Goodby

clayp · 01-08-10, 01:55 PM

Goodby for awhile,I dont know how long...I almost had Win7 in and working fine and something happened to a file and I had to start all over...Well some how I lost every shred of info on the system..Along with this stuff were my SH4 files,all my mods,programs etc.I have to rebuild everything and I dont know where to start or find stuff.Some of it isnt even available anymore...I'm really bummed and dont even feel like touching it..

Sailor Steve · 01-08-10, 02:11 PM

Clay, I'm so sorry to hear that.

When you are ready to start again I'll give you whatever files and help I can.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-08-10, 02:18 PM

Nice gesture SS

Sorry to hear that Clay. I am sure other folks here would help out
as well.

peabody · 01-08-10, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clayp

Goodby for awhile,I dont know how long...I almost had Win7 in and working fine and something happened to a file and I had to start all over...Well some how I lost every shred of info on the system..Along with this stuff were my SH4 files,all my mods,programs etc.I have to rebuild everything and I dont know where to start or find stuff.Some of it isnt even available anymore...I'm really bummed and dont even feel like touching it..

Sorry to hear that Clay, my friend. You get that windows 7 working and there will be lots of people here to help you get SH4 going again. You may lose some of your personal mods that are not backed up. But for most anything else, someone must have it. And we can even help reproduce your personal mods too.
Just let us know when you are ready to start. So that's three offers to help already, and I know there are others that just haven't commented yet.

Don't make me come over there and kick you in the butt, Captain.

I hope you are feeling better medically too!!! You take care and don't sweat the small stuff. We will have you blowing stuff up in no time.

As for the "Goodbye", you can't leave the Navy anytime you feel like it. You go when we say you go........got it?

Peabody

Tweety · 01-08-10, 02:36 PM

Hi clayp,

I don't have much but your welcome it.
I had a similar problem last moth. I lost all my sub stuff on a different drive when the drive died. I can relate just let me know.

Tweety

AVGWarhawk · 01-08-10, 03:35 PM

That does stink Clay. I'm sure you will get it all back together again.

Hitman · 01-08-10, 03:42 PM

Clayp,

there's nothing to worry about when you are in such a great community as we are: Simply make a list of all mods you want, and I'll burn them into a DVD and have them delivered per post to your door

or just ask me to burn into the DVd all I have collected so far

, whatever you prefer.

Shoot me a PM with all details

jerm138 · 01-08-10, 03:57 PM

I know this won't help you now..., but maybe it will help you or someone else in the future.

I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. Lost nearly everything due to a corrupt hard drive.

I learned my lesson though... I bought an external drive for my new system. I don't use it for anything but backups. If you get a Western Digital drive, you can go to their website and download a program called Acronis True Image. It's VERY easy to use. (not trying to advertise for WD... I'm sure there are other good programs out there)

About once a week before work, I connect the portable drive (which is stored in another part of the house to improve survivability in the event of disaster) and start the program. It takes about 2 minutes to start the backup, then when I get home, I put the portable back in it's safe place.

It's still not a guarantee, but it gives me a little more peace of mind that I won't have to go through that again.

Sorry to hear about your loss. It can be pretty devastating when you have so many files and (especially) pictures that are just gone now.

Rockin Robbins · 01-08-10, 04:53 PM

Actually, I use an internal drive for the same purpose, using Acronis True Image to keep a complete image of each of my other drives.

Clay, you just say what you want and we'll make sure you get it. There is nothing out there that someone in this community doesn't have and nothing that we won't be glad to share with you.

kiwi_2005 · 01-08-10, 06:34 PM

had the same problem with Win7 that i went back to Winxp - while installing win7 it decided to delete all my other partitions even thou i could install windows blind foldered ive done it so many times. Install Win7 on C uncheck everything that points to other drives and still it deletes all my partitions

01-08-10, 07:16 PM

Hitman wrote...

Quote:

Simply make a list of all mods you want, and I'll burn them into a DVD and have them delivered per post to your door

Hmmm, my SH4 music mods folder has 46GB in it alone. I'm just sayin'. I'm sure everything will work out for you Clay from what I've seen of the people here.

Urge

gutted · 01-08-10, 09:12 PM

kinda in the same boat as you.

