But, Broom, I LIKE my perverted cracked out gamer laptop (damned thing weighs a ton, too). I guess it's been time for an upgrade for a long time, though.
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Uh, if you have 12 Gigs of Anime that is soooo important to not lose - BURN THEM TO DVDS!!!
Any data whatsoever that is important to a person - back it up on something besides a hard drive. Period.
I keep my resume on Google Documents, my usb stick AND my hard drive.
I have pictures from a vacation. I've burned ALL of them to a DVD.
Don't ever let this happen - Oh I'll back it up next week/tomorrow/whenever it's a blue moon.
CutenoobIn my heart, in my soul, I'm a woman for rock & roll.
She's as fast as slugs on barbituates.
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Okay Cutenoob, don't be patronizing.
RW, if you can get your 12 gigs of Anime back, I woudl suggest you burn them to DVD+R disks, like Cutenoob said. The disks are pretty cheap, almost as cheap as CD+RWs and can fit at least 12 episodes to a disk (that's my average for CSI:NY anyways).
If your disk drive won't do it (Because some people like myself still have CD drives and not CD/DVD drive combos) write me up a list and I can get your anime for you, have BF burn it to a few disks for you and ship it when we get your computer finished (we're picking up a majority of your companants today, to be installed today and possibly shipped by the end of the week).
He also has Pumpkin Scissors so I'll see if I can get those sent to you as well.Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart
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Quoth Evil Queen View PostOkay Cutenoob, don't be patronizing.
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Is the hard drive itself toast? It's possible that it shorted out, but if not, you should be able to pop it in an enclosure and use it like an external drive.
That is exactly what I did when my lappy got wonky (not completely dead, but won't charge), I now have access to all my files. The enclosure itself was only $40 and can be hooked to any USB port.
(Course then I realized I could actually hook it into my computer. Being a laptop noob, I didn't know the odd looking connection from my Dell HDD was a fricken adaptor hiding a completely familiar IDE connection...)"If you find yourself fantasizing about throwing actual users into a blender, please get help... they're heavy." - Tom Dickson
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Quoth Cutenoob View PostUh, if you have 12 Gigs of Anime that is soooo important to not lose - BURN THEM TO DVDS!!!
And I would appreciate Pumpkin Scissors, EQ, thank you.
(EQ, remind me to buy a new keyboard for Mimi before I leave, this damned thing is annoying to use, I don't give a crap if it's "better" for you, it's a royal pain to type on.)Now a member of that alien race called Management.
Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.
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Is the computer now declared toast? Take out the old hard drive and hook it to another computer and get the data backed up.
From now on, do not save important data to a hard drive with an OS on it. Because, well, they break, and you need to reformat....or other things happen.
Even if the laptops nowadays come with huge hard drives, it's not a good habit to use them for storage.
Get an external hard drive. And even with that, if the data is really important, such as financial information, burn a CD/DVD/other format copy on a regular basis.
You can always get external CD/DVD burners too.
CutenoobIn my heart, in my soul, I'm a woman for rock & roll.
She's as fast as slugs on barbituates.
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Quoth RetailWorkhorse View PostThe Tech I took it to freaked when I told him I had 12 Gigs of Anime I could NOT lose. He's taking it off and putting them onto....something. I dunno. Haven't heard back from him as yet.Quoth froglet View PostIs the hard drive itself toast? It's possible that it shorted out, but if not, you should be able to pop it in an enclosure and use it like an external drive.
Even if the rest of the laptop is toast, the drive should be salvageable.
Eric the GreyIn memory of Dena - Don't Drink and Drive
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RetailWorkhorse says the hard drive is not toast! YAY!
(btw: I already have Pumpkin Scissors waiting for you and your other downloads are in the queue)Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart
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Quoth Evil Queen View PostRetailWorkhorse says the hard drive is not toast! YAY!
(btw: I already have Pumpkin Scissors waiting for you and your other downloads are in the queue)The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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No. No Gundam 00. It was lame. Gundam Wing, however, was happy fun times. Particularly Quatre Raberba Winner. ME-OOOOW!Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart
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Quoth Evil Queen View PostNo. No Gundam 00. It was lame. Gundam Wing, however, was happy fun times. Particularly Quatre Raberba Winner. ME-OOOOW!
Ah yes, Gundam Wing, featuring special Gundam armor that only protects you until the mech runs out of ammo. See also: Gundam Emo
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I had to show the Wing movie at SugoiCon one year, and I had to laugh at the girls who hissed at Duo's girlfriend. Fair enough though, you have a right to your own tastes. I might tease you about it, but I won't go all fanboi on you.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
Hoc spatio locantur.
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They're just in it for the pony tail. I had a long pony tail like Duo's a short while ago (I cut it myself, thanks) and considered Cosplaying as Duo but thought better of it because... well... I didn't want to run from a mob the whole time!Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart
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