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bing · 11-16-2001, 02:07 PM

my whole computer crashed and i had put in the recovery disc and lost all my unversity documents, lost all my mp3's lost everyything else i had and now my computer is back 2 day 1.

i came on here and it didnt even recognize me, i had to register again, and then it told me i was already a memeber WTF.

i had to reinstall all my software and shit and i missed my economics class and the 2nd midterm is tomorrow morning, thats right, saturday morning mid term

S13Grl · 11-16-2001, 02:10 PM

"what is life? what is car? I am the luckiest man alive"
<span style='font-size:7pt;line-height:100%'>from Bing's signature</span>

<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> nothing else to say...

DragonReborn214 · 11-16-2001, 02:32 PM

Sorry to hear that dude...

You should have hired a tech... They could have pulled your old files pretty easily, that is if they would even have to reinstall your os. Anyways, next time, spend the money for a tech.

BlankFlip · 11-16-2001, 02:36 PM

same stupid shit happened to me like a month ago, the cpu store couldn't even get all my files i wanted to save n put on cd. i lost all my school work, over 1,000 mp3's, all the guitar tabs i had, the hundreds of pictures i took the time to scan onto my cpu, n all that kind of stuff. i was so pissed, i'm just gonna make sure i back my files up now every now n then.

**West** · 11-16-2001, 02:58 PM

All my home HD's crashed within a 3 month period. All 3 of them. I was kinda pissed so I gave up on the home computer nullshit. Time to get a laptop.

Backup's will save you. But who has time for that.

*DSC* · 11-16-2001, 05:06 PM

Same thing happened to me, but my hard driveS broke physically (2 30Gb IBM Deathstar 75gxp <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>) but lucky for me, i had all my stuff backed up on my other comp.

Oh, and you can also buy a program to recover your data for about $50...a small price to pay if you have valuable data.

(Edited by DSC at 5<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>8 pm on Nov. 16, 2001)

MingMing · 11-16-2001, 07:06 PM

that 50 bux is a waste
nothing software will protect other data
cuz ur comp will hafta boot just to run the software, so if u can do that, why not just save al lur other shit too
and if ur hard disk's allocation tables or anything else gets fucked, that software is gonna hav a hard assed time running <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
its like someone just decided to take a pie-sized chunk outta the middle of ur engine, and then ur gonna hope that ur synth oil and techron is gonna keep u running till u get to a repair shop

11-16-2001, 11:25 PM

thats why you do what i do every month...take a day, a FULL DAY and back up your whole computer on CD-RW...and save all your important college files on a Zip Disk or sumthing..floppy disk?...takes a day for me as i have at least a few 40 gigs...and slow cd writer..4x...i'm pretty sure you know all about this already

DragonReborn214 · 11-17-2001, 01:21 AM

If you really want to be safe, and not waste time, just buy a tape backup unit. About 250, and 40 bucks for each tape. The drive will include one tape, and it comes with a backup program.

DuffMan · 11-17-2001, 03:56 AM

What OS are you using?

*DSC* · 11-17-2001, 06:41 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from MingMing on 7<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>6 pm on Nov. 16, 2001
that 50 bux is a waste
nothing software will protect other data
cuz ur comp will hafta boot just to run the software, so if u can do that, why not just save al lur other shit too
and if ur hard disk's allocation tables or anything else gets fucked, that software is gonna hav a hard assed time running <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>
its like someone just decided to take a pie-sized chunk outta the middle of ur engine, and then ur gonna hope that ur synth oil and techron is gonna keep u running till u get to a repair shop
</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
You put the hard drive in a 2nd computer or load the program onto a other hard drive the same computer and you pull the data off the bad drive onto the good one. Otherwise, where would it put your data? So it would be more like takeing your engine out, throwing it in the back of your truck and take it to a shop <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

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11-16-2001, 02:07 PM	#1
bing Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ontario canada Posts: 2,698 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	my whole computer crashed and i had put in the recovery disc and lost all my unversity documents, lost all my mp3's lost everyything else i had and now my computer is back 2 day 1. i came on here and it didnt even recognize me, i had to register again, and then it told me i was already a memeber WTF. i had to reinstall all my software and shit and i missed my economics class and the 2nd midterm is tomorrow morning, thats right, saturday morning mid term

11-16-2001, 02:10 PM	#2
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 40 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	"what is life? what is car? I am the luckiest man alive" <span style='font-size:7pt;line-height:100%'>from Bing's signature</span> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> nothing else to say...

