Ms crash Vid card not playing nice
Windows - Rebooted, before getting the Windows XP loading screen. Tried going into safe mode, it rebooted just like the normal os did. Tried going into recovery console but I didnt want to eff with the MBR until I have the data off. Still trying to figure out what the root cause of it was. Loaded up Knoppix (CD OS) and was able to access the data on the drive so I thought.. hmm Lets FTP this info over to another computer. It was going to take over 1.5 days to complete. I said Eff that.
Looked up on best buy and found a 250GB HDD for 89 bucks (On special through sunday I think). I may go back and get another one, I digress. Tried running both HDD together yet one was Ultra 100 and the other is Ultra 133 making for some interesting hangups and error message when booting the computer after XP was reloaded.
Took that HDD out of the original computer and put it in my Tivo Recordings computer - It said the disk needed to be scanned. It reset all the permissions on all folders it found (I was hoping it didnt screw something up) let it run last night. Woke up and it was accessible like it should be.
Copied over my Profile (First thing Im doing is a virus scan) it had about 20 mins left when I came to work. I can burn two, maybe three DVD’s and kill two birds - 1. Backup all my damn pictures of my kid that I would have been very pissed to lose. 2. Move the data over to the new HDD I just installed.
So yah last night wasnt a fun night for me however - It did go somewhere. I got a new HDD, Reinstalled windows (I was procrastinating on that for larger HDD) and I effectively increased my disk space on my Tivo DVR machine. I will write on that later.
Not to mention my Video card (which has been problematic lately) wont turn on now. It has its moments of not wanting to turn on so I leave the CPU on all the time. I need to get BFG to actually warranty their item and RMA me a new one because IT SHOULD WORK! For 300 bucks the damn thing better too.
So hope you had a better night than I did last night.
Kevin.
Looked up on best buy and found a 250GB HDD for 89 bucks (On special through sunday I think). I may go back and get another one, I digress. Tried running both HDD together yet one was Ultra 100 and the other is Ultra 133 making for some interesting hangups and error message when booting the computer after XP was reloaded.
Took that HDD out of the original computer and put it in my Tivo Recordings computer - It said the disk needed to be scanned. It reset all the permissions on all folders it found (I was hoping it didnt screw something up) let it run last night. Woke up and it was accessible like it should be.
Copied over my Profile (First thing Im doing is a virus scan) it had about 20 mins left when I came to work. I can burn two, maybe three DVD’s and kill two birds - 1. Backup all my damn pictures of my kid that I would have been very pissed to lose. 2. Move the data over to the new HDD I just installed.
So yah last night wasnt a fun night for me however - It did go somewhere. I got a new HDD, Reinstalled windows (I was procrastinating on that for larger HDD) and I effectively increased my disk space on my Tivo DVR machine. I will write on that later.
Not to mention my Video card (which has been problematic lately) wont turn on now. It has its moments of not wanting to turn on so I leave the CPU on all the time. I need to get BFG to actually warranty their item and RMA me a new one because IT SHOULD WORK! For 300 bucks the damn thing better too.
So hope you had a better night than I did last night.
Kevin.
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