Gateway Laptop

[FROG MAN]

I seen my brother smash his laptop on the driveway,stomp on it a few times, then leave it lay in the rain for 6 months. It doesn't look like a nice Dell anymore. Things not that desperate here yet.Last thing I smashed was a cell phone.It.s an old family tradition.:smash2:

Edited October 24, 2011 by FROG MAN

[Yammer Dan]

I know how to stomp on a cell phone:whistling:Gonna come across that lady one of these days. Wonder if she will remember me??

[myminpins]

I've never had success using Microsoft's "recover" options. I've run Norton Ghost for many, many years (using 14 now) and it has saved me many, many times. I usually hate Norton products but this one works a treat for me and I haven't lost personal files in years.

 

I also have, as stated above, two hard drives connected to my laptop where backups of EVERYTHING are saved in case crap happens.

 

If you have a cord and know how to do it, you can move her files to another computer (or use a USB stick, which takes eons but eventually will get the job done) to move her stuff to another computer then wipe the laptop and off you go.

 

You can purchase USB hard drives very cheaply these days. I'd advise getting one and keeping a backup of stuff on it.

[camos]

If you put the operating system on its own partition, you never lose your files, photos, etc. if you have to do a restore

Not discounting the value of useful applications, this is the best advice anyone could give on setting up a computer for the long run. I also never install any applications on "C: Program Files" but use "D: Program Files" instead but could be any drive. Also move the email and My Documents folders to another drive.

 

In the event of a total crash and restore of the system partition all programs will have to be reinstalled but program data will usually be safe and personal files and email will always be safe. Backups to another HD add an important level of safety.

[BuddyRich]

Yank the drive an put it in a usb container. Get the stuff off of it then put it all back together, tie a rock to it, and throw it in the deepest river you can find.