Computer been knocked over

davemac said:
My problem is the reverse of what has occurred here, something will be working champion and I decide to hoover out the inside or I delete a file that I think I don't need, and before you know it its 3 in the morning and I just managed to get it back performing like it was at 9 in the previous evening. You've got to laugh haven't you,............. or perhaps not
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Vacuuming inside your PC is not a good idea, it generates static and can kill components. A can of compressed air is the way to do it.
 
gpick24 said:
Vacuuming inside your PC is not a good idea, it generates static and can kill components. A can of compressed air is the way to do it.
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It occurred to me at 2.45am in the morning that vacuming out the computer was not a good idea, I haven't done it since, I didn't have a can of compressed air so I used an air freshener, it still doesn't work, but it smells nice..............only joking.
 
Sunflower49 said:
...It's working now so we're both happy...
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Just while you're in the frame of mind that you might have lost it forever, consider what problems it would have caused if you had lost it (other than financially, through replacement).

I mean emails stored locally, photos, documents, passwords, licences etc.

If you would have lost something important, forever, then it's time to consider your backup options. For most people, a USB stick or external drive is good enough, but maybe that's the basis for another thread.
 
Yes.....that is so true.
I lost a lot of stuff when one of my computers decided to commit suicide.....my current computer reminds me weekly to do it...and I always put it off for later. I must do it...NOW!
 
shillelagh said:
when something goes wrong with mine I ring accyman ...
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If it hadn't have sorted itself out last night I would have done the same!

Studio25 said:
Just while you're in the frame of mind that you might have lost it forever, consider what problems it would have caused if you had lost it (other than financially, through replacement).

I mean emails stored locally, photos, documents, passwords, licences etc.

If you would have lost something important, forever, then it's time to consider your backup options. For most people, a USB stick or external drive is good enough, but maybe that's the basis for another thread.
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Very good point-this has happened to me before. It wouldn't have mattered so much with this particular computer in this case (most of my work docs are stored on my netbook and photographs are stored electronically) but I remember being gutted when I lost all my music a few months back. Some of it totally irreplaceable!
 
There are ways of retrieving lost files, even from formatted drives, not guaranteed to work, but worth a shot.
 
gpick24 said:
There are ways of retrieving lost files, even from formatted drives, not guaranteed to work, but worth a shot.
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Those utilities are no good if the drive has been physically damaged by being knocked over by a dog. Recovery then involves specialist "forensic level" attention at the cost of thousands.

For most users, even home users, the data on their computer is more valuable (financially or sentimentally) than the hardware.
 
Ah, right. I missed the bit where the lost music was the result of a soft-delete. Must be in another thread, or I'm just being blind in this one.
 
Doesn`t say how the music was lost, here`s what i was going off

Sunflower49 said:
...I remember being gutted when I lost all my music a few months back. Some of it totally irreplaceable!
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Sunflower49 said:
Funnily enough, this computer has only been set up a day,and up until a couple of days before that it had been with a computer repair man, for about 3 months!!
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Made me think this may be the same PC and if it`s just a format or reinstallation of windows that lost the music, then some may be recoverable.
 
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