The discussion revolves around the issue of missing pages from a lab report saved on a flash drive. Participants share their experiences, backup strategies, and suggestions for preventing data loss, focusing on both technical aspects and personal anecdotes related to document management.
Participants do not reach a consensus on the cause of the missing pages, with various suggestions and experiences shared. There is a mix of agreement on the importance of backups and different methods of document management, but no definitive solution is established for the original problem.
Some participants mention the potential for write buffer issues with flash drives, while others emphasize the reliability of paper-based methods. The discussion reflects various assumptions about technology use and personal preferences in handling documents.
Weird...G01 said:
Write buffers are disabled for flashdrives by default to prevent such errors, but you're right - it's a good habit to use the stop command before unplugging USB devices.NoTime said:
The dog ate my last two pages.Danger said:Weird...
I do my stuff on paper and have never had that problem.
Danger said:Weird...
I do my stuff on paper and have never had that problem.
I print hard copies every so often, and do most of my editing on the hard copy before typing it onto the computer version (looking at a computer screen, it's easy to lose context and wind up with every paragraph starting with the same clause). I have back-ups on two computers and two flash drives too (not all the same version, but the stuff that's hardest to recreate is all in multiple places). This means that if one computer or drive fails, at worst, I have to transcribe my scribble from hard copy back to a typed version on the computer, which is a lot faster than trying to re-compose the thoughts that went into the writing.