I had recently done a reformat, and forgot to save my MODS folder. Lost all the custom edits i did to my TMO install. And really dont want to go and do them all again because the first time was hassle enough.

If it were just installing TMO again, it would be no problem.. but the custom edits.. YARRGH!

Will wait for SHV. In the meantime, i've dusted off my Flight controls and stering wheel. Time to get back to my other 2 Simulation hobbies, Falcon and Nascar Racaing 2003.

G2B · 01-08-10, 10:30 PM

Wish I could be there personally and help you clayp, not goodbye, but how about "I'll be Back"

Akula4745 · 01-08-10, 11:10 PM

Very very sorry to hear this, Clay... a major reason I stayed with XP.
If I can do anything to help do not hesitate a single second...

01-08-10, 01:55 PM	#1
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Goodby Goodby for awhile,I dont know how long...I almost had Win7 in and working fine and something happened to a file and I had to start all over...Well some how I lost every shred of info on the system..Along with this stuff were my SH4 files,all my mods,programs etc.I have to rebuild everything and I dont know where to start or find stuff.Some of it isnt even available anymore...I'm really bummed and dont even feel like touching it.. __________________ clayp

01-08-10, 02:11 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Clay, I'm so sorry to hear that. When you are ready to start again I'll give you whatever files and help I can. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-08-10, 02:18 PM	#3
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice gesture SS Sorry to hear that Clay. I am sure other folks here would help out as well. __________________ Back in the Day

01-08-10, 03:35 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That does stink Clay. I'm sure you will get it all back together again. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-08-10, 03:42 PM	#7
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Clayp, there's nothing to worry about when you are in such a great community as we are: Simply make a list of all mods you want, and I'll burn them into a DVD and have them delivered per post to your door or just ask me to burn into the DVd all I have collected so far , whatever you prefer. Shoot me a PM with all details __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

01-08-10, 02:36 PM	#5
Tweety Planesman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 188 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Hi clayp, I don't have much but your welcome it. I had a similar problem last moth. I lost all my sub stuff on a different drive when the drive died. I can relate just let me know. Tweety

01-08-10, 03:57 PM	#8
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I know this won't help you now..., but maybe it will help you or someone else in the future. I had the same thing happen to me a few months ago. Lost nearly everything due to a corrupt hard drive. I learned my lesson though... I bought an external drive for my new system. I don't use it for anything but backups. If you get a Western Digital drive, you can go to their website and download a program called Acronis True Image. It's VERY easy to use. (not trying to advertise for WD... I'm sure there are other good programs out there) About once a week before work, I connect the portable drive (which is stored in another part of the house to improve survivability in the event of disaster) and start the program. It takes about 2 minutes to start the backup, then when I get home, I put the portable back in it's safe place. It's still not a guarantee, but it gives me a little more peace of mind that I won't have to go through that again. Sorry to hear about your loss. It can be pretty devastating when you have so many files and (especially) pictures that are just gone now. __________________

01-08-10, 04:53 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Actually, I use an internal drive for the same purpose, using Acronis True Image to keep a complete image of each of my other drives. Clay, you just say what you want and we'll make sure you get it. There is nothing out there that someone in this community doesn't have and nothing that we won't be glad to share with you. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-08-10, 06:34 PM	#10
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	had the same problem with Win7 that i went back to Winxp - while installing win7 it decided to delete all my other partitions even thou i could install windows blind foldered ive done it so many times. Install Win7 on C uncheck everything that points to other drives and still it deletes all my partitions __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

01-08-10, 09:12 PM	#12
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	kinda in the same boat as you. I had recently done a reformat, and forgot to save my MODS folder. Lost all the custom edits i did to my TMO install. And really dont want to go and do them all again because the first time was hassle enough. If it were just installing TMO again, it would be no problem.. but the custom edits.. YARRGH! Will wait for SHV. In the meantime, i've dusted off my Flight controls and stering wheel. Time to get back to my other 2 Simulation hobbies, Falcon and Nascar Racaing 2003.

01-08-10, 10:30 PM	#13
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Wish I could be there personally and help you clayp, not goodbye, but how about "I'll be Back" __________________

01-08-10, 11:10 PM	#14
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Very very sorry to hear this, Clay... a major reason I stayed with XP. If I can do anything to help do not hesitate a single second... __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"