11-16-2001, 02:32 PM	#3
DragonReborn214 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: SoCal Age: 41 Posts: 462 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sorry to hear that dude... You should have hired a tech... They could have pulled your old files pretty easily, that is if they would even have to reinstall your os. Anyways, next time, spend the money for a tech.

11-16-2001, 02:36 PM	#4
BlankFlip Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Future Posts: 1,627 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	same stupid shit happened to me like a month ago, the cpu store couldn't even get all my files i wanted to save n put on cd. i lost all my school work, over 1,000 mp3's, all the guitar tabs i had, the hundreds of pictures i took the time to scan onto my cpu, n all that kind of stuff. i was so pissed, i'm just gonna make sure i back my files up now every now n then.

11-16-2001, 02:58 PM	#5
West OMNOMNOMNOM Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Denver, CO Age: 40 Posts: 6,456 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: West Feedback Score: 0 reviews	All my home HD's crashed within a 3 month period. All 3 of them. I was kinda pissed so I gave up on the home computer nullshit. Time to get a laptop. Backup's will save you. But who has time for that.

11-16-2001, 05:06 PM	#6
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Same thing happened to me, but my hard driveS broke physically (2 30Gb IBM Deathstar 75gxp <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>) but lucky for me, i had all my stuff backed up on my other comp. Oh, and you can also buy a program to recover your data for about $50...a small price to pay if you have valuable data. (Edited by DSC at 5<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>8 pm on Nov. 16, 2001)

11-16-2001, 07:06 PM	#7
MingMing Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 174 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that 50 bux is a waste nothing software will protect other data cuz ur comp will hafta boot just to run the software, so if u can do that, why not just save al lur other shit too and if ur hard disk's allocation tables or anything else gets fucked, that software is gonna hav a hard assed time running <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> its like someone just decided to take a pie-sized chunk outta the middle of ur engine, and then ur gonna hope that ur synth oil and techron is gonna keep u running till u get to a repair shop

11-16-2001, 11:25 PM	#8
Guest Posts: n/a	thats why you do what i do every month...take a day, a FULL DAY and back up your whole computer on CD-RW...and save all your important college files on a Zip Disk or sumthing..floppy disk?...takes a day for me as i have at least a few 40 gigs...and slow cd writer..4x...i'm pretty sure you know all about this already

11-17-2001, 01:21 AM	#9
DragonReborn214 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: SoCal Age: 41 Posts: 462 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	If you really want to be safe, and not waste time, just buy a tape backup unit. About 250, and 40 bucks for each tape. The drive will include one tape, and it comes with a backup program.

11-17-2001, 03:56 AM	#10
DuffMan Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: in a cardboard box Posts: 2,517 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	What OS are you using?

11-17-2001, 06:41 AM	#11
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from MingMing on 7<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>6 pm on Nov. 16, 2001 that 50 bux is a waste nothing software will protect other data cuz ur comp will hafta boot just to run the software, so if u can do that, why not just save al lur other shit too and if ur hard disk's allocation tables or anything else gets fucked, that software is gonna hav a hard assed time running <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> its like someone just decided to take a pie-sized chunk outta the middle of ur engine, and then ur gonna hope that ur synth oil and techron is gonna keep u running till u get to a repair shop </td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> You put the hard drive in a 2nd computer or load the program onto a other hard drive the same computer and you pull the data off the bad drive onto the good one. Otherwise, where would it put your data? So it would be more like takeing your engine out, throwing it in the back of your truck and take it to a shop <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>