Comments on: Server died. http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: billy bob http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-67 billy bob Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:34:09 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-67 You could also maybe get some content from Archive dot Org. I'm personally not really fond of them as their "service" gets into copyright issues (as a professional) but since you haven't asked them to block your site - you may be able to recollecct some content. Looks like the CSS (style is gone) but some content is there. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com Anyway - sorry to hear about it - it sucks. I recently bought a new 1.5GB drive for backup purposes and it died within a couple of months. Luckily the main files on other drives are fine. Good Luck. Also - thru a web search - I think there are some mirroring sites out there for cheap or free. You could also maybe get some content from Archive dot Org.

I’m personally not really fond of them as their “service” gets into copyright issues (as a professional) but since you haven’t asked them to block your site – you may be able to recollecct some content. Looks like the CSS (style is gone) but some content is there.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com

Anyway – sorry to hear about it – it sucks. I recently bought a new 1.5GB drive for backup purposes and it died within a couple of months. Luckily the main files on other drives are fine.

Good Luck.

Also – thru a web search – I think there are some mirroring sites out there for cheap or free.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Bruce Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:39:37 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-32 sorry to hear that... .. sorry to hear that… ..

]]> By: John http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-23 John Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:38:39 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-23 Additional comments 1. If it is locked up mecnically, a thermal shock can bring it back to life. (room temperature to freezer and back to room temperature etc.) Use plastic bag to seal the harddrive nicely before this attemp. 2. The assembly language and interupt call is not really difficult. It will tell you how bad the drive is. In most case, it just few lines of code typed in the dos window. It may help to save few hundred bucks if that is the failure mode. Try on some old dirve first to get use to the command. It does not tolerate error!! Good luck. Additional comments

1. If it is locked up mecnically, a thermal shock can bring it back to life. (room temperature to freezer and back to room temperature etc.) Use plastic bag to seal the harddrive nicely before this attemp.

2. The assembly language and interupt call is not really difficult. It will tell you how bad the drive is. In most case, it just few lines of code typed in the dos window. It may help to save few hundred bucks if that is the failure mode. Try on some old dirve first to get use to the command. It does not tolerate error!!

Good luck.

]]> By: admin http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-9 admin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:41:50 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-9 @Julien: Thanks, j'ai au moin des copies locales de mes scripts. As-tu un backup de ma db stp! ;) @Jack: A friend gave me the same idea. I'll grab the most important stuff from there @dave: Haha! Nice one John: I don't the drive in my hands. We might get together and pay to recover it. It can range from 200$ - 2000$ tho. @Julien: Thanks, j’ai au moin des copies locales de mes scripts. As-tu un backup de ma db stp! ;)

@Jack: A friend gave me the same idea. I’ll grab the most important stuff from there

@dave: Haha! Nice one

John: I don’t the drive in my hands. We might get together and pay to recover it. It can range from 200$ – 2000$ tho.

]]> By: John http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-8 John Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:14:29 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-8 ways for recovering hard drive (just provide it in case you need it) 1. If it does not power up, check circuit. It is unlikely broken for this area. If it did, a experienced electrical technician can help to fix it. In most case, it is loose wire or connection or bad component. 2. If it does power up and no strange sound when spinning, check the patrician table. Most troubles I had are from here. It can be fixed with either some old dos based tool or interrupt call (most trusted way if you know how). If you need how to check disk with interrupt, I can find my reference for it. 3. If it the disk inside is damaged, the recover cost can be quite high. It needs more sophisticated training and beyond my skill. John ways for recovering hard drive (just provide it in case you need it)

1. If it does not power up, check circuit. It is unlikely broken for this area. If it did, a experienced electrical technician can help to fix it. In most case, it is loose wire or connection or bad component.

2. If it does power up and no strange sound when spinning, check the patrician table. Most troubles I had are from here. It can be fixed with either some old dos based tool or interrupt call (most trusted way if you know how). If you need how to check disk with interrupt, I can find my reference for it.

3. If it the disk inside is damaged, the recover cost can be quite high. It needs more sophisticated training and beyond my skill.

John

]]> By: dave http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-7 dave Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:05 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-7 good luck! hope you can fix this prettySoon. good luck! hope you can fix this prettySoon.

]]> By: Rubens Mariuzzo http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Rubens Mariuzzo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:38:26 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-6 Hey Stéphane, That's a bad news, maybe you can try with web.archive.org to restore partially your web log. Sorry man. Hey Stéphane,

That’s a bad news, maybe you can try with web.archive.org to restore partially your web log.

Sorry man.

]]> By: Jack http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jack Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:46:09 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-5 Hi you can try google cashed pages: I can see there is a lot of your content... follow link below: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=+site:no-margin-for-errors.com+www.no-margin-for-errors.com&ei=btvOSrfIAdeNjAe3qbj4Aw&sa=X&oi=smap&resnum=1&ct=more-results&ved=0CBsQrAM click "cached" for each page Hi you can try google cashed pages:
I can see there is a lot of your content…
follow link below:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=+site:no-margin-for-errors.com+www.no-margin-for-errors.com&ei=btvOSrfIAdeNjAe3qbj4Aw&sa=X&oi=smap&resnum=1&ct=more-results&ved=0CBsQrAM

click “cached” for each page

]]> By: Julien http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/blog/2009/10/08/server-died/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Julien Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://no-margin-for-errors.com/?p=3#comment-3 Crap. C'est platte ça. Si jamais t'as de la misère à trouver PrettyPopin 1.3 ou prettyGallery 1.1 : http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/825545/prettyPopin_uncompressed.zip http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/825545/prettyGallery_uncompressed.zip Morale de l'histoire : use GitHub ; ) Crap. C’est platte ça.
Si jamais t’as de la misère à trouver PrettyPopin 1.3 ou prettyGallery 1.1 :
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/825545/prettyPopin_uncompressed.zip
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/825545/prettyGallery_uncompressed.zip

Morale de l’histoire : use GitHub ; )

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