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From: kevinf@infmx.UUCP (Kevin Franden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Total meltdown... need some help
Keywords: backup failed
Message-ID: <1612@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 20:28:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Informix Software Inc., Menlo Park, CA.
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Hi all.....

Well, it finally happened.   After several years of skirting death I finally
got stuck.  Over the weekend, my home system was struck w/ a total hosing.

First, I was doing a simple unerase via norton's QU but I was also using
the switchar included with PICNIX's un*x-like programs.  The two didn't
mix.  After getting some EXE failures I rebooted.  About 1/2 way through
autoexec.bat, the machine hung hard.  Had to power off.  BTW, I was cleaning
up before doing a backup.

After doing a low level format on up, I was restoring (more background:  I 
have a 60 meg disk partitioned into 2 parts via fdisk) D: when the media I
had used as backup began to get worse and worse.  Not only had I juggled
the order of the backup diskettes, some of them proved to be unreadable.
Now, I know what your thinking... "It's a good thing this was D and not C
cause at least you should have MOST of your stuff in working order." well,
not really:  I use D: the most.  

All the "important" stuff was on D:


I bet your thinking "Oh, poor guy!  How can I help out this beleagured soul?"
well, you could send me the uudecode source posted to c.b.i.p a little bit
ago.  I lost the source so I can't decode anything.   The rbhelp would be
nice too.  So would nyet.


Well, the sob story is over.  If you have the C (pr pascal) source to UUDECODE
could you send it?

Thanks for the help (why is it that disaster strikes at the worst
opportunity?)




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Kevin Franden		    UUCP: {backbone}!pyramid!infmx!kevinf
Informix Software Inc
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