ISLE-OF-WIGHT-L Archives

From: "Pierce Bragg" <>
Subject: Sad Story
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:45:34 +1000

Dear Fellow List Members,
> I've just resubscribed after 5 or 6 weeks absence.
> The sad story is that immediately after sending my SUBSCRIBE message
and
> downloading mail, my hard disk crashed, died, expired etc and no
expert
> could revive it.
>
> No doubt I'm the only fool who doesn't back everything up every day.
> Fortunately I'd recently given a copy of my main ftm file to a cousin
so
> I can at least retrieve what I'd entered in Family Tree Maker.
>
> What I've lost, and it breaks my heart, is a vast amount of
information
> for future reference and research in the form of letters saved from
list
> contributors and downloaded from other net sources.
>
> Once bitten ....... I've replaced the offending drive with two and
will
> regularly duplicate files of even the slightest import.
>
> On a brighter note, I visited the IOW while I was away and discovered
> the building in the High St., Cowes where my grandmother was born.
Also
> met Greg Early (I think) in the Northwood Cemetery. What a beautiful
> place! Wish we could have stayed for a couple of weeks.
>
> I wonder how well other people are protected from complete loss of
> information. I'd like to hear what routines others have to protect
vital
> files.
>
> Pierce Bragg
> Researching:- Hillyer(IOW), Bragg(London & Totton), Bonner(Yorkshire),
> Campbell(Belfast)
>

This thread:

• Sad Story by "Pierce Bragg" <>

  • Re: Sad Story by "John Earley" <>