I'm wiped out

robj250 · 08-25-08, 01:59 PM

Was working on the last part of Mission 15 for U-107 and the computer froze as I was entering the Cuban Islands. I tried a restart but it would not work; file missing. No metter what I tried, my computer would not start. I took it into town to the technician. He had it for two days and could not get "on" my hard drive so he ran a diagnostics on it and found that it had a bad sector. So all is lost! My only hope of getting everything back which is on that hard drive was to send it to Toronto to the experts to see if they could retrieve anything. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt for not backing up that hard drive.

Everything on that drive relates to my making of my movies, my music, my ancestry - everything, my whole life is down the tube if they cannot retrieve the data that I require.

Rob (crying and sinking fast)

GoldenRivet · 08-25-08, 02:03 PM

damn brother thats terrible.

mengle · 08-25-08, 02:07 PM

I know the feeling

08-25-08, 02:15 PM

Pitty to hear it, should be total disaster for ya

Just curious what brand HDD was that ? and how long you have been using it ?

Gezoes · 08-25-08, 02:38 PM

Ouch, I know how that feels too...

nirwana · 08-25-08, 03:23 PM

There might be a way to retrieve everything but the stuff of the bad sector and the personal folders. Add a new HD to ure puter, install ure OS on it to boot from it and u should be able to read the old HD. U might be even able to repair the bad sector include the bits on it then.

I could save a crashed system hd by doing this and using paragon partition manager to repair it by creating a resue cd and boot from it.

robj250 · 08-25-08, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Contact

Pitty to hear it, should be total disaster for ya

Just curious what brand HDD was that ? and how long you have been using it ?

It was a Maxtar and I have been using it since I started making movies.

robj250 · 08-25-08, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirwana

There might be a way to retrieve everything but the stuff of the bad sector and the personal folders. Add a new HD to ure puter, install ure OS on it to boot from it and u should be able to read the old HD. U might be even able to repair the bad sector include the bits on it then.

I could save a crashed system hd by doing this and using paragon partition manager to repair it by creating a resue cd and boot from it.

Well, if these "experts" in Toronto can't retrieve the files I desperately need from it, I'll get them to send it back, and then I'll ask your advice on how to do what you suggest. The technician here in Port Hardy has been in business for 20 years and just retired, so he has nothing now that he can use to help and I don't know where he is. The only other technician we have here is a "hit and miss" technician. He likes to try a lot of things.:hmm: And I'm no computer expert. I have a new hard drive now and I just found "Antivirus2008" on it. Damn. Is anything else going to happen. I went into the registry and removed any reference to antivirus2008 and 2009.

Will advise what happens.

Rob

conus00 · 08-25-08, 03:56 PM

Sorry to hear that, mate.
I have been in exactly same boat as you are about half year ago. My archive drive failed and I have lost about five years worth of priceless data. As of today I can't find any company which is able to retrieve the information. My problem is a mechanical failure: The drive will start spinning, then click a few times and that's it...

I am still feeling the impact of the lost information and I would appreciate if you keep me posted on the "Toronto experts". If they can help you they might be able to help me as well....
Good luck!

nirwana · 08-25-08, 04:08 PM

Would it be an ancient drive like a 32MB RLL i would open its case. About 20 years ago i could fix it by giving its jammed magnetic discs a slight manual push with my thumb another time blowing some dust from the upper disc. If it works with todays drives i have my doubts.

robj250 · 08-25-08, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirwana

Would it be an ancient drive like a 32MB RLL i would open its case. About 20 years ago i could fix it by giving its jammed magnetic discs a slight manual push with my thumb another time blowing some dust from the upper disc. If it works with todays drives i have my doubts.

Sorry, I don't know. But the technician, before he retired, blew all the dust out of everything.

nirwana · 08-25-08, 10:47 PM

Ermmm that was a joke.....

dont do it with todays drives

BasilY · 08-26-08, 01:36 AM

Happen to me once, you just have to make sure your saved games are well kept and re-installed the whole game+GWX. Anyway, never found out what happen.

I have a pretty new Dell notebook, but it have other problems...

robj250 · 08-26-08, 12:15 PM

Well I guess it's about time I quit thinking if I'm every going to get my files retrieved off that hard drive I sent to Toronto and get on with my life. It was just such a disaster though and it really upset me and set me back on my heals.

I am going to install SH3 today, but I don't have ANY of the downloads of mods and I simply can't remember what mods I used for U-107 in SH3. I have no idea where to get 1.4b or any of the mods.

I checked my other hard drive which I used for backing up my saved games but it wasn't quit up-to-date on my last mission, so I'm a bit lucky there and I found the patch TGW on a vanilla SH3 on the same hard drive, so I'm lucky there.

I don't know where to get the intelligence MOD as I forget what it was called. I think I was using SHCommander 2.something; not his latest one, so I have to try to find where that is so I can download it.

I have to find out where I got all the mods from. I'm terrible with names but I think there was a supply of mods from a female member, and some from another dated folder and some sound files, and a whole page of downloads from subsim I think, and I forget where I got my skins (winter ones and summer ones for a VIIB and IXB) from and the weedy-like appearrance to the water.

