smallhagrid Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This is about all sorts of stuff ranging from h/w to OS to s/w so I'll post it here & maybe it is the right place for it ??Yesterday I did something really stooopid.I lost my mind for a minute and trusted windows disk management to make a new extended partion for me.Pure stooopidity. Ooops.I should know better than to trust windows for any serious functions...but I forgot for 1 minute too long.It barfed the partition table taking a bunch of important stuff into no-man's-land.The search for the fix commenced.Nothing I had right at hand could uncover the 'lost' partitions.Finally - after way too long I found the best tool hiding in an old BartPE CD;Which leads me to=>1st mention of thanks - Partition Table Doctor.This is an old (2005 ??) windows version of the even older DOS app that works better than most for finding & bringing back vanished partitions.It worked perfectly...phew.After all that my brain was back online and I realized that it was time for some serious backing up.Of course I keep multiple backup images, snapshots, etc - but when a partition table gets barfed it is best to have an actual & recent clone all ready to use.2nd mention of thanks - SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter.I've got a couple of these and they are about the most handy things ever.I can take a naked SATA/IDE drive of almost any sort and connect data & power as an external device, then just plug it into a USB port - presto, instant added disk drive !!Here is a page about what I got:http://www.vantecusa.com/en/product/view_detail/266I found a spare HDD with enough space to clone into, and wanted to do a 'hot' backup, so I needed the one thing that will do that very easily...3rd mention of thanks - Easeus Todo Backup, WS edition.Cloned the C: drive to the external in just a few minutes, with no trouble a'tall.All the other stuff could be cloned just as I wanted it with my favourite utility:4th mention of thanks - MiniTool Partition Wizard.I cannot say enough good things about this utility.It just does everything it claims and always does it well for me.After all that - what happens ?!?One of the email thingies that I get THEN comes in to remind me...:World Backup Day is 3-31-15(http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/) OK, OK - I get it - even if I needed a mini disaster to remind me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Your experience is yet another reminder to all of us: back up your system. And have a backup of your backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I have also worn that T shirt and used the same tools you mention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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