ch'en, s.a.t.8, and plume (arknights and 1 more) drawn by guin_guin

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    Arknights #18

    Mini SAT8: * Transmitting/// SOS signal... GAO! *
    Ch'en: ? ? ?

    p/s: My Pc got infected with virus 2 days ago. All of my important files- gone, just like that. (Including my unfinished work and artwork that i made since day 1) Damnit. Lesson of this event... make a goddamn cloud storage Guin....
    Anyway, have a good day lads~ and sorry for the late update hahaha

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    Claverhouse
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    Regrets for the computer: best to have a small SSD for a safe operating system, Linux or Apple etc.; save to detachable hard drives and keep all non-operating files on them *; and rsync those file incrementally each day to other hard drives. --- or the Cloud if you trust that.

    I do get sick of wise people wagging their fingers primly and going on about back-ups --- not everyone in the world can afford extra hard drives at any time.

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    • Linux and the BSDs of course separate the operating files and put all own on stuff into your own home folder: for instance mine is /root/home/falcon, Falcon being my middle name.

    Anyway, do not despair of recovering the files: hold on to the disk(s).

    When possible, attach it to a hard disk enclosure via usb, and see what can be recovered and moved off. After that I've had good luck in retrieving some files with PhotoRec and TestDisk: the first is for finding individual files and the second to fix lost partitions, both from the same firm.

    https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

    They even work on Windows of all things, though one has to know how to type into a unixlike terminal.

    And they are annoying, can dump files unnamed into a heap, but that's better than nothing. And not costing the thousands computer recovery firms can charge...

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    EDIT: just remembered, decades ago when I used Windows, Runtime Recovery Software was very good. But I see it now costs USD$79 ( for life, though I long lost the email I bought it with... )

    https://www.runtime.org/

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