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I HATE virus attacks... Just got set back to May... AHHHHH! Dies...

by Kevin Mitchell · in General Discussion · 07/01/2012 (1:16 pm) · 8 replies

So yesterday I got hit by something I have no idea what it was I just over heard the music on my PC give a ear bleeding screech. Then my PC reboots to a BSOD...I first freak out because the drive has no boot record on my wifes machine so after several steps I save my RPG Engine. I have to reinstall everything from the ground up. I open my project in torsion it says corrupted... So I diff my code to a backup in may. I looks like over 50% of the files got scrambled with garbage. Can someone please shoot me? I feel so down right now. I was so close to being finished and now I'm reset so bad.

T_T

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Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#1
07/01/2012 (2:14 pm)
cute-n-tiny.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/cute-baby-bunnies-sleeping.jpeg

I find picture of cute bunnies very soothing.

backs up all his stuff asap

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#2
07/01/2012 (2:15 pm)
Alternatively getting blind drunk can work too.

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Ahsan Muzaheed
Default Studio Name
#3
07/01/2012 (4:40 pm)
in my life that happen 3 times
www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm/.
it always worked for me.

Torque Owner Kevin Mitchell
12 CatBlack Studios
#4
07/01/2012 (4:44 pm)
Steve. Lol.

Ahsan thanks but I got the data but the virus scrambled random segments. I'm putting together a repository pc right now with random parts.

Torque 3D Owner Kevin Rogers
#5
07/11/2012 (10:13 am)
No external backups? Oops.


Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
T3D Steering Committee
#6
07/12/2012 (10:01 am)
Online repositories are good for this! I use XP-Dev all the time. Github and Google code are good to if you can open-source your stuff (I have lots of personal projects on Github, it's great for working with friends... and showing off!).

Torque Owner Demolishun
DemolishunConsulting Rocks!
#7
07/12/2012 (12:12 pm)
I second the XP-Dev suggestion!

I keep a backup on an external drive. I am thinking about getting a second external drive so that I can swap between them. That way if something goes bad and destroys the internal and a currently connected external, then I just go back to the other external drive that is not currently connected.

Edit:
I normally keep the external drive I have now disconnected. I only connect it for backups.

Torque Owner Nils Eikelenboom
Studio DimSum
#8
10/20/2012 (10:38 am)
Like Frank, I use an external TB drive and only connect it when backing up (quite often I might say). Also keep it in a vault, so only a heavy fire can ruin that now (knocking on the table...)