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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 11, 2008 10:49:04 GMT 10
My main home computer has experienced a serious and possible fatal hard drive failure. I am down and out as far as gaming goes for the present. I have laptop access only (which is too underpowered to even consider running mechwarrior from, which is the least of my worries considering all that is on that hard drive that may be lost.
I wil keep you posted as to any progress
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Post by s1lencer on Aug 12, 2008 7:14:10 GMT 10
i hope u can fix this problem asap
i wanna play side by side with u again^^
it's been too long ago^^
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Post by jim on Aug 12, 2008 8:44:49 GMT 10
sad news, i hope you can save the data
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Post by savage on Aug 13, 2008 10:08:30 GMT 10
If you can get access to a secondary desktop machine to which you can hook up your hard drive and store any recovered data, 2 excellent programs I recommend are Easy Recovery by OnTrack and PC Inspector File Recovery.
I do not believe these programs are free, however.
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 13, 2008 12:19:54 GMT 10
The Vulcan High Command (my wife) has smiled upon me. I'm getting a new ship!!! And what a beauty she is (both the computer and my wife).
Dell XPS630
intel quad 2.66 1333mhz fs buss
4 Gig DDR2 RAM
Dual Nvidia GeForce 9800GT SLI Graphics
750Gig HD
Sound Blaster Extreme x-fi sound card
24 inch ultrasharp monitor
ect, ect, ect
My new starship is due to arrive at Starbase Hampton Aug 21st where she will undergo final oufitting and Trials.
I shall also recover the second hard drive from my stricken vessel and install it in an external chassis to use as an external USB drive complete with the critical files from that machine.
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Post by SpectralWolf on Aug 13, 2008 12:34:19 GMT 10
Dual Nvidia GeForce 9800GT SLI Graphics I really hope you happen to play more graphic intensive games than mechwarrior... Have to say though, that sounds like it should run anything you throw at it with eas.  |
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Post by savage on Aug 15, 2008 4:12:04 GMT 10
Yeah, as in MWLL.  That's good to hear but I wouldn't recommend storing any critical data on that stricken drive. |
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 15, 2008 8:53:27 GMT 10
The drive that failed was my "C:" drive which houses my operating system and program files. It is quite Kaput. The drive which I plan to recover is a second hard drive which contains my tax files, photos, music, and the all critical mech varients file. I did manage to loose a large folder of mech art, which was stored on the now defunct C: drive...  I am experiencing a strange human reaction while waiting for my new vessel, I believe it is call anxious anticpation. |
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 18, 2008 6:51:14 GMT 10
I have recieved notice from Dell starship yards that my new vessel has been completed early and has departed spacedock as of 10am Aug 15. Which means if they push the warp engines a little, she could be here as early as tomorrow, or Tuesday.
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Post by savage on Aug 19, 2008 3:17:59 GMT 10
Ah, so the data, or the vast majority of it, was on a different drive. Well that's good news.
Defunct how exactly? Is it knocking?
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 24, 2008 13:14:16 GMT 10
Good news and bad news. My new comp is up and running. However Mercs will not connect with mech zone or via ip. And for some strange reason, vent will not download either. Any ideas?
My router settings have not changed, neither has my firewall. Could this be an issue with Vista?
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 24, 2008 22:54:56 GMT 10
One problem solved. Vent is now running
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Post by Mr Spock on Aug 31, 2008 13:16:43 GMT 10
Finally all systems are up and running!
I was on the Enterprise for a while tonight in my BK, felt like home
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Post by s1lencer on Sept 1, 2008 3:13:49 GMT 10
good to hear that^^
welcome back to the enterprise!
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