Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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My archival drive ate itself Monday afternoon. well, I helped a bit by banging on it. It's a long story.
Suffice it to say that I only managed to pull about 58% of the data before the drive started ticking. That's right, ticking. Most of my webstuff is fine, but I lost the images, archived old pages, and sounds. That's OK, though, because I can pull it from my server.
I lost all my porn. Not so bad, except for some images I really liked, like an old ex-girlfriend.
I lost my arcade games, but someone else has them that I can steal from.
I lost the "saved EXE" files like the giant 22 MB PSP6 DL I had. That pisses me off. I lost all my model shots, but I can grab them from my server as well. I lost my sim info, but most of the documents can be transcribed. Well, 3 of them can.
I saved almost all my MP3s, almost all my ship reference pix, almost all my important archived IMs. Almost.
The annoyance: I had to pull all of this stuff through DOS, so all the filenames are now truncated, thus being completely useless to me. Now I have to buy a new drive for $120 (as well as a new CD-ROM for $50)& rebuild.
I still have to pack. I have to work from 6 to....whenever tomorrow.
This sucks.
Anyone into data recovery techniques?
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My computer packed in last week. I have no idea what caused it, but it just went crazy whilst I was working, the cursor developed a mind of its own and started moving around of its own free will, then the computer just turned itself off. When I tried to log back on, it wouldn't work. It won't let me go into Windows and is just stuck at Dos Prompt. I suppose I was lucky this all happened after I'd completed the big assignments and handed them in. The one that I had been working on was just 800 words, which I lost and couldn't retrieve, but it wasn't much to do that one again.
I've had the computer for years now anyway, so it was probably Bill Gates' pre-programmed way of telling me to buy another PC.
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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Data recovery places want things like....money. I need that money. Something about having furniture & all that.
But...I know a guy who knows a guy ad infinitum who might be able to pull for me. I dunno. Gotta talk to him today.
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
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This could just be over here, but don't data recovery places tend to get a bit funny about recovering a hard drive filled with porn?
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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It was by no means "filled." And the porn isn't what I want recovered.
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
Shik: Yes I lost my harddrive's contents and would like to get it back if that's at all possible. Recovery Guy: What did you lose? Shik: Some programs, music, movies and a lot of porn. A lot. I would be real appreciative if you can get as much possible back for me. Recovery Guy: Uh, okay. We'll, ahem see what we can do for you. as he turns around shaking his head in disbelief to tell the people in the back of the store.
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Could be worse. "But what I really want back are those nude pictures of my ex, Julie Sullivan." "Really? Well, dude, you're in luck, EVERYONE's got some of those. . ." 8)
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Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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Actually, her name's Vanessa Catuzzi...but yeah, basically.
What I'd really like is the games & sim stuff I lost as well as the archived programs. Of course, if they could get the rest of it with the long filenames intact, that would be great, too.
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
Member # 343
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Just posing.."playing"...the usual. Wouldn't be surprised if there were a few "girlie movies" available as well.
------------------ "For people with resources, the right events happen. They may look like coincidences, but they arise out of necessity." --T�rk Hviid
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