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Re: Help / Y2K struck Woody on 12/31/99

From: Susan Bennett (sbennett)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 20:10:03 PST

Woody I think that I was on your list. susan in Ohio
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    From: Woody Duncan <wduncan>
    To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet>
    Date: Sunday, January 02, 2000 4:02 PM
    Subject: Help / Y2K struck Woody on 12/31/99
    
    
    Dear ArtsEdNet Friends,
        Most likely it was a coincidence, or the real Y2K bug, but I got hit and my system crashed on my little i-Mac.
    I was trying to fix a problem I had with my new Real Audio player by deleting some old versions of the software.
    I must have dumped the wrong stuff because I lost everything except for a little blinking question mark ? ? ? ? ?
    on my screen. That means I had to dig out the original software restore discs and reboot. To make a long story short, after several failed atempts to "restore in place" with no luck - I did a "clean" restore wiping out everything. I'm back in operation now, but I've lost most everything. I'm in the process of recreating my work. My last complete backup was in May. The lesson is BACK UP EVERYTHING DAILY, I hope I learn. I even lost a neat automatic back program that I had not gotten around to using.
        HELP !! What I need to ask from my friends out there is to sent me your e-mail addresses again. The Getty list serve doesn't let that out automatically as some lists do. This is a special request especially to the teachers who said they had an interest in the "Living Artists Collaborative Oral Research Project", it is not lost but my address book and bookmarks are. Luckily I had recently done a back up on all of my web pages. So taospaint, my school and my computer class work out there on the web is still there and I have backups on discs.
        I've spent most of the morning putting all my software back on the computer like; printer, scanner, photo deluxe, screensaver, dreamweaver, etc. So my advice to you is find out the best way to back up your stuff daily and then do it. There are even servers out there that will provide free space for backups that are helpful in case your house burns down, dread the thought.
        Anyway, let me hear from you as you begin the new year 2000 with your students. I hope your year starts off better than mine. For 2 1/2 weeks Fran and I have had the flu, so I'm behind on everything. Now I know what it is like to be a virgin again. At least the students will be happy to know that the Y2K bug ate their tests. I won't have time to reconstruct them cause the semester ends in ten days.
                                        Happy New Year from Woody in KC
            You can reply to me directly by hitting wduncan 

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