I did backup that partition, just not the
entire HD. I've done that several times,
it always worked out, Win98 is very nice
when it comes to format c: and reinstall.

Anyways, Win2000 doesn't work on this
system. The Motherboard etc are probably
somewhat too old, there may be some
specific stuff it doesn't recognize, like my
Ultra-100-Promise IDE-Controllers, cause
I had to plug my HD into a different slot for
Win2000 to find the HD...

Ah well.

"Christopher James Huff" surprises with a piece of wisdom:

>
> A little tip: you're supposed to backup *before* major changes, not
> after.
>

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I'll make extensive usage of my own
USB-Gadgets now, and my CD-Recorder,
and the Internet to post new and interesting
code etc etc etc...

Never backup just once, do it, like, thousand
ways...

"Sir Charles W. Shults III" added a nice little pat on the back to my former
work:
>     It's a real shame- the images were looking very good.

...and went on...

> I feel for your loss!
>     As cheap as hard drives are these days, it makes sense to have a
mirror
> drive and it really does add a great deal of security to your system.  I
hope
> you can afford to put one in.
>     I use a zip type drive to back up all my good stuff.  I also just
forced my
> wife to completely back her system up on CD-RWs.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chip Shults
> My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip
>
>

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Norbert Kern wrote:
> Tim Nikias wrote:
> 
> 
>>No more work on Vegetation-Includes.
>>Bye-Bye Worldbowl 2003 Edition.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tim, I feel with you.
> About one year ago, I made similar experiences.

Me too, I had a similar crash one year ago,
since then I always do backups.
Probably one has to experience this to learn
how important these are... ;-)

Sebastian

> Interesting, after your last "worldbowl" version I thought on asking you for
> the code...
> 
> 
> Norbert
> 
>

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Tim Nikias wrote:
> For my HD died today.

Ow, my worst nightmare... I feel with you.

> Rune, if you've still got some version of my
> Particle-System, you could send it to me.

I don't think you've ever sent it to me. No files with attachments from
you in my inbox anyway (and I keep all messages in my inbox). Or did I
get it from you by some other means?

Rune
--
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Hm, I remembered to have sent you a version
once for checking the system, a few weeks before
you started you're beta of your system.

But if it's not there, don't bother. A friend of mine
has a version of 2001 somewhere, but its not about
redoing the changes and updates, its about some
of the more interesting algorithms I've implemented
there.
I'll probably do a completely new system (maybe
even with I/O), when I really want a particle system
again.

For myself, I've set to check the four recovered
include files for "clean coding", then write another one
(the one I mentioned some time ago about tracking
detail-levels of meshes, sort of a LOD-Implementation
for my Mesh-Modifying-Macros), and begin with
a very nice and complex "reflective Sphere on
Checkered Plane".

I've even thought about using a new Artist's Name:
"Tim Nikias 2.0"

:-D


"Rune" felt sympathy:
>
> Ow, my worst nightmare... I feel with you.
>

...but had to "stab" me too ;-)

> > Rune, if you've still got some version of my
> > Particle-System, you could send it to me.
>
> I don't think you've ever sent it to me. No files with attachments from
> you in my inbox anyway (and I keep all messages in my inbox). Or did I
> get it from you by some other means?
>
> Rune

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Tim Nikias wrote:

"Somebody kills me please..."

You asked for it - you'll get it.

;-)

-- 
http://www.render-zone.com

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