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Originally posted by RC Agent
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Originally posted by RC Agent
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ughh! Why did you have to bring up this horrible reminder.Originally posted by RC Agent
The solution was to beat myself over the head with a hammer and stare at the sun with binoculars.
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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Didn't mean to bring up bad memories. Sorry. The reason I asked is because someone I know has had this happen to them, and I recalled reading something similar about it here on this forum. So, I did a search and found the thread. Was hoping a solution was found that I could share to the person.RC Agent
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No worries. I should have put a
after everything.
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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So? Basically tell this guy to start curling up in the fetal position??? That about sum up the situation??
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He could try some strong booze too. It won't recover any data, but it might make him forget that he lost it in the first place.
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Or stare at the sun with binoculars because either way, it will be less painful than losing the data.Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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I always resisted using encryption for my data because I'd probably forget the key.<TABLE BGCOLOR=Red><TR><TD><Font-weight="+1"><font COLOR=Black>The world just changed, Sep. 11, 2001</font></Font-weight></TR></TD></TABLE>Comment
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So I guess it means you never got the keys from the formatted HDD back?Originally posted by HelevitiaComment
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I use Windows Encryption and I have a backup on my keys on floppy disk stored away in our fire safe at work - not taking any chances.
I know this is an old thread bought back to life etc however even now we see similar posts being made on numerous forums.
It does amaze me how many people think you can simply get the encrpyted data back - they don't think about the whole point of encrypting your data in the first place.It cost one penny to cross, or one hundred gold pieces if you had a billygoat.
Trolls might not be quick thinkers but they don't forget in a hurry, eitherComment
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I use http://www.truecrypt.org/ for more than a year now it never let me down sofar.
I went for the option to generate a huge encrypted file (128GB) and mount that as a virtual drive.
No re-install of OS, change of hard drives or whatsoever made my data un-decryptable, I only have to make sure I won't delete that file by accident or forget my pw, of course ...
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With all the floppy disks I've seen go bad I don't know if it is the best medium for such critical data...Originally posted by PaulrGigabyte GA-K8N Ultra 9, Opteron 170 Denmark 2x2Ghz, 2 GB Corsair XMS, Gigabyte 6600, Gentoo Linux
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Agreed. Spend $10 and get a 256MB USB key, and put it on there multiple times. AND burn a CD, too.
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Since this incident happened to me, I now own two 250GB external drives. One backs up the other. I also have them on the network so I can share the data with my family. I also have a third 250GB external drive that I use for whatever I feel like including ghosting my system to this drive once a week.
Kurt, yes that is correct.Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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