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April 6, 2007
Dear CNET members,
Happy Friday folks! Something very cool is coming soon to CNET, and it was dreamed up just
for you!
While this newsletter and the CNET forums do cover quite a bit of ground to answer your tech questions, how would you like to get your tech question answered live? Well, starting April 12, CNET TV presents a new live weekly Web TV show hosted by Brian Cooley and Tom Merritt, called CNET Live. We'll take your questions by e-mail, phone, and instant messenger, and you're the star of the show! If you want to be in on the premiere episode, shoot an e-mail with your question to cnetlive@cnet.com, include your phone number, and let us know you want to join us during the show. Once the show starts on April 12 (next Thursday), you can call in your questions on the toll-free number, 1-888-900-CNET, or send an instant message to imcnetlive--on all the major instant-messaging programs. So mark your calendars and be sure to watch the show live on CNETV.com on April 12 at 4 p.m. EST/1 p.m. PST, and recurring every Thursday at that time. It's going to be a blast, so don't miss out! Now let's get rolling with this week's topic of recovering lost data from Wendy J.
I'm not going to start with a lecture about backing up data, because I'm sure after this fiasco Wendy's friend will be backing up his important data from now on, right? This past week we received a lot of sound advice from our fellow members, and many folks here had posted their experience of losing their data and what recovery methods and software utilities they used to recover it--so read up on them. But before that, as many members stated--the first thing you want to tell your friend is to cease, and I mean stop using that computer (unplug it)--as the more he uses it, the more likelihood the data he is trying to recover will get written over and the slimmer the chances of recovery. While I would love for your friend to remain optimistic, there really are no guarantees with recovery software or even with the help of professionals that your data can be recovered, so please read through all the answers and do what you think is feasible and if it's overwhelming, get professional help. Good luck!
I have selected a few potential winning answers for this week's question; please place your votes in the poll for the most helpful answer. And by the way, I've noticed there has been a lot of ballot stuffing in the poll, especially in last week's topic. Please, let's keep this poll honest, and limit your vote to one. Thanks for your contributions each week! Have an awesome weekend!
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Member Question of the Week
A friend of mine had his computer genius cousin clean up his
computer--he cleaned it up all right--cleaned everything out
of it including some valuable pictures of past events as well
as current wedding arrangements (invites and everything), not
to mention all his business forms for his business. Is there
anything, I mean, anything I can do to retrieve this lost
information? Or are we pretty much out of luck. Any advice or
available options you can suggest would be great!
--Submitted by:
Wendy J. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vote for the most helpful answer
 Which answer below would you consider the most helpful? Click on the title to see the answer by the member. To vote, click on the button next to the answer to weigh in on the decision.
Here are the selected submissions grouped in one post.
 Answer by Kid A (Read submission)
Answer by waytron (Read submission)
Answer by Watzman (Read submission)
For the member whose answer was voted the
most helpful by our community, we will send
this member his or her choice of any
CNET Learning CD.
 Previous week's Q&AThe votes are in! Below is the answer voted most helpful by our community to last week's question.
I've gotten very interested in photography to the extent that
I want to use it as a source of income on the side when I
retire. I have all PCs but recently got a demonstration of an
iMac. I was swayed, but need to really research the
differences before I spend that kind of money. I looked at a
24-inch iMac, basically set up for photography, therefore
any Microsoft Office needs would not be an issue for a
computer with such 'big guns'. Should I continue down this
road, or focus back to a PC? I don't want to be crashing
often, and the Mac guys say it won't happen (wrong people to
ask). Need feedback from users to be more confident. Any
guidance would be appreciated.
--Submitted by:
Chaz
Chaz, To be honest about this, my PCs (there are seven of them here) lock up or crash about once a year, and I believe that the whole idea that a quality PC is less stable than a Mac is a myth. The marketing side of me loves the "Mac vs. PC" commercials...they are great commercials, well done, funny, and they do a good job of selling Macs...but they...
(read more)
--Submitted by:
Barry
(CNET member: Watzman)
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Dear members, I'm thinking of phasing out my desktop PC and just going with a laptop for full-time computing at home, on the go, wherever. I have accessories to plug in when I'm at home, including a desktop printer, scanner, external hard disk, cable modem, and speakers with an amp. I know I'll probably need a dock as well, but I'm not sure what else. Is this a good idea? What should I do to prepare for such a transition?
--Submitted by:
David B.
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