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Subject:Re: Archives and backing up files
From:al jordans
Date:Mon, 15 Apr 2002 07:16:48 -0400

Remember however that the ability to access and retrieve "deleted" files or
records is a two-edged sword.
aljay

> From: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
> Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:04:58 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Archives and backing up files
>
> As I mentioned in a previous email, I failed to back up my "vanagon keepers"
> files in email when I upgraded my computer to Windows XP professional. I
> thought I lost all my saved vanagon email. Fortunately I had cloned my hard
> drive before I upgraded to windows XP professional (a great program by the
> way.)
>
> A new resident in our household is a computer networking expert who charges
> over $100 per hour for his work. He told me that everything was retrieveable
> although hidden. After about 5 minutes of intuitive searching and trial and
> error he was able to find all my email that I failed to back up and restore
> it to a new email location. FANTASTIC. All that work was not down the tubes
> after all thanks to his know how.
>
> Computers are still a mystery to me but it is good to know that when things
> are deleted they are still there somewhere IF YOU KNOW HOW to get it back.
>
> William

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