If it's going into safe mode and you're not sure why, Patrick, the I'd
suggest you wait to son-in-law can see the machine before trying
anything more.
On 19/04/2008, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> thanks Dave I tried to save pictures some saved some seem to have gone
> walkabouts -will also check with a son in law tomorrow
> cheers P-computer is now working in safe mode???
> these machines are so stupid
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
>
> Sent: 19 April 2008 17:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: testing
>
> Try an unused rewritable cd first, Patrick.
>
> On 19/04/2008, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Bad news Kasper!!
> > Here I have been trying to save my stuff on cd and it keeps coming up
> > 'write protected' any ideas anyone ??
> > Cheeries old Padraig
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> > Sent: 19 April 2008 15:00
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Subject: Re: testing
> >
> > Yes, it is awful. I've had the same happen twice - yeuch. Good luck
> Kasper.
> >
> > On 19/04/2008, Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "kasper salonen"
> > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent:
> > Saturday, April 19, 2008 7:57 AM > Subject: Re: testing > > > >
> > > all fine on your end.
> > > >
> > > > not so on mine. my computer crashed about a week ago & today I >
> > > discovered that it was irrevocably fucked. I had to format the whole
> > > > shebang -- lost three years' worth of files & programs.
> > > > I've been telling myself that they weren't irreplacable, and
> > mostly > > it's true; I can get all the programs back by downloading
> > or > > installing them, and I have a number of my old files (old
> > poetry, some > > essays, presentations &c) on a memory stick or on a
> > cd (whose > > whereabouts at this moment is unknown..) or in storage
> > online. but it > > still pisses me off.
> > > >
> > > > I thought it'd be a cleansing experience, but so far it's just
> > been a > bitch.
> > > >
> > > > KS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Sorry to hear this, Kasper --- it happened to me a few years back
> > and is a > dreadful experience.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Bircumshaw
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
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> David Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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