GONE! ALL GONE!!

Syxx_Killer · 08-19-05, 10:23 AM

I feel like crying. Last night Windows XP took a dump on me to make a LONG story short. Anywho, today I had to reformat and reinstall. I lost ALL my SH3 mods!! All 4.15 GB of it!!!

I lost alot of other data as well. I have been meaning to back it up and have been taking things easy not to risk things. Who would've thought something really simple and mundane would have caused Windows to puke. Looks like I will be spending a LOT of time at terrapin's site later. Now I must get back to reinstalling drivers and programs.

Gizzmoe · 08-19-05, 10:31 AM

I hope that you have learned from it.

That shouldnÂ´t happen a second time in your life.

SmokinTep · 08-19-05, 10:35 AM

I back up my important stuff regularly.

Carcassonne · 08-19-05, 10:50 AM

You have my sympathy man...

Nopileo · 08-19-05, 11:20 AM

You have me deepest sympathies as well!

Question to those who know:

I've been meaning to buy 2 identical hard drives the next time I upgrade, and run them as 'mirrored' on my RAID ports. Will this prevent anything like this from happening, or will a Windows 'breakdown' be mirrored onto the hard disks as well, rendering both of them useless for restoring lost data?

Gizzmoe · 08-19-05, 11:26 AM

RAID1 only protects you from harddisk failure. If one harddisk dies all the data is still on the second one. I once had a customer whoÂ´d thought that RAID1 is a 100% protection, then his PSU died and killed his entire computer. Harddisks, CPU, Board, everything. He also had never made a backup...

A Windows breakdown will be mirrored. But of course the data can be recovered, simply attach your harddisk to some friends PC as the second harddisk and copy all important data. That would have also worked for Syxx.

Also never use only one partition, create at least two. DonÂ´t store important data on the Windows partition.

Tuomas.ss · 08-19-05, 11:59 AM

Why did you have to format your drive? Last time I had to reinstall XP (it totally failed to start anymore) I just deleted the Windows directory and reinstalled.

Syxx_Killer · 08-19-05, 12:05 PM

In the past, I have had