Comments on: Computers can be a Royal Pain…sometimes http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/ Life is what you make it! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nomad’s Snippets: Hileud and Nurul, Google PageRank downgrade | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42414 Nomad’s Snippets: Hileud and Nurul, Google PageRank downgrade | nomad4ever Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:32:42 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42414 [...] showing off how the desktop of your computer looks. I was a bit reluctant at first; as my recent Computer Catastrophe added to my paranoia of sharing too much personal information on the internet. But then - [...] [...] showing off how the desktop of your computer looks. I was a bit reluctant at first; as my recent Computer Catastrophe added to my paranoia of sharing too much personal information on the internet. But then – [...]

]]> By: How-to Guide to Store, Access and Sync your Data safely while Traveling the World | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42292 How-to Guide to Store, Access and Sync your Data safely while Traveling the World | nomad4ever Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:06:52 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42292 [...] can be a royal pain sometimes and it pays to avoid catastrophes, as most of us aren’t Geeks or want to watch out [...] [...] can be a royal pain sometimes and it pays to avoid catastrophes, as most of us aren’t Geeks or want to watch out [...]

]]> By: The Best of Nomad4ever in 2007 | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42203 The Best of Nomad4ever in 2007 | nomad4ever Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:48:24 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-42203 [...] written down. I had basically the 2nd part almost finished, but it got lost during my hard drive crash a few weeks later. I hate rewriting complete posts, so I didn’t get around again to the 2nd [...] [...] written down. I had basically the 2nd part almost finished, but it got lost during my hard drive crash a few weeks later. I hate rewriting complete posts, so I didn’t get around again to the 2nd [...]

]]> By: Life of Single White Caucasian Males in Asia [PIC] | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-34788 Life of Single White Caucasian Males in Asia [PIC] | nomad4ever Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:03:28 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-34788 [...] Computers can be a Royal Pain…sometimes [...] [...] Computers can be a Royal Pain…sometimes [...]

]]> By: dodong flores http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33187 dodong flores Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:18:47 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33187 Hi, Chris! I'm also using AVG Antivirus for my anti-virus program and Firefox for my browser... Hi, Chris!
I’m also using AVG Antivirus for my anti-virus program and Firefox for my browser…

]]> By: Chris http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33084 Chris Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:35:14 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33084 Dear GS and Sjbali, you are definitely right and I learned my lesson in the hard way. I will now use encryption and take better care of my personal data. The thing is, everything happened so fast. I was there actually to get my display fixed when suddenly the hard-drive gave up. It wasn't even clear if it was crashed or just any other problem. So I left it there for the Service Technicians to fix it. When I picked up my computer 2 days later, the old hard drive was already on its way to Taiwan for further examination, as it was a Laptop still under warranty. Tough luck basically. Arlglglgl! ;-) Dear GS and Sjbali, you are definitely right and I learned my lesson in the hard way. I will now use encryption and take better care of my personal data. The thing is, everything happened so fast. I was there actually to get my display fixed when suddenly the hard-drive gave up. It wasn’t even clear if it was crashed or just any other problem. So I left it there for the Service Technicians to fix it. When I picked up my computer 2 days later, the old hard drive was already on its way to Taiwan for further examination, as it was a Laptop still under warranty. Tough luck basically. Arlglglgl!

]]> By: sjbali http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33063 sjbali Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:10:34 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-33063 hey chris... i don't get it!! Why you gave your hard drive away?????? A new one isn't that expensive! Don't you know that you can recover everything, even on a broken hard drive??/ Even after dozen of formats???? Guess the Guys had a lot of fun whit it ;) NEVER GIVE YOUR HARD DRIVE AWAY, BACKUP OR NOT!!! Since there is so much software out there, recovering files aren't that difficult anymore, of course a backup is still a must!!! POOR MAN YOU :P ... so when we will do our going eat and catch up story??? :D cheers Sven hey chris…

i don’t get it!! Why you gave your hard drive away?????? A new one isn’t that expensive! Don’t you know that you can recover everything, even on a broken hard drive??/ Even after dozen of formats????

Guess the Guys had a lot of fun whit it ;)

NEVER GIVE YOUR HARD DRIVE AWAY, BACKUP OR NOT!!!

Since there is so much software out there, recovering files aren’t that difficult anymore, of course a backup is still a must!!!

POOR MAN YOU :P

… so when we will do our going eat and catch up story???

cheers
Sven

]]> By: GS http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32407 GS Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:25:46 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32407 You should rather use an encrypted partition for sensitive data. It is a little slower but it's definitely a good ideea for any mobile device (What if you loose that device ?). Even windows own encrypted filesystem is better than nothing and usually enough to detter the usually over curious geek (EFS is the easiest to use as it is already integrated.But it has some weak points...) For further informations, start here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_software and then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software and finally about windows own efs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypting_File_System You should rather use an encrypted partition for sensitive data. It is a little slower but it’s definitely a good ideea for any mobile device (What if you loose that device ?).
Even windows own encrypted filesystem is better than nothing and usually enough to detter the usually over curious geek (EFS is the easiest to use as it is already integrated.But it has some weak points…)
For further informations, start here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_software
and then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software
and finally about windows own efs :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypting_File_System

]]> By: Shams http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32284 Shams Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:39:51 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32284 Dear Mr. Nomad, You have a very nice site. I am very much impressed!! Wonderful. I am happy to know that you are in many Asian countries. I am from Bangladesh. Hope to read more from you. Shams. Dear Mr. Nomad, You have a very nice site. I am very much impressed!! Wonderful. I am happy to know that you are in many Asian countries. I am from Bangladesh. Hope to read more from you. Shams.

]]> By: Tariq Bamadhaj http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32223 Tariq Bamadhaj Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:29:43 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/09/02/computers-can-be-a-royal-painsometimes/#comment-32223 It will always be a fine balance between security and user-experience. If you were to always wipe out your personal data with every shutdown, you would definitely be secure but then comes the tasks of always having to input those same data or running them off your hdd or usb drive the next time you need to use it. It will always be a fine balance between security and user-experience. If you were to always wipe out your personal data with every shutdown, you would definitely be secure but then comes the tasks of always having to input those same data or running them off your hdd or usb drive the next time you need to use it.

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