Wayne W replied:

Hi David,

Thanks for your time and effort in restoring the forum. As you are always in the firing ling when things aren't working, I'm sure the accolades will be unending.

ATB for 2006.

Regards,
Wayne.

Member - Trevor R (QLD) replied:

Hi David,

I have just got back from 2weeks away, so nothing missing from my point of view (what you haven't seen won't hurt you).
I haven't told you guys this yet but I will today, I think you do a marvelous job and service to the 4wd community that use this site so please keep up the good work.

I thought computers were supposed to make your life easier....... until I started useing them.

Cheers Trevor.

Member - sparra replied:

no need to be sorry, stuff happens,you can only do what you can do.she'll be right. sounds like ya need a beer, cheers ,sparra

Truckster (Vic) replied:

S h i t happens dude, hardware fails, Forum DB missing from tape? Backup running when crashed, or nothing in the log to suggest why its missing?

backup stratergies may be something to work on though :(

flappa replied:

Phew , you should be happy Truckster . . .

That offer to shout all the forum regulars has now disappeared.

Member - David (WA) replied:

Thanks David for letting us know.

I was logged on and then tried to go back to the forum and it all disappeared.

As my sons were stuffing around with our router I heaped all sorts of helpful abuse at them for cutting off my connection.

Looks like I need to apologise as it was not them after all.

Cheers
David

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses replied:

David, sorry to hear you had those problems - it took me a couple of minutes to decide it wasn't mine actually, so glad it wasn't here but had to reboot computers a couple of times as I only had one priority for a site to visit ;-) I knew email worked and messaging but not EO.

Thanks for your restoration efforts David and the reassurance it wasn't here.

Always seems to be a puter problem somewhere with them. Last week there was a power supply here first manifesting itself with USB connection failures of 5 volts. Then some d***head decides to password protect the content advisor on the browser. Know that wasn't the staff as they don't have that knowledge.

Leroy replied:

David,

Check out a product call Symantec Livestate Recovery formerly V2i protector. It images your system on the fly. You can schedule it to do incremental images hourly for example and only keep like the last 3 and do a full early each morning etc. You can also browse the images for data.

Leroy

Nudenut replied:

and i thought it was my computer again.....

Ruth from Birdsville Caravan Park replied:

Ah ha, just as well I looked on today's Forum before I hopped and on asked the question. I spent over an hour replying to everyone who kindly returned messages from Post 29282 - my New Year's Greetings and couldn't believe it when there was not one of my messages there.
Poor you David - what a night!

Pajman Pete (SA) replied:

Thanks for the great service David. I didn't miss EO, I was still busy unpacking, cleaning and repairing gear from our VIC High Country trip.

All the best in the New Year.

Cheers

Pete

Martyn (WA) replied:

David,
No problem, as usual thanks for all the effort to get things happening again, I made my usual call to Bigpond to keep them on their toes, I've just got a wireless rooter I was blaming that, just about to launch it into the garden. Bit like the old Nissans, sooper reliable and then every now and again just have to give you something to do to occupy that time you didn't know what to do with.
Thanks for the efforts it's appreciated.

Footloose replied:

Yep, pretty crook when the hardware decides to moderate the moderators :))

Member - Omaroo (NSW) replied:

David - back it all up on diskette just to be sure...

:)

techie replied:

Amen to footloose - u got a giggle out of that one.
Diskette backup is good - got a heap of 5 1/4 360k you can use.

Re my post #29325 re solar panels on eBay.
(weird, when I look back for the replies and got this posting instead)
Thanks everyone for their response. I think I'll give them a miss.
too old and prob not the rating they stated.
Techie
ps Thanks David - good job of restoration, I know from personal experience - not easy

Dean (SA) replied:

Ah, that explains alot. Ive tried calling to renew my membership but have only got through to the anwsering machine.
Dean

Trekkie replied:

Thanks David
Thought I was going nuts - have been away for a couple of days and having asked a question to try to help my auto electrician, I was a bit surprised at the lack of response - then I checked my email and all the replies were there.
Having just spent about $35,000 in my business on a new server, I can understand your frustration - there are so many options and solutions

Truckster (Vic) replied:

BTT for those that have missed it.