Reply to post: Re: A hard lesson...

Server won't boot? Forgot to make that backup? Have no fear, just blame Microsoft

TonyJ

Re: A hard lesson...

"...File systems are software too but nevermind..."

Lars - not sure who keep aiming this at but I was specifically talking about hardware in this case - things like dried out electrolytic capacitors in power supplies springing to mind that are fine when running but can't cope with a sudden inrush when the power is removed and turned back on, or dry (cold for left pondians) solder joints that again were ok when warmed up but fail after a power cycle...or any of a number of other things.

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