vollkorn @vollkorn@chaos.social

The next time the copy process asked me if'd like to overwrite the existing files, I said yes, but nothing happened. So I tried clicking the pause button next to the dysfunctional cancel button. Doesn't do anything either, despite turning grey, it seems. Consequently, I had to go for a fourth restore attempt. That one's still going. Fingers crossed. I'll let you know once it finishes.

Btw, I never say to skip files already in place, because I have no idea if the previous copy process, that was interrupted, didn't stop mid-file. Maybe one really important file got only copied half way? No idea. Nothing tells me, I'd have to verify myself. No rollback in the copy process or the restore process. So I always overwrite all files again, just to be sure.

Asking is fine, but why doesn't it copy other files in the meantime?

Next, I realized that the PC went into standby. Not sure if this happened because the copy process stopped or if it went into standby despite the copy process. So I ghanged the settings not to go into standby. Just to be sure it won't interrupt. A notice telling me how the restore relates to standby would've been handy.

The restore process copies the files over like a normal file copy. Consequently, it asks you what to do, when it finds files which are already at the place where you restore files to. They're from the previous, interrupted restore attempt. No way to tell the program ahead to just replace them. You have to wait. In my case, several hours into the process estimated to take 23hrs, it stopped until I said to overwrite them.

I wanted to cancel the restor, because it was from a network location and was very slow. I wanted to attach the hard disk via USB to the PC, but the backup folder wasn't recognized. That is because for network locations you can select the folder, but for USB-connected drives, the folder is hard-coded. You cannot change it. And I didn't want to accidentally mess up the backup by moving the files on the hard drive around. So back to recovery over the network.

I recently learned a few things about Window's backup program File History, I wish I wouldn't have learned.

For starters, when restoring files, it shows a copy dialog with a little cross in the top right corner. It indeed stops the restore process, but for me it stalled and wouldn't allow me to close the window anymore. After a long reboot, I couldn't open the File History settings anymore, until I researched the problem and deleted the config files.

Der Teig ist gut aufgegangen

Reitet ihr eigentlich auch auf der Bitcoin Welle?

Gerade herausgefunden, dass meine ~80jährigen Nachbarn sich nicht impfen lassen. Weil "es ist alles nicht zu Ende gedacht". Und ihr Arzt hat dagegen empfohlen. Sie fahren mit der Naturmedizin so gut und stärken ihr Immunsystem mit Vitaminen.

Übrigens habe ich den alten Laptop mit PXE über Netzwerk gebootet statt per CD, USB oder Ausbau der Festplatte. Hat wunderbar funktioniert, alle Daten sind gerettet und die Festplatte ist sicher ge-shred-et.

Hat irgendwer in meiner hamburger TL entweder
- eine alte Linux-Boot-CD (so ~2005, 32 Bit) oder
- einen CD-Brenner und kann mir was brennen oder
- einen IDE-USB-Adapter oder
- ein USB Floppy Drive mit Diskette?

Möchte Daten von einem alten Rechner bergen.

Ah, yes, the old Thinkpads were the best. Especially for security research. They even had a port scan key.

Gestern Abend wurde der #twitch-Stream der #revision aus mir unbekanntem Grund gesperrt. Die revision ist, stark vereinfacht, die Oster-Party der Demoszene auf der Grafik- und Sound-Demos vorgestellt werden. Die Demoszene ist sogar UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. Glücklicherweise hat das VOC des #CCC innerhalb von 20 Minuten das Streaming übernommen. Mal wieder ein Beispiel für die Notwendigkeit eines vielfältigen, bunten, dezentralen Internets. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26684868 #freerevision

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