I was using Outlook on a laptop when it crashed. Restarting it produced this: That didn't look good. I started it in safe mode. No go. I went to another machine, and Outlook crashed there, too. Looks like a bad email … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Restoring files after a HD failure
With the bad disk in the recycle bin (with a half-inch hole drilled through the platters) it was time to start restoring the data. During data restoration, it is possible to destroy your backup. You have to be careful here. The first, and to my way of thinking the most … [Read more...]
A hard disk failure
A week or so ago, I saw this message from the RAID controller on my Dell T7600, which is my main machine: I figured either the drive would fail completely or it wouldn’t. I could replace it before it failed or wait for it to fail, which might be a long time. That didn’t … [Read more...]