Im facing armageddon! - Page 2

CCIP · 12-10-06, 07:17 PM

Did you defrag your old HD often?

_Seth_ · 12-10-06, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

Did you defrag your old HD often?

I think so...Ca. once every mont, and also after installing or removing large programs..

CCIP · 12-10-06, 07:24 PM

Sounds like a definite hardware thing then. Then you're definitely in winning position by getting a new and well-greased drive - such a pain when they slow your games down

_Seth_ · 12-10-06, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

Sounds like a definite hardware thing then. Then you're definitely in winning position by getting a new and well-greased drive - such a pain when they slow your games down

Yepp, i think so too.. Those HD's arent ment to last forever anyway..

CCIP · 12-10-06, 10:36 PM

Yea, well, you're lucky to be able to get all the important stuff out though.

I lost a completely custom SHIII install with my HD back in May

Up until then I was one of the few people that had an up-to-date SHIII version without supermods.

Ah well. Computers

_Seth_ · 12-11-06, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

Yea, well, you're lucky to be able to get all the important stuff out though.

I lost a completely custom SHIII install with my HD back in May

Up until then I was one of the few people that had an up-to-date SHIII version without supermods.

Ah well. Computers

Thats just bad, mate

. Sorry for your loss..
I had a similar crash this spring, but with no early warning. The disk suddenly started "grinding", like someone put sand into it, and then it died.. Because of that, im now constantly on the lookout for indications of such happenings..
Better safe than sorry..

12-11-06, 04:42 AM

Hello there _Sith_

I not shure if thise will help but in case you have nothing to lose try thise. Works for me ones - i manage to bring to life my very old hard drive (to recover data).
Ok you will need some streght, take your broken hard disc - (after you removed it from the pc) and shake it (like barben make a coctail

) for 2-3 seconds.

DO thise after you recover all the data!!!!

HunterICX · 12-11-06, 06:38 AM

whats the size of your HD?

btw, if you buy a new on...buy 2 HD's
for example you want 200 Gig storage

buy 2 x 100 gig Hd's , so if one dies, its not such an disaster

and to go a bit further place a cheap 40 gig HD to it

so you get 200 gig for ur personal storage
and the 40 gig you use for the Windows, Drivers, and basic programs to run the Computer.

so also when formatting the PC you dont have to back it all up.
you formatate the 40gig partition . so when you reinstall windows you still have all ur data.

just a tip.

HunterICX

(in my older Pentium 4 it still runs a very old HD of 4 gigs that I had in my Pentium 2 from 1997 - 1998) that bloody thing wont just DIE!!!

stabiz · 12-11-06, 07:36 AM

Seth, this harddrive is really trustable, I have two:

http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.asp?sku=309535

_Seth_ · 12-11-06, 12:05 PM

@ dimitrius07: _Sith_....:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Just keep yoda away.....
"mmm-mmmm.....Laugh you must.."

Hunter & Stabiz: My disk (C:\) was 80 Gb. Its now being replaced with a 320 GB, And i still have my other 80 GB disk to use for personal things etc... Im actuallty writing this on my girlfriends laptop, since my rig still is at the computer hospital..

Im also adding 512 MB RAM, so i will have a total of 2 GB. I think maybe the only bottleneck will be the CPU, though.. Its a 3200+ something, i think..

12-10-06, 07:17 PM	#16
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Did you defrag your old HD often? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-10-06, 07:24 PM	#18
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Sounds like a definite hardware thing then. Then you're definitely in winning position by getting a new and well-greased drive - such a pain when they slow your games down __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-10-06, 10:36 PM	#20
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yea, well, you're lucky to be able to get all the important stuff out though. I lost a completely custom SHIII install with my HD back in May Up until then I was one of the few people that had an up-to-date SHIII version without supermods. Ah well. Computers __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-11-06, 06:38 AM	#23
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	whats the size of your HD? btw, if you buy a new on...buy 2 HD's for example you want 200 Gig storage buy 2 x 100 gig Hd's , so if one dies, its not such an disaster and to go a bit further place a cheap 40 gig HD to it so you get 200 gig for ur personal storage and the 40 gig you use for the Windows, Drivers, and basic programs to run the Computer. so also when formatting the PC you dont have to back it all up. you formatate the 40gig partition . so when you reinstall windows you still have all ur data. just a tip. HunterICX (in my older Pentium 4 it still runs a very old HD of 4 gigs that I had in my Pentium 2 from 1997 - 1998) that bloody thing wont just DIE!!! __________________

12-11-06, 07:36 AM	#24
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Seth, this harddrive is really trustable, I have two: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.asp?sku=309535 __________________

12-11-06, 04:42 AM	#22
Dimitrius07 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hello there _Sith_ I not shure if thise will help but in case you have nothing to lose try thise. Works for me ones - i manage to bring to life my very old hard drive (to recover data). Ok you will need some streght, take your broken hard disc - (after you removed it from the pc) and shake it (like barben make a coctail ) for 2-3 seconds. DO thise after you recover all the data!!!!

12-11-06, 12:05 PM	#25
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	@ dimitrius07: _Sith_....:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Just keep yoda away..... "mmm-mmmm.....Laugh you must.." Hunter & Stabiz: My disk (C:\) was 80 Gb. Its now being replaced with a 320 GB, And i still have my other 80 GB disk to use for personal things etc... Im actuallty writing this on my girlfriends laptop, since my rig still is at the computer hospital.. Im also adding 512 MB RAM, so i will have a total of 2 GB. I think maybe the only bottleneck will be the CPU, though.. Its a 3200+ something, i think.. __________________