Message Blocks - which is how Windows does file shares.)

Knoppix is free to download and create a bootable CD from.

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Just wanted to let you guys know. I'm not sure how much longer I can
use my computer. My hard drive seems to be crumbling. Some things
work, others don't. If we can't fix it, I'll be gone for at least a
month.

Carol,

You must find a way to fix it! 'At least a month' is far, far too
long...

Karen MacInerney
Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
www.karenmacinerney.com

Tony P. said:

Get a new hard drive roughly priced at $100, and a copy of Norton Ghost
(About $60). You can clone the old drive to the new and Ghost also does
dynamic sizing. If your old drive was 40GB and the new one 160GB it'll
dynamically size the drive giving you an additional 120GB of space on
the volume.

I just used Acronis Migrate Easy to move my 40gb to a 250gb. The
trial version lasts for 30 days and did everything I needed
(allowed me to create custom partition sizes). Worked like a
charm, and costs $0.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/

-sw

I have received an e-mail from a trusted friend, recommending that I
install this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx

Please consider installing it if you run Windows.

Now I've just got to see how much damage has been done on my system.

Carol

Damsel in dis Dress said:

Just wanted to let you guys know. I'm not sure how much longer I can
use my computer. My hard drive seems to be crumbling. Some things
work, others don't. If we can't fix it, I'll be gone for at least a
month.

Currently, my recipes are all showing up individually, but doing
anything with the "Carol" cookbook freezes MasterCook solid.

I tried posting a few minutes ago, but the post hasn't shown up. If
you're running Windows, consider installing the following patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx
It's a serious, serious problem.

I received this info in e-mail after my initial post. Thanks,
mysterious stranger!

Carol

My computer crashed - again. Crash reformatted it - again. I need
people's e-mail addresses - again. I'm tearing out my hair - again.

I need Mom's recipes, which I didn't find the last time around. Does
anyone have that cookbook? I've got my own recipes taken care of.
Thanks, Dora!

Barb, I'm taking your advice and writing everything down. Thanks for
the tip!

I appreciate everyone's patience and willingness to help a Damsel in
distress.

Thank you very kindly!
Carol

Tony P. said:

Get a new hard drive roughly priced at $100, and a copy of Norton Ghost
(About $60).

Sure thing! Wanna send me $160? <G> Thanks for your advice.

Carol

On Mon 16 Jan 2006 05:53:13p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

Quoted message said:

My computer crashed - again. Crash reformatted it - again. I need
people's e-mail addresses - again. I'm tearing out my hair - again.

I need Mom's recipes, which I didn't find the last time around. Does
anyone have that cookbook? I've got my own recipes taken care of.
Thanks, Dora!

Barb, I'm taking your advice and writing everything down. Thanks for
the tip!

I appreciate everyone's patience and willingness to help a Damsel in
distress.

Thank you very kindly!
Carol

Carol, I just e-mailed you the Mastercook cookbook I have of your mother's
recipes. I think it may be all if not most of them. At least it's a
start.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

Remove all "[censored]'s" from address to e-mail directly.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Damsel in dis Dress said:

My computer crashed - again. Crash reformatted it - again. I need
people's e-mail addresses - again. I'm tearing out my hair - again.

I need Mom's recipes, which I didn't find the last time around. Does
anyone have that cookbook? I've got my own recipes taken care of.
Thanks, Dora!

Barb, I'm taking your advice and writing everything down. Thanks for
the tip!

I appreciate every

Backup, backup, backup! There's no need to maintain written records of
any computerized information if you do backups on a regular basis.

Wayne Boatwright said:

Carol, I just e-mailed you the Mastercook cookbook I have of your mother's
recipes. I think it may be all if not most of them. At least it's a
start.

God bless you, Wayne. I was devastated at the thought of losing them.

Carol, smiling

On Mon 16 Jan 2006 07:12:15p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in dis
Dress?

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

Carol, I just e-mailed you the Mastercook cookbook I have of your mother's
recipes. I think it may be all if not most of them. At least it's a
start.

God bless you, Wayne. I was devastated at the thought of losing them.

Carol, smiling

You're more than welcome, Carol. I hope you get everything back.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

Remove all "[censored]'s" from address to e-mail directly.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 16 Jan 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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I sent a copy of heirloom1 to your above email addy. It is several years
old and I had stored it on a CD with other collections so it might not be
as complete as you'd like. But should be a start.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 16 Jan 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

Tony P. said:

Get a new hard drive roughly priced at $100, and a copy of Norton Ghost
(About $60).

Sure thing! Wanna send me $160? <G> Thanks for your advice.

Carol

How about the price of a r/w CD that would work too.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:56:28 -0500, Stan Horwitz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Backup, backup, backup! There's no need to maintain written records of
any computerized information if you do backups on a regular basis.

We made a recent backup, but can't find it anywhere. It's like it's
disappeard. 🙁

Carol

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:32:09 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 16 Jan 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

Tony P. said:

Get a new hard drive roughly priced at $100, and a copy of Norton Ghost
(About $60).

Sure thing! Wanna send me $160? <G> Thanks for your advice.

Carol

How about the price of a r/w CD that would work too.

We have $.42. ::sigh::

Carol

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:30:45 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito <[email hidden]>

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I sent a copy of heirloom1 to your above email addy

Thanks, kiddo!

Carol