Gecko Bloggle

So, after the main drive on our server decided to pack it in after only six years of:

• running on a sad little Pentium III 733
• Windows 2000 server (and IIS, ’cause they said it couldn’t be DONE)
• not enough air flow
• multiple power surges and outages
• three different low-profile power supplies
• a warm day combined with the door on the cabinet sealing shut

the drive made this horrific clicking noise when attempting to boot.

Now thanks to

• some SERIOUS drive recovery karma (I think I’m around 95% on over 100 drives in my carreer: freaky, huh?)
• Arwen‘s CompSci degree
• blind faith to KEEP TRYING even after you’ve already consciously accepted that everything’s gone
• backups I started on a daily/weekly/”otherdrivetarget” back in February

72hrs later, we’re back up. New hardware, new server OS, new everything. NEW.

Same ol’ data though, which is the new sweetness.

Arwen, Monkeypants, Pomodoro and I are all back.

So, “Temple” is in ruins, and “Blackhole” is here to stay, we hope.

Email/comment (if you can) if there’s any weirdness.

Oh, and Email’s not *quite* back up just yet, so Monkey and Pomo are not emailable at this domain for the next little bit.

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