Computer got wacked

[AZKC]

So Friday the 4th my system started getting retarded, so I start running defrag and Norton, but it keeps getting worse, the hard drive is going nuts running non stop in the background and then BAM I got no hard drive, a virus or something basically formated the fockin thing. It would not even recognize that there was a hard drive burningm burningm
I was able to get it going by booting off of Norton but everything was gone. Did the HP recovery crap got Windows up but 2 years of Favorites, links,address books and blah blah down the tubes. Last big back up I did was about 5-6 months so I'll be able to get some stuff back.
Just venting abit and wondering if anyone had heard of a mean ass virus running around that Norton and McAfee can't catch. A freind said he had heard of a big virus going off on the 4th of July.
Onward and upward, be carefull out there :cool:
KC

[Havasu Hangin']

Sorry to hear about your problems. For the future, you might wanna consider backing up your hard drive.
I had a hard drive failure when the computer was less than a year old. My symptoms were similar to yours- then it went completely (physical failure). Everything is gone- even took it to a recovery specialist- no go.
BTW, the failure rate on hard drives is 100%...they all eventually quit. Something to think about.
I installed a second 100 gig hard drive for less than $100- now I back everything up.

[XClutchboy725]

AZKC, that sucks man! Norton caught a pretty bad one in an email that came to my wife on Saturday! I guess I lucked out!

[JetBoatRich]

I lost mine on my lap top awhile back, it was making noises and I was able to copy the infromation to a server before it failed. It would error almost everytime before we changed it :o
i agee a good back-up is the way to go

[SS Havabrew]

No new viruses on the attack on the 4th. Some came out on the 3rd but nothing that deletes your harddrive. It is always a good idea to back up your crap. You can get a 200 gig external harddrive for around 200 bux. use a program called Norton Ghost and make a exact copy of your drive. Works pretty sweet! If you want to keep up on the latest viruses go here. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html#threat_list

[572Daytona]

Like HH said I suspect your problem was cause by a hardware failure in your hard drive rather than a virus. Heat is a leading cause of premature failure, make sure that your fan on that back of your PC is still turning and not clogged with dust. I'm not aware of any virus circulating over the weekend, but there was some sort of underground web site hacking contest but that wouldn't have affected your hard drive

[AZKC]

I'm just a user, do not know alot so I'll ask the beginner ???'s
If you backup your hard drive, do you do it once a week, everyday, or whenever you feel you should? And you copy the whole drive?
Can you backup programs/data using CDR's? I do that on my Quicken stuff.
I'm going to ck on the Norton Ghost software and a backup drive. Any difference in internal or USB external drives for backimg up purposes?
Thanks
KC

[Havasu Hangin']

AZKC:
If you backup your hard drive, do you do it once a week, everyday, or whenever you feel you should? And you copy the whole drive?I would think it depends on how often you add new info you want to save. For example, I lost alot of baby pics (non-replaceable)...so I wish I would have backed them up after I got them off the camera.
I just backup "my documents", etc., and Quicken info. The operating system should have it's own recovery discs.
I backup Quicken daily, and the others weekly.
AZKC:
Can you backup programs/data using CDR's?Yep. However, my pictures and video are pretty big files- not sure they'd fit on a disc.
AZKC:
Any difference in internal or USB external drives for backimg up purposes?An internal hard drive has more capacity, cheaper, and a faster transfer rate.
However, depending on the configuration, they may be vulnerable to viruses. Also, external systems are easier to tranfer computer to computer.
Pick your poison.

[SS Havabrew]

The thing I like about copying the complete harddrive is, if yours goes down for any reason, you can plug in the back up, make sure your BIOS is pointing to the external drive and POW, your right where you left off.

[AZKC]

Thanks for the info :cool: when I get the new stuff I get some more advice.
The frikin kicker on this is I have a new HP on the way from CompUSA that should have been here last Monday and somehow it got shippped back to the factory so they reshipped it and I should see it today. But if it would have gotten here on time I would have all ready transfered all the data that I lost on Friday :mad: :mad:
Sh!t Happens yuk
KC

[Rexone]

I use an external Iomega 120 gig drive and it has been flawless. Runs on USB2 and is much faster than any of my internal hard drives. I'd highly recommend them. I purchased mine on the Dell website as they had the best price at the time. I back up anything critical daily as I've had several hard drive failures here.

[mickeyfinn]

AZKC:
Thanks for the info :cool: when I get the new stuff I get some more advice.
The frikin kicker on this is I have a new HP on the way from CompUSA that should have been here last Monday and somehow it got shippped back to the factory so they reshipped it and I should see it today. But if it would have gotten here on time I would have all ready transfered all the data that I lost on Friday :mad: :mad:
Sh!t Happens yuk
KC If you have time don't buy the HP!!!
They typically don't put enough juice in the power supplies and you pay more than you should unless you buy the ultra low end model and then you get what you pay for. Buy one from an independent computer store somewhere close to you or at worse buy a dell or gateway.
Just my .02