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From: "Robert Soen" <rsoen@xs4all.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Good GOD, I'm ****ed!
Date: 29 Apr 1997 09:31:03 GMT
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What about the daily backups?

Robert Soen

Immortal <webmaster@global-impact.com> wrote in article
<01bc53e7$d0302c20$e5180ed0@default>...
> 
> 	The HORROR story.
> 
> System setup: P133; 100mb RAM; d1) 2.1gig IDE d2) 1.1 gig SCSI; etc.
> 
> d1) NT4.0; WIN95; DOS
> d2) FreeBSD 2.2.1
> 
>   * Installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 on the SCSI drive (d2).
> 
>   * During the installation, we told it to install its boot manager on d2
> the SCSI drive.
> 
>   * After completing the installation proceedure, we deselected our IDE
> drive in our  BIOS and booted into (d2) no problem. Everything worked
> GREAT!
> 
>   * Selected our IDE drive in our BIOS and booted into (d1) no problem!
> NT4.0; WIN95 and DOS where working GREAT!
> 
> [[[[ Here's when the NIGHTMARE began! ]]]]
> 
> After booting into the FreeBSD 2.2.1 on (d2), 3 time, its MBR migrated
over
> to our (d1) rendering our (d1) useless!  Yes, MIRGRATE is the proper
word! 
> We have not found anyone able to tell us how it found its way over to
(d1);
> Almost VIRUS like! shhhh!
> 
> We tring FDISK /MBR using a WIN95 / WINNT4 / DOS 4 / etc boot disk to try
> to get back into our (d1) IDE drive but everything FAILED!
> 
> NO DRIVE LETTER
> UNKNOWN FORMAT
> DRIVE NOT READY
> 
> And other drive ERROR messages.
> 
> After 4 days of trying to get into (d1), the primary IDE drive, and
> failing, we sent the drive away and spent over $1,300 dollars on DATA
> RECOVERY!
> 
> [[[[ The GOOD News ]]]]
> 
> They were able to reconstuct/rebuild the entire drive with zero out of
> 19,000 files lost!
> We lost over $1,300 in our bank account but learned a valuable lesson
which
> we could not put a price on!
> 
> 		L E A R N    F R O M   O U R   M I S T A K E !!!
> 
> ...auto-migrating MBR  [glitch / virus / one-time problem / ????] you
pick
> it and beware!
> 
> Operations Manager, Global Impact, Inc.
> 
> 
>