Pete the Shoemaker 0 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I had to find a file from quite a few years back and had to dust off an old Gateway laptop I had. It looked antiquated! Anyway got the thing out and happily it could still turn on, though it took an age for the Windows 98 to appear and everything to settle down. My, I can't imagine having to wait so long now for something like that..... it took FOREVER to open files. Spent a day going through things but happily found what I needed. I know now to make complete proper backups of old machines. It was interesting to see some correspondence I had from back then. Some brought back some happy (and not so happy) memories. I sure said some embarrassing things back then! (Not always you understand). Though frustrating, it was an interesting experience. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have a 160GB external drive for all my pics and vids. AND I have never done backup of them. So just got myself a 500GB baby: gonna do backup tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I had to dig out an old machine as well last spring. It was a nightmare and took forever to find what I needed. It made me appreciate my current PC and Vista! (honest!) Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Imagine running win98 and todays PCs though, that would be sweet it would be so quick. everything instant. id go for that over nice vista graphics anyday. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Lets backup. My friend lost a ton of data the other week when his hard disc failed on him without a back up. He is still in need of consolation and actually in a bit of a mess with some of the things that have gone forever. Link to post Share on other sites
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