CPU loss

[VIICDriver]

Last night ran into some issues with Windows no longer loading and stating files were missing. Put in the Windows disc and it basically said everything is corrupt will reinstall. After reinstalling windows I was looking at a vanilla copy of Windows. All my stuff was there in Windows explorer but of course would not even begin to run any of it.

BUT my info was there, was able to burn up some CD's with all the things you cannot lose. Pictures, keys etc.

After that formatted the drive unconditionally and reinstalled Windows clean. Starting to put things back now after getting everything up and running and pulling all the updates from Windows update.

Of course first thing going on is SH3!! LOL But it is a HUGE download, killing time now in here while it downloads all 1.66 gb of it.

But no worries, The cpu is flat screaming right now after being relieved of all the crap that accumulates over a year and half. Looking forward to testing out SH3 on it and then of course my beloved Flight Sim.

Chuck

[_Seth_]

Glad to hear that your diesels are running fine again! On patrol, men!!

[VIICDriver]

Amazingly, I am really beginning to think a format once a year should be required!

It's like night and day.

Chuck

[_Seth_]

I totally agree. During the year a lot of small unimportant files stacks up on the HD. Those small stupid files grows in numbers, and demands alot of resources...
I have to buy me a new HD to do all the backup on, or i will have to buy 50 Dvd's.....

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

I totally agree. During the year a lot of small unimportant files stacks up on the HD. Those small stupid files grows in numbers, and demands alot of resources...
I have to buy me a new HD to do all the backup on, or i will have to buy 50 Dvd's.....

Seth, if you throw away your p0rn
you only need 1 DVD to back up your files.

saves 49 DVDs
or a new HD

[K_Sea6]

When you do a format of the hard drive don't you lose eveything anyway?

whats the point?

[kkentopanga]

The older I got the slower I got. Loved combat flying sims untill I discovered that flying is best left for younger pilots with better reflexes (hate hitting the ground at 500 mph). SH III (GW) uses brains with some reflex so now I love SH III.

We dive in bravery and rise in glory. May we never be forgotten.

[VIICDriver]

Not into Combat flight sim but have flown it, I use FS2004 flying heavy airliners, namely the 767-300 but my copy of FSX (newest edition) is enroute to me now.

Probably a good idea to have a clean install of Windows before installing it anyway.

Chuck

[Tachyon]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Seth, if you throw away your p0rn
you only need 1 DVD to back up your files.

saves 49 DVDs
or a new HD

ROFLMAO! :rotfl:

He's right Seth, I managed to free up nearly 10 GB using 2 DVDs that now contain your favourites heh heh...

[Hartmann]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Seth, if you throw away your p0rn
you only need 1 DVD to back up your files.

saves 49 DVDs
or a new HD

anothe good idea is buy a external usb disk with a 250 gb of capacity.

made a backup and reinstall windows, or made a ghost image of the system

[3Jane]

Definitely worth the investment for recovering lost data, even from a formated HDD.

http://www.easyrecovery-guide.com/

3Jane

Do you know by the way that you actually can restore information even after a deep HDD format, but it will take you i think a couple of days to recover all information depending on space

[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by K_Sea6

When you do a format of the hard drive don't you lose eveything anyway?

whats the point?

The point is to clean up the drive and give buggy finnicky windows a clean surface on which to dance. After much use the information on a hard drive becomes fragmented, often to the point of causing severe slow downs. Besides sometimes you get a trojan you just can't get rid of or your copy of windows gets so corrupted that you need to completely reinstall and its always much better to install on a clean partition than over another windows install.

A clean format makes your computer run better. MUCH better. You just gotta back your stuff up. I am fortunate enogh to have two HDs so that when I want to format one I can back up into the other.

[tycho102]

I also agree with a format during a windows install. Always do a "clean" install. Figure out some kind of backup method (DVDR, hard disk, usb key), and backup information whenever it's critical.

I never backup my system drive. I always keep a seperate partition, with a series of folders. When I go to "backup", I drag the parent folder over to whatever I'm using. Sometimes it's a USB key, sometimes it's a hard drive. However, I don't really consider anything backed-up until I finally burn it to DVDR. I also find that 6 months of a *used* Windows installation is really awesome uptime. It's also about the point where I'm forced to do a Linux install as well, either because the updater has stopped working, or there's a new version.



I will say that Fedora Linux tends to be easier for me to "install" than windows. "rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps" with a running yum-cache makes it easy to patch and re-install all your applications.

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Seth, if you throw away your p0rn
you only need 1 DVD to back up your files.

saves 49 DVDs
or a new HD

Dang, there goes my fun .... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: