Have you thought of a battery back up for your computer - recommended by a computer geek after I lost my computer during a similar event - haven't had another failure like that since and we've had a number of outages since. Ken Waller -----Original Message----- From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Dec 8, 2023 6:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Let's test the list! Doug, It's certainly not normal! We've been in this house 37 years and have never had an event like this before. We're looking into getting a whole-house surge protector to provide a second layer of defense.. Rick On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 6:56 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > Rick, have you spoken to your power provider? I mean, we're aware of > your history with electronic equipment and some software packages, but > this kind of event is not normal. > > > On 12/7/23 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > I don't know about the server gods, but some gods somewhere weren't happy > > with my photo computer . > > > > On the night of November 13 it seems that our house had a massive power > > surge. The victims were (1) my photo computer setup, consisting of a Mac > > Mini and two on-line OWC hard drives. A few days later we learned that > the > > control circuit board and some of the wiring for our house's minisplit > > AC/heating system were partially melted (we are now using our hot water > > heating system). > > > > We're waiting for a new circuit board and valves for the minisplit > system, > > and I've been chipping away at the computer problems. The OS on the Mac > > needs replacing, and both external drives have media and file system > errors > > on Disk Utility which are making them flaky. > > > > So, in the midst of other activities, I've been chipping away at the > > problem. I'm shifting files from two other external hard drives (which > > aren't in daily use) so that I can shift my files off the damaged drives > > and reformat them. > > > > Then I'll be able to transfer a bunch of files, reformat the external > > drives they were on, transfer files back, and hope that Lightroom > > cooperates in getting everything accessible. > > > > Stay tuned. > > > > Rick > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.