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Title: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Adam1701D on May 08, 2016, 07:36:35 PM
Bad news: due to a PC hard disk failure, Electra will be out of action until further notice.

Everything important is backed up and I can still receive mails but cannot take any new orders for now.

I shall be trying to restore the pc this week but have no timescale
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Caz on May 08, 2016, 07:44:21 PM
Not a nice thing to happen, the first time I had it happen I didn´t have a back up and learnt the hard way, now I have multiple back ups.   :)

Hope you´re back up and running soon Adam as my Devon Belle Observation car completion is relying on you.   ;)
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: NeMo on May 08, 2016, 07:44:47 PM
Hoping things get sorted out soon.

Cheers, NeMo
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Portpatrick on May 08, 2016, 09:35:44 PM
Quote from: Caz on May 08, 2016, 07:44:21 PM
Not a nice thing to happen, the first time I had it happen I didn´t have a back up and learnt the hard way, now I have multiple back ups.   :)

Hope you´re back up and running soon Adam as my Devon Belle Observation car completion is relying on you.   ;)

Oh dear.. As is completion of my Saltire 156.
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Adam1701D on May 09, 2016, 06:19:01 AM
All my files are backed up in the cloud and i have an older pc that can be pressed into service. Won't be too long I hope
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: robert shrives on May 09, 2016, 07:08:27 AM
Adam,
sorry to read of failure, backing up and I cloud/365 all offer some security but not nice when it happens. I hope stress caused does not last too long and normality returns - at least the hound will get out more?
regards
Robert 
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: keithfre on May 09, 2016, 01:43:47 PM
My old XP computer was playing up, taking a long time to start up if at all. I bought a refurbished one to replace it and since then it's been working fine ;-}

Has happened to me in the past with a fridge - I only ordered the replacement and it started working again.

Evidently the mere thought of replacement puts the sh*t up these recalcitrants ;-}
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Adam1701D on May 09, 2016, 04:02:06 PM
I am quietly optimistic that Windows 10 may have actually succeeded in repairing the HD. The machine actually started this morning after a number of attempts and completed a lengthy repair process.

Watch this space... 8)
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Snowwolflair on May 09, 2016, 05:54:52 PM
Download and run Malwarebytes if you don't already have it.  Sounds like something has nested in your boot sectors.  Windows 10 is good but it needs help to stop it coming back.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/ (https://www.malwarebytes.org/)
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Mustermark on May 10, 2016, 02:59:28 AM
Good luck Adam. Miserable when this happens.
Title: Re: Electra Railway Graphics - computer failure
Post by: Newportnobby on May 10, 2016, 10:11:09 AM
Having suffered a catastrophic hard drive failure last year (it disintegrated :o) you have my sympathy, Adam. Sadly, I lost quite a lot of data owing to me not backing things up often enough :-[
Lesson learned.