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    From sPINOZa@21:3/120 to All on Wed Nov 8 22:43:18 2023
    Howdy,

    I accidentally formatted the wrong disc. Yep the -.sNd!GRDn.- BBS disc.
    I felt stupid! Recovering data was not possible as I used the disc to
    backup the family photo archive aaaaaaaaaaaah. Fortunately we still
    have the pictures ;)

    I still have most of the bbs stuff but I have to reorganize it a bit and
    will start polling again soon! Please hold the packets Avon & Meatlotion :)

    gTx!
    sPi!

    ... Back up my hard drive? I can't find the reverse switch!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Westland BBS (21:3/120)
  • From Nigel Reed@21:2/101 to sPINOZa on Wed Nov 8 16:37:08 2023
    On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 22:43:18 +0100
    "sPINOZa" (21:3/120) <sPINOZa@f120.n3.z21.fidonet> wrote:

    Howdy,

    I accidentally formatted the wrong disc. Yep the -.sNd!GRDn.- BBS
    disc. I felt stupid! Recovering data was not possible as I used the
    disc to backup the family photo archive aaaaaaaaaaaah. Fortunately we
    still have the pictures ;)

    I still have most of the bbs stuff but I have to reorganize it a bit
    and will start polling again soon! Please hold the packets Avon &
    Meatlotion :)

    No big deal, just restore from your daily backup.
    --
    End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
    telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
    --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (21:2/101)
  • From Adept@21:2/108 to sPINOZa on Thu Nov 9 11:22:43 2023
    I accidentally formatted the wrong disc. Yep the -.sNd!GRDn.- BBS disc.
    I felt stupid! Recovering data was not possible as I used the disc to backup the family photo archive aaaaaaaaaaaah. Fortunately we still
    have the pictures ;)

    I've had the habit of taking older backups, and copying them to newer drives.

    Then, when that newer drive becomes old, I copy that to the next new drive.

    I try to keep the directory structure _somewhat_ flat, but I just did one of these copies yesterday, and am basically crossing my fingers that I don't really need the files/directories that now would have too long of a directory/file name.

    I don't think I will, as there are... a lot of duplicates in this data set, and oftentimes I've reduced name length on things already in some places.

    Because, yeah, what you're dealing with, with that data loss, is rough.

    But at least you have the photos.

    And, since it seemed interesting to me, it looks as though I now have a 5-layer-deep directory tree of things that, at one point, were singular drives.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)