Talk:MistRider recovery

Status of old Mist HD

 * Looks like when HD fails, it needs a machine restart before it will work again. This applies even when it is hooked up as an external drive. Seems like it could be a problem in the controller. --Yates 19:03, 16 November 2009 (CST)
 * Disk started clicking, but files still seem to be readable. Not sure if their content is reliable or not. --Yates 19:45, 16 November 2009 (CST)

Backup notes

 * Excluded the following from the backup of the home directories:
 * All ".ccache" directories
 * Wikipedia dumps, including most of the contents of . --Yates 19:48, 16 November 2009 (CST)
 * and  directories, except part of   that was copied before a failure --Yates 19:52, 16 November 2009 (CST)