The disk drive in my work laptop started making funny noises at the end of the day yesterday, and I got two BSODs in less than an hour. When I booted it after the first crash, it was up and stable for about 15-20 minutes before going down again. (The error was a kernel page fault of some kind...any ideas on what might be failing?)
I brought it home with me so I can pull as much data off of it as possible before it REALLY dies. Fortunately, most of my data is kept in a single folder, and I know where to find my Lotus Notes user ID. My strong preference is to copy stuff onto my home PC so I can burn CDs/DVDs at my leisure and then do a multiple-times erase once I've verified the data is readable off the optical media. However, I do have a couple of questions about the best way to get the data transferred:
1) My laptop is running Win2k with a "local user" account (no workgroup), and I'm running WinXP Pro at home. Since (AFAIK) Win2k's user accounts are tied to the domain, I don't think that I can change my laptop's settings to match my home network easily...and I'm also trying to minimize the number of reboots for obvious reasons. What are my options for setting up a connection between the computers? My initial idea was to allow FTP connections on the home machine from internal IP addresses, plug the wireless G card into the laptop, and FTP as much stuff as I could. Will that work? Is there a better way to go?
2) I use Firefox for everything at work, except for those internal sites which specifically mandate the use of IE. One of those sites required that I get a unique digital certificate which authenticates my access, and I need that cert to access a proposal server this weekend. Where are certificates kept in IE's directory structure? Is replicating them as easy as copy/paste, or is it a real pain in the ass to move them from machine to machine?
Thanks for your help. I want to have everything set up in advance so that when I turn the machine on, I can maximize the uptime to get as much copied as possible before disaster strikes...
I brought it home with me so I can pull as much data off of it as possible before it REALLY dies. Fortunately, most of my data is kept in a single folder, and I know where to find my Lotus Notes user ID. My strong preference is to copy stuff onto my home PC so I can burn CDs/DVDs at my leisure and then do a multiple-times erase once I've verified the data is readable off the optical media. However, I do have a couple of questions about the best way to get the data transferred:
1) My laptop is running Win2k with a "local user" account (no workgroup), and I'm running WinXP Pro at home. Since (AFAIK) Win2k's user accounts are tied to the domain, I don't think that I can change my laptop's settings to match my home network easily...and I'm also trying to minimize the number of reboots for obvious reasons. What are my options for setting up a connection between the computers? My initial idea was to allow FTP connections on the home machine from internal IP addresses, plug the wireless G card into the laptop, and FTP as much stuff as I could. Will that work? Is there a better way to go?
2) I use Firefox for everything at work, except for those internal sites which specifically mandate the use of IE. One of those sites required that I get a unique digital certificate which authenticates my access, and I need that cert to access a proposal server this weekend. Where are certificates kept in IE's directory structure? Is replicating them as easy as copy/paste, or is it a real pain in the ass to move them from machine to machine?
Thanks for your help. I want to have everything set up in advance so that when I turn the machine on, I can maximize the uptime to get as much copied as possible before disaster strikes...