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What Was Your Worst Computer Accident?

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-besides-the-railgun dept.

Anonymous Writer writes "I learned years ago to backup regularly and never keep a drink on the same table as a laptop. I accidentally spilled a drink onto my laptop's keyboard where it drained into the laptop's innards, ruining the motherboard, CD-ROM, and hard drive. Thousands of dollars and all my data disappeared in a flash. Considering that there are even people out there that intentionally damage hardware, I was wondering what kind of disasters Slashdot readers have experienced."

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  1. dd by nailchipper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i was making a bootdisk.. and typed this:

    dd if=floppy1.img of=/dev/hda

    it sucked

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    what is nailchipper?
  2. My worse accident... by antdude · · Score: 0, Redundant

    was using rm * and del *.* in the wrong directory/folder. And undeleting was not possible. :(

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    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  3. Similar by einhverfr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sorry for the repost but:

    dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/hda
    instead of
    dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/fd0

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