Re: Partition Magic Error 108

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The frequency of backups is a business decision. The OP needs
to compare the cost of losing data with the cost of backing up
frequently. Banks back up every transaction, for obvious reasons.
Small businesses tend to back things up each day. Novice users
do not back up at all until they learn their lesson the hard way
round. It can be a very painful lesson.


"MedRxman" <medrxman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uqOE7mCCGHA.1288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> why only once a week? Anytime I add data I back up all my data prior to
> turning off the machine. I also back up to a second hard drive. A great
> freeware utility for these quick backups is "Replicator" located at
> www.karenware.com .
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23NDCwqBCGHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Adding to this: No only do I back things up before any
> > major changes, I also back up my important files once
> > a week to an external hard disk in a USB case. They
> > cost surprisingly little.
> >
> > You could connect your hard disk as a slave disk to
> > some other WinXP/2000 PC and see what's left
> > although I suspect that your file system is well and
> > truly thrashed.
> >
> >
> > "Jim C" <jec1242x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:sv%qf.9969$Dd2.9914@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Chalk this up to a lesson learned. If your performing any major
changes
> > to
> >> your system backup your critical data. You might try recreating your
> >> boot
> >> sector, via xp recovery console. However, I think you might be screwed
> > and
> >> will need to start from scratch.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <guaj1818@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1135378961.109421.134350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Today, I tried to resize my three partitions using Partition Magic
8.0.
> >> > When about 90 % of the process was completed my computer restarted
and
> >> > is just showing a blank screen. When I reboot using the Partition
Magic
> >> > Rescue Disks, I just get a text saying "Disk 1 appears to have
> >> > partitions created using different drive geometry...255h63..."
> >> > BAD1. #108.
> >> > Furthermore, it says that I should backup my data and reinstall
> >> > everything...
> >> >
> >> > I am really a novice at this, I was wondering if it is possible for
me
> >> > to recover all data from my three partitions. If I can recover all
> >> > data, I want to format my disk and install everything again.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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