Comments on: The Week From Hell

By: david

david — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:00:38 +0000

Mark, these are bad news to read to..I feel for you since I’ve lost critical data for some college papers, but managed to deliver anyway. And at the same time I am a TSPA purchaser and loyal reader of yours.

But you know? It is, at the same time, ‘good’ to see our heroes overcome hard times because it reminds us that you guys are human too, and that we are capable of achieving what we propose to, even if the obstacles resemble of titanic proportions.

Stay motivated and remember that you have a large base of admirers that have found inspiration in you, so never give up mate! (:

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:15:39 +0000

Thanks SO much all the advice and encouragement, everyone!
I’ve taken all the suggestions on board and for a start have downloaded dropbox. I’ve also got an external hard drive coming in the post.
As an update, I was the sickest I’ve ever been in my life yesterday! Within about 10 minutes my head got ridiculously sore and I was shaking all over. I put on 2 layers of clothes, put on both radiators in my bedroom, got under the duvet, and had a 4-bar fire blasting a foot from my face…and I was FREEZING! I actually shivered for a full 2 hours in that situation! I mean really shaking! It subsided and I’ve been in bed ever since. I’m only out now to write this, about 36 hrs straight in bed 🙁 no food. But I just had some tomato soup, which tasted awesome. I’m def on the mend now. Man flu? Dunno, but I actually thought I might die for a while. It’s definitely all up from here lol.

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:04:04 +0000

If you use webmail, you might want to email your documents to yourself. It works great!

By: Juanito

Juanito — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:49:45 +0000

Damn! Haha my computer died also, and I almost lost EVERYTHING, but what I did was that I downloaded Knoppix (it’s too late for that now) and I recovered my files, and then I formatted everything. I learned my lesson also though: ALWAYS BACK UP

By: Martin Meyers

Martin Meyers — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:20:59 +0000

Hang in there Mark! Thanks for all your work & Merry Christmas!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:40:25 +0000

Sugarsync.com

I currently pay $24/month for 250 gb. I think there a free 5 gb option. I like sugarsync over Dropbox because sugarsync allows file archival and not just backup and sync. Apps like these do the backup automagically and you can have access to your files from anywhere. Hard drives are too fragile (especially laptop hard drives) to be trusted. It seems like I’m replacing a hard drive (almost always my wife’s) every 6 months.

By: meeee

meeee — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:15:17 +0000

isn’t it wierd how things go wrong in clusters. Been through it. Came out of it the other end 🙂
my compaq crashed and would not start up. Panicked a little. I did have an external hard drive but had not backed anything up (due to my own laziness).
for future reference, if your computer crashes and wont startup you dont need to buy any fancy software that might corrupt your files. You just connect the external hard drive to the computer via the usb port. then when your computer attempts to restart (but can’t) it gives you the option of starting up the “command prompt” which is a dos window. Open two different dos windows (one for your computer and one for your external drive)
in one of the dos windows you simply type “chdir” and the path where all you files are located (eg chdir c:\mydocuments).
in the other dos window try to find the “drive” letter for your external drive (for mine it was “f:”
then go back to the dos window for the computer and type “xcopy *.* f:\ /e)”
this will copy all the files from c:\mydocuments to the external drive including their folders. it will take some time to copy if there is a lot of stuff on there.
once it’s finished copying then in the external drive dos window type “dir” and it will show you all the folders and files that have been copied.
You can then switch off the computer and disconnect the external drive. The external drive can then be connected to a computer that works to check that all the information has been copied correctly.
Chin up and Merry Christmas.

By: Emilio Paiva de Brito

Emilio Paiva de Brito — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:04:35 +0000

Bad times… Good luck getting it all back together though. At least you didn’t break your arms!

Merry Christmas

By: Tom O'Reilly

Tom O'Reilly — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:22:08 +0000

Hi Mark,

sorry to here your badluck with the hard drive.
Happened to me earlier this year lost everything movies (shh) family photos training logs and more. But this program saved my skin and recover EVERYTHING (Partition Find and Mount Pro 2.3)If you still have the drive give it a try.

Hope it helps, only wished i’d seen this earliar. Good luck.