I have a GeForce 6600 graphics card and a Seanix 17 inch flat screen and I have to figure out how to lighten my nights a bit as it's pretty dark on my flat screen and I cannot see my sub or anything when the game is in the middle of the night. The buttons at the bottom have been lightened up as far as I can go, but it's still not enough.

Any help in finding all this stuff will be greatly appreciated.

Rob

Jimbuna · 08-26-08, 01:21 PM

I'm gutted for you Rob....was once bitten in a similar fashion by a bloody pc and have always kept multiple drives since.

Don't you go worrying yourself, I'm sure the collective of members on the forum will be able to furnish you with everything you've lost.

Make a list and post it here my friend.

08-25-08, 01:59 PM	#1
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I'm wiped out Was working on the last part of Mission 15 for U-107 and the computer froze as I was entering the Cuban Islands. I tried a restart but it would not work; file missing. No metter what I tried, my computer would not start. I took it into town to the technician. He had it for two days and could not get "on" my hard drive so he ran a diagnostics on it and found that it had a bad sector. So all is lost! My only hope of getting everything back which is on that hard drive was to send it to Toronto to the experts to see if they could retrieve anything. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt for not backing up that hard drive. Everything on that drive relates to my making of my movies, my music, my ancestry - everything, my whole life is down the tube if they cannot retrieve the data that I require. Rob (crying and sinking fast)

08-25-08, 02:03 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	damn brother thats terrible. __________________

08-25-08, 02:07 PM	#3
mengle Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belgium, mai 1940 Posts: 665 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	I know the feeling __________________ IMMER WEITER Gramophone songs http://www.filefront.com/16221983/Ra...gs_Part_I.rar/ http://www.filefront.com/16227547/Ra...s_Part_II.rar/ http://www.filefront.com/16227839/Ra..._Part_III.rar/

08-25-08, 02:38 PM	#5
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Ouch, I know how that feels too... __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

08-25-08, 03:56 PM	#9
conus00 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: DB85 Posts: 804 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that, mate. I have been in exactly same boat as you are about half year ago. My archive drive failed and I have lost about five years worth of priceless data. As of today I can't find any company which is able to retrieve the information. My problem is a mechanical failure: The drive will start spinning, then click a few times and that's it... I am still feeling the impact of the lost information and I would appreciate if you keep me posted on the "Toronto experts". If they can help you they might be able to help me as well.... Good luck! __________________

08-25-08, 02:15 PM	#4
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Pitty to hear it, should be total disaster for ya Just curious what brand HDD was that ? and how long you have been using it ?

08-25-08, 03:23 PM	#6
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	There might be a way to retrieve everything but the stuff of the bad sector and the personal folders. Add a new HD to ure puter, install ure OS on it to boot from it and u should be able to read the old HD. U might be even able to repair the bad sector include the bits on it then. I could save a crashed system hd by doing this and using paragon partition manager to repair it by creating a resue cd and boot from it.

08-25-08, 04:08 PM	#10
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Would it be an ancient drive like a 32MB RLL i would open its case. About 20 years ago i could fix it by giving its jammed magnetic discs a slight manual push with my thumb another time blowing some dust from the upper disc. If it works with todays drives i have my doubts.

08-25-08, 10:47 PM	#12
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Ermmm that was a joke..... dont do it with todays drives

08-26-08, 01:36 AM	#13
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Happen to me once, you just have to make sure your saved games are well kept and re-installed the whole game+GWX. Anyway, never found out what happen. I have a pretty new Dell notebook, but it have other problems...

08-26-08, 12:15 PM	#14
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well I guess it's about time I quit thinking if I'm every going to get my files retrieved off that hard drive I sent to Toronto and get on with my life. It was just such a disaster though and it really upset me and set me back on my heals. I am going to install SH3 today, but I don't have ANY of the downloads of mods and I simply can't remember what mods I used for U-107 in SH3. I have no idea where to get 1.4b or any of the mods. I checked my other hard drive which I used for backing up my saved games but it wasn't quit up-to-date on my last mission, so I'm a bit lucky there and I found the patch TGW on a vanilla SH3 on the same hard drive, so I'm lucky there. I don't know where to get the intelligence MOD as I forget what it was called. I think I was using SHCommander 2.something; not his latest one, so I have to try to find where that is so I can download it. I have to find out where I got all the mods from. I'm terrible with names but I think there was a supply of mods from a female member, and some from another dated folder and some sound files, and a whole page of downloads from subsim I think, and I forget where I got my skins (winter ones and summer ones for a VIIB and IXB) from and the weedy-like appearrance to the water. I have a GeForce 6600 graphics card and a Seanix 17 inch flat screen and I have to figure out how to lighten my nights a bit as it's pretty dark on my flat screen and I cannot see my sub or anything when the game is in the middle of the night. The buttons at the bottom have been lightened up as far as I can go, but it's still not enough. Any help in finding all this stuff will be greatly appreciated. Rob

08-26-08, 01:21 PM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm gutted for you Rob....was once bitten in a similar fashion by a bloody pc and have always kept multiple drives since. Don't you go worrying yourself, I'm sure the collective of members on the forum will be able to furnish you with everything you've lost. Make a list and post it here my friend. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!