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One way to prepare for sudden SSD failure

Posted 07-01-2020 at 09:55 AM by beachboy2
Updated 07-03-2020 at 03:10 AM by beachboy2

Tags backup, failure, grsync, recovery, ssd

Why SSDs die a sudden death:
https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2019/01/w...-deal-with-it/

There are several ways to prepare for sudden SSD failure.

Here I am using Grsync to manually backup the home folder (/home/fred) regularly to a second drive (/media/drive2).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync#Grsync

However, one essential refinement must be added to the usual Grsync backup procedure before the drive...

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DDRescue-GUI

Posted 11-02-2019 at 11:37 AM by beachboy2
Updated 11-02-2019 at 11:49 AM by beachboy2

Tags data, ddrescue, failure, graphical, recovery

DDRescue-GUI provides an alternative, simple graphical method for using ddrescue.

DDRescue-GUI:

https://launchpad.net/ddrescue-gui

Screenshots:
https://www.hamishmb.com/html/screenshots.php

To install, open Terminal:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hamishmb/myppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ddrescue-gui

Video-1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54-uZa7nxE

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aMSN

Posted 12-01-2010 at 03:53 PM by jmlm_1970

Tags amsn, error, failure, login, working

What to do when stops log in?

1. Install the package "amsn-data_0.97.2~debian-0ubuntu3~hardy1_all.deb" (or other amsn-data package suitable for your system configuration), if it still does not login in the aMSN go to step 2...
2. In the browser, login to hotmail.com using your account, and go to hotmail inbox, there should be a messenger zone, in my configuration it is on the left vertical area, below folders name, if it is stopped or off (the messenger) just start...

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