And Merry Christmas to You & ALL muslce Hackers everywhere

Tom

By: JaSoN

JaSoN — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:54:16 +0000

Don’t worry bro. You’ve done so much already for us and now is the time of the year to put work aside and gym (which is really hard for me) and just chill with the family. When the new year starts then go for it!! Have great xmas Mark, Dont stress, father xmas might bring you something.

By: abu

abu — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:54:18 +0000

mark i see it as a reset button it happens to us from time to time,and we a hackers we never give in.

By: john

john — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:46:03 +0000

Keep up the good work Mark, only good things shall come =)

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:55:51 +0000

Hey Mark, that really sucks what happened to you. I feel for you man. I had a really crappy October and November that hit points so low, there was no other way to go except up and out of it. It’s taken tremendous effort on my part but now things are at least manageable just in time for the holidays. I just want to show support for you during this tough time. I’ve gained more in 4 months following your principles than I have in years of doing reps without reaching failure and that has definitely added to my overall optimistic view of life. Get better, stay strong, train hard, and keep moving forward!

By: Russ Ullner

Russ Ullner — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:26:06 +0000

Total bummer. I guess a lot of us have learned that lesson. Although, I can’t imagine the frustration of losing a book that I was writing. That’s awful. Anyway, I bet you’ll be doing double back-ups from now on. Merry Christmas and thanks for all your help this past year. I’m a 50 year old with a darn good hard body because of you.

By: Mike Huber

Mike Huber — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:35:30 +0000

Your Upbeat Attitude…..That’s Why I’m A MuscleHack Fan!! Keep on plugging away, A Blessing instilled in us from the Good Lord!! Merry Christmas Mark McManus!! And your right, 2012 IS GONNA BE GREAT!!!

By: Bartek

Bartek — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:08:39 +0000

Hi Mark, Everyone tell tou about computer but what about your health? are you ok? If u get cold buy Manuka Honey 15+ and should help really quick. Also I recommend 1000mg of vitamin C everyday in the morning before breakfast.
I use Manuka and is fantastic try and you see.Help u recover quicker is well from workout. I hope help u.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:54:24 +0000

It can only get worse. . . . .

By: Faisal Rahman

Faisal Rahman — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:51:49 +0000

Mark,

Sorry to hear that!!… well for future backup..try “mozy online” good backup system. I acttually use it to run my companies backup files.. All account database, financial database…

For recovery of your old hard drive you can try :
Recuva

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:42:47 +0000

Hey Mark,

Is your website backed up? It’s unlikely but web hosting companies have screwed up in the past.

Merry Xmas!

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:03:28 +0000

Hey Mark,

Just like the boxer floored from an unexpected punch, you gotta get back up and come back even stronger and you’ll win the fight!
After all if this wasn’t in your nature, you wouldn’t be lifting the iron, you’d just walk away and find something easier to do!
keep the faith bud’ we’ll still be here.

Kind regards, Graham

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:40:09 +0000

Very sorry to hear that Mark. Definitely look into uploading to dropbox and such, also for your next laptop I would recommend Asus G-series.
As for re-doing the work – often when you have to rewrite something without the benefit of the original the second version is much improved, so think of it as releasing a second version, not a recovered first.
Happy New Year!
-Joe

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:31:14 +0000

What dosent kill you..makes you stronger..With that being said..nobody likes a week like that..but we are patient..cant wait for the new stuff mark..take your time and make it kick ass…merry christmas..

By: Lourcey

Lourcey — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:23:01 +0000

First and foremost, merry Christmas!
Second I have to say, damn you are a wise man. I am positive everything is going to work out for you.
As for the computers: I used to hate macs, but now I have to use them at work (asst. Video editor) and I’m starting to come around! I would recomend them, these things can be pushed like an old horse and still work.
You might also want to look into cloud data storage, I think I saw a few people say that above, it’s not too expensive and could really save you if it happens again.

Lastly, I just bought TSPA for my fathers for Christmas, not only can your product change lives, it can also make a great gift haha!
Have a great holiday Mark.

By: CJ Hunt

CJ Hunt — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:15:47 +0000

Hi Mark,
In media school I had to switch to MAC. Since then, no problems of this nature OR viruses… or spending extra $ to get virus programs.

Feel better and have a great 2012!
CJ

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:38:11 +0000

Hang in there man! These things tend to happen in threes.
(in your case, fives! 🙂
No doubt, 2012 will bring triumphs that will make all this a distant memory!