Yesterday XP died. I mean really really stuffed! Even my Linux live cd won't see the hard disk. I think it is physically stuffed.
Talking to a neighbour yesterday i told him "My data should all be backed up but I've lost all my Mach3 settings."
He calmly turned to me and said "but program settings are data".
Of course he is right. Why hadn't I backed these up or written them down or etc etc etc???
Reluctantly I now have to start building all this stuff up again.
12 hours later and XP is installed again, all updates, patches etc run.
Mach3, Cambam and Eagle back on again.
After a good load of adjusting, I have enough settings in Mach3 to make the motors run again.
The distance calibration seems a bit off at the moment but I'm happy to see it moving again. I think the old hard disk is destined to become a novelty door stop.
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