Losing data on my desks top i started to notice events that i had entered were not there later.. reocurring events were ok. then today all my data (not the reocurring) was gone

Check to see if it has spark at the spark plug, bet it doesn't

there is no way to remove a password without first logging in. Although some computers and tablets can be sectored to factory settings. If you do so, the computer or tablet will lose all programs / apps and all data will be lost too.
If you have an mobile Apple device, with iOS 7 or later, you even can't reset the these devices. The security is too strong.
If you really forgot the PW, start writing down all passwords you ever used in your life and start entering them one by one, if you don't want to lose the data on it.

If you want to know what this is the error code is related to

Click start control panel administrative tools computer management then select event viewer this may vary depending on what operating system you have
extend the events there you will see errors in red you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occured
Right click on the error message select properties you will see all details about the error
or click start type in event viewer press ENTER
you might be able work your way through the problem

Important notice for users of Office 2003:
To continue receiving security updates for Office, make sure that you're running Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The support for Office 2003 ends April 8, 2014.
If you're running Office 2003 after support ends, to ensure that you will receive all important security updates for Office you need to upgrade to a later version such as Office 365 or Office 2013. For more information, see Support is ending for Office 2003.
To resolve this issue for future installations of Office, use the Custom Installation Wizard to edit the MST file. To do this, follow these steps:
On the Change Office User Settings page, expand Microsoft Outlook 2003, expand Miscellaneous, and then click PST Settings.
In the right pane, double-click Default location for PST files, and then type the path that you want in the Default location for PST files box.
For example, type %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\.
Click OK, and then follow the steps to complete the wizard. When you have corrected the MST file, deploy Office by using the correct MST file.
To resolve this issue for an existing installation of Outlook that is experiencing this problem, specify the .pst file by using the Mail icon in Control Panel.
More information
When you run the Custom Installation Wizard, on the Change Office User Settings page , you can make changes to any Office user setting on the computer where this MST is deployed. When you click Miscellaneous PST Settings, you can specify a default location for .pst files.
In the Default location for PST files box, you can use environment variables such as %USERPROFILE%. For example, you can give the location %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\.

However, you cannot specify a file name instead. For example, you cannot specify %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\%USERNAME%.PST.
If you do this, an error occurs when you try to start Outlook.

try using some data recovery software

The greatest sin in today's world is to give a password and then forget it. You must pay the penalty of losing all data. The only way out is to get the firmware re installed. Thus losing all data. Problem with all of us is that we tend to forget things sooner or later. In future do not use a password. If you have to, then it should be such that you do not forget it.

Some of the iomega hard drives don't communicate with Windows XP very well. Ejecting isn't needed, but you simply unplug it. Just make sure you are not accessing it at that time. You can also shutdown the computer and unplug it then. Restarting the computer may also allow you to eject it.
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If you have a solder iron you can open up the relay can and re-solder the relay on the pcb. Real common for there to be cracked foils at relay.

Essentially the same.
A good backup is a copy of any data you wouldnt want to lose in the event of hard drive failure, theft, fire, etc. A copy of your important data on another medium such as external hard drive, flash drive, cd, dvd, network drive.

I dont consider a floppy a reliable medium, dont use those.
A copy of your data to another partition on the same physical hard drive is NOT really a true backup.

The best is to back up (copy) your important data to a reliable and known good medium and store it in a different location than your original data. Different location meaning, not in your house, but in someone else's house.

Back up today what you dont want to lose if your hard drive goes up in smoke tomorrow. Simple as that.

The Palm OS does 'housekeeping chores', one of which is to tell all of the apps about certain events in case they need to do something during one of those events, even the one on the HD.

The Palm OS does 'housekeeping chores', one of which is to tell all of the apps about certain events in case they need to do something during one of those events, even the one on the HD.