Help....!

Don't ask me what I did to get this to happen....because I haven't got a clue.

And before anyone tells me that it is NOT fixed until it says it is....this is more than I have previously had.
So keep your fingers crossed for me that the machine fixes whatever was wrong.

One thing is for sure....if I get the system restored, the first thing will be to rescue my design files.....and back the blooming system up!
 

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Way-hay.....thank you folks for your time, your thoughts and your support....and if you sent healing vibes to my machine....double dog thanks!

I am chuffed to little mint balls

LOOK AT THIS!
 

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Yes, I feel a whole lot more relaxed now....and my design files are being added to a memory stick and a Western Digital Black external hard drive as I type this....to be sure to be sure as the Irish washerwoman said.
Thank you for your support...much appreciated.
 
accybeme said:
Yabba-dabba-doo fred would be proud of you,
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Thank you Accybeme.
I am very pleased with myself....I would be even more pleased if I could say how I did it.
I am not a braggart...but could not wait to get over the road to tell my daughter.
She said that she knew I would do it....because she says I am like a terrier...I never let go till it's well and truly dead.
Thank you for your support and your suggestions....all gratefully received.
Don't you just love it when there is a happy ending?
 
Yay!
Another suggestion is to get a gmail address and use google drive to store your files.
Let Google provide the backups, access them from anywere.

I'm glad it's going again.
 
I am not a fan of google, but I do have Bullguard on my machine and that has a storage facility, so I am going to investigate that....but the most pertinent lesson is to get back into backing up.
Thank you Rainbow six for your help and your suggestions...truly valued.
Right now I am as happy as a pig in an orchard.:D
 
Being part of the, 'Never throw anything away' generation I still have a copy of windows 7 pro which you can borrow.
Can meet you in town and let you have it.
 
Thank you for your kind offer Less.
I am also part of that brigade.....it is the way we were raised.

I am sorted Less....though I cannot tell you how the fix was accomplished.
So hang onto that Disc and I know who to contact if I get into trouble again.

I have retrieved my design files and have backed up the system to an external hard drive...and while I know this is not foolproof(I have had a back up hard drive fail on me before now) it is the best I can do.
Thank you for your very kind offer...it is much appreciated.
 
Done....two recovery discs made.
Back up of all files onto an external hard drive.
Belt and braces should give me some confidence just to be on the safe side.

I hope that some of you have learned from my mishap....but then I guess you are all up to speed on backing up:)
 
Yes, I have too....three times.....so that should have taught me that there is no substitute for backing up.
Except, I backed up to an external hard drive.
Felt confident that if it was needed, all my files were safely stored.
WRONG....that hard drive failed....it had not occurred to me that this was a possibility.
My system reminds me to back up....Bullguard reminds me to back up.
I just got lazy and sloppy.....and it takes something like this weekend to pull you up sharp.
 
welcolm to my world margaret. took me ages to get back on here for a start as i could not pick up emails for a new password till yesterday. how long this will last is anyones guess. what with computers and modernish cars i,m getting ready to give up. wish we were back with getting the pink or green saturday nights sports paper and running my 1947 humber super snipe at times like this.
 
For passwords I use lastpass, this means that I only need to remember 1 secure password and then every site I go on I get to use the longest and most secure unique passwords.
Not the name of my cat, dog or firstborn child - but one that is going to take years to hack.

All accessible via any browser or phone\tablet etc.


Which, if the unfortunate happens and my PC goes to the PC graveyard suddenly, I can instantly log into places as my passwords are not stored only locally.
 
monkey hanger said:
welcolm to my world margaret. took me ages to get back on here for a start as i could not pick up emails for a new password till yesterday. how long this will last is anyones guess. what with computers and modernish cars i,m getting ready to give up. wish we were back with getting the pink or green saturday nights sports paper and running my 1947 humber super snipe at times like this.
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That was my worry if I had to replace my system.
I am careful over passwords and these days many sites....especially banks have multi layered security.

But getting the thing working was a HUGE relief.
I felt very proud of myself, getting it going(wish I could work out how I had done it though).
It was losing my design program and the projects that are stored in that program that would have been the facer.
I would have had a lot of work to do to catch up.
And I know it is only a hobby....not a business.
When you have promised people hand made cards, you feel honour bound to get them made.
 
These are just a few of the projects that would have been lost forever.
 

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