Über's back

Überschwanz · 12-09-2006, 10:49 PM

For those of you who didn't know, my computer's hard drive died on me on Tuesday of this week and I wasn't able to log on from my own computer until today. Now I have a new hard drive installed and I'm trying to get things working again. I just hope I didn't lose everything.

SonicCelt · 12-09-2006, 11:07 PM

Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed your break. Lots of posts for you to catch up on so holiday is over

10 · 12-10-2006, 12:01 AM

OH GOD............HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, and it was so quiet without him around too.........

Just kidding Ube.........you know we love you

. Glad you're up and running.......

Loki · 12-10-2006, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Überschwanz

For those of you who didn't know, my computer's hard drive died on me on Tuesday of this week and I wasn't able to log on from my own computer until today. Now I have a new hard drive installed and I'm trying to get things working again. I just hope I didn't lose everything.

I went through that a few months ago lost everything. I ordered a new one from Dell and intalled it myself, had to talk to tech support "via chat" though.
I have since used a usb memory key to back up everything I think is important, for the money they are priceless. I think it cost me around $25.00.

Überschwanz · 12-10-2006, 06:03 AM

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I went through that a few months ago lost everything. I ordered a new one from Dell and intalled it myself, had to talk to tech support "via chat" though.
I have since used a usb memory key to back up everything I think is important, for the money they are priceless. I think it cost me around $25.00.

I just got my old drive running again. It appears virtually everything is gone.

JonPop · 12-10-2006, 03:30 PM

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I just got my old drive running again. It appears virtually everything is gone.

Sorry to hear this buddy. I lost everything when I had that lightning strike hit my power grid last year. Really sucks. If you need me to send you links or addresses to help fill in the gaps, let me know. Plus, I have alot of your stuff you sent me by e-mail, stored.

Überschwanz · 12-10-2006, 05:02 PM

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Sorry to hear this buddy. I lost everything when I had that lightning strike hit my power grid last year. Really sucks. If you need me to send you links or addresses to help fill in the gaps, let me know. Plus, I have alot of your stuff you sent me by e-mail, stored.

Correction: I did lose everything, not just virtually everthing. Damnit.

Yeah, if you could send me that stuff it would be much appreciated JP.

JonPop · 12-10-2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Überschwanz

Correction: I did lose everything, not just virtually everthing. Damnit.

Yeah, if you could send me that stuff it would be much appreciated JP.

Sent you an e-mail. Let me know what else you need.

10 · 12-10-2006, 06:52 PM

What exactly did you do Ube that caused this?

JonPop · 12-10-2006, 07:37 PM

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What exactly did you do Ube that caused this?

From the Moderator Forum.

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Damn to bad Ube! That is what you get for blowing those massive loads all over your hard drive.

Überschwanz · 12-11-2006, 01:19 AM

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What exactly did you do Ube that caused this?

I didn't do anything. Hard drives just die for no reason sometimes. It was more than 4 years old. My roommate has had 2 drives crap out on him.

Tokumino · 12-11-2006, 02:05 AM

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I didn't do anything. Hard drives just die for no reason sometimes. It was more than 4 years old. My roommate has had 2 drives crap out on him.

What, if anything, do you use to back your system up with?
I just burn everything to a cd and try to keep as much junk of my hard drive as possible.

Überschwanz · 12-11-2006, 03:41 PM

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What, if anything, do you use to back your system up with?
I just burn everything to a cd and try to keep as much junk of my hard drive as possible.

That was my mistake. I got lazy and didn't back it up. My roommate admits he doesn't back stuff up either. I have a DVD burner so I have no excuses.

want8 · 12-11-2006, 04:08 PM

Well good to have you back Uber. It was getting boring as hell around here having to put up with 10 all the time.

10 · 12-12-2006, 02:56 AM

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Well good to have you back Uber. It was getting boring as hell around here having to put up with 10 all the time.

Bite me...............

Loki · 12-13-2006, 01:18 AM

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That was my mistake. I got lazy and didn't back it up. My roommate admits he doesn't back stuff up either. I have a DVD burner so I have no excuses.

Memory key is smaller, easier to use, it can hold a shit load of stuff, I wouldn't be without one. It is much better than disc.

Überschwanz · 12-13-2006, 03:47 AM

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Memory key is smaller, easier to use, it can hold a shit load of stuff, I wouldn't be without one. It is much better than disc.

They don't hold gigs upon gigs upon gigs of data. I have one and it has more memory than most on the market.

slickwillie · 12-13-2006, 04:22 AM

The drive may still be OK, but you might not be able to boot from it, if it's your single drive. Try to plug it in (assuming you're running Windows) as a second drive on the same ribbon cable that you replaced with your new drive and see if you can see it? This is a common way to manually get the files off a failed boot drive.
Let me know if that makes sense and/or works?

10 · 12-13-2006, 04:42 AM

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The drive may still be OK, but you might not be able to boot from it, if it's your single drive. Try to plug it in (assuming you're running Windows) as a second drive on the same ribbon cable that you replaced with your new drive and see if you can see it? This is a common way to manually get the files off a failed boot drive.
Let me know if that makes sense and/or works?

How 'bout the english translation slick........

Überschwanz · 12-13-2006, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by slickwillie

The drive may still be OK, but you might not be able to boot from it, if it's your single drive. Try to plug it in (assuming you're running Windows) as a second drive on the same ribbon cable that you replaced with your new drive and see if you can see it? This is a common way to manually get the files off a failed boot drive.
Let me know if that makes sense and/or works?

I did that. It's dead.

want8 · 12-13-2006, 02:05 PM

You can bet your ass Uber knows and has tried everything to recover that drive!

Überschwanz · 12-13-2006, 08:13 PM

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You can bet your ass Uber knows and has tried everything to recover that drive!

My roommate looked at some of the diagnostic information and said, "Yeah, you had a massive failure."

slickwillie · 12-13-2006, 10:29 PM

Last option? I sometimes do business with this company, but not sure if it will be worth it for you? http://www.drivesavers.com/
Sorry about the geek lingo, but sometimes it's hard to put all that jazz into english? :)

adamander · 12-14-2006, 10:45 AM

I am sorry to hear what happened Uber. Once I used system restore from accessories and system tools and it took me back to something strange I had downloaded and after I removed it things came to normal - but I am no computer geek and I am sure you must have already tried it.

10 · 12-14-2006, 12:50 PM

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You can bet your ass Uber knows and has tried everything to recover that drive!

I'll second this. Ube knows alot of shit and computers are one of his specialties......

Überschwanz · 12-14-2006, 01:38 PM

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I am sorry to hear what happened Uber. Once I used system restore from accessories and system tools and it took me back to something strange I had downloaded and after I removed it things came to normal - but I am no computer geek and I am sure you must have already tried it.

System restore only works as long as the hard drive itself works. That was my problem. Sometimes a stray particle of dust gets in the casing and fucks everything up.

slickwillie · 12-15-2006, 03:23 AM

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System restore only works as long as the hard drive itself works. That was my problem. Sometimes a stray particle of dust gets in the casing and fucks everything up.

Another reason to run Linux!

Just kidding Ube, good luck with the drive...