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<blockquote data-quote="MrJuggles" data-source="post: 205756"><p>Cheers for that Aptmunich. It's actually all gone a little poop over here at the moment leaving me feeling annoyed and frustrated (equally frustrated with my lack of knowledge)</p><p>In the my G4 kept freezing repeatedly, I thought if I uploaded all my pertinent data to my .Mac account and reinstalled the whole system (as some other forums seemed to be pointing to) that might resolve it. However it never stayed working long enough to do that so I uploaded file by file up to my PC upstairs. Then when I went for the reinstall I was told that the disk was an earlier version than what was on my computer. I really didn't want to do that as it seemed a little like retroactive action. </p><p>When the system restarted again it seemed to have reset it's self, all the personal modifications gone, safari and that Email thing were back on the dock and my Firefox and thunderbird were back in the applications folders. When I started them up they didn’t have all the settings and bookmarks (or Emails and accounts for Thunderbird) that were their origionaly.</p><p>So now I'm P****d off. I know that the files and/or information must be somewhere on my computer, but I don't know where to point the programmes, all my Emails are somewhere in the ether and my computer is repeatedly freezing.</p><p>I've finally took it back to the shop (it was less than a month old) and left it with them. I can't help but feel a little jaded though, especially when the guy asked me to sign a waiver saying any data lost was not their fault, to which I said if the machine hadn't messed up in the first month I wouldn't have to be putting it in such a vulnerable position in the first place so I can’t take that as my responsibility.</p><p>I really was glad I switched, but I think I might have become complacent.</p><p>Any Ideas or suggestions on</p><p>A) Getting the information back for Firefox & Thunderbird (when it comes back in three weeks)</p><p>B) Any good practices to help prevent this happening again, or in case it does</p><p>C) Any good sites/books for good practical reading and learning whilst my machine is being fixed so I can improve my knowledge</p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />neye: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />neye: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />neye: </p><p>Ok, deep breaths, rant over. Cheers for listening</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrJuggles, post: 205756"] Cheers for that Aptmunich. It's actually all gone a little poop over here at the moment leaving me feeling annoyed and frustrated (equally frustrated with my lack of knowledge) In the my G4 kept freezing repeatedly, I thought if I uploaded all my pertinent data to my .Mac account and reinstalled the whole system (as some other forums seemed to be pointing to) that might resolve it. However it never stayed working long enough to do that so I uploaded file by file up to my PC upstairs. Then when I went for the reinstall I was told that the disk was an earlier version than what was on my computer. I really didn't want to do that as it seemed a little like retroactive action. When the system restarted again it seemed to have reset it's self, all the personal modifications gone, safari and that Email thing were back on the dock and my Firefox and thunderbird were back in the applications folders. When I started them up they didn’t have all the settings and bookmarks (or Emails and accounts for Thunderbird) that were their origionaly. So now I'm P****d off. I know that the files and/or information must be somewhere on my computer, but I don't know where to point the programmes, all my Emails are somewhere in the ether and my computer is repeatedly freezing. I've finally took it back to the shop (it was less than a month old) and left it with them. I can't help but feel a little jaded though, especially when the guy asked me to sign a waiver saying any data lost was not their fault, to which I said if the machine hadn't messed up in the first month I wouldn't have to be putting it in such a vulnerable position in the first place so I can’t take that as my responsibility. I really was glad I switched, but I think I might have become complacent. Any Ideas or suggestions on A) Getting the information back for Firefox & Thunderbird (when it comes back in three weeks) B) Any good practices to help prevent this happening again, or in case it does C) Any good sites/books for good practical reading and learning whilst my machine is being fixed so I can improve my knowledge :oneye: :oneye: :oneye: Ok, deep breaths, rant over. Cheers for listening [/QUOTE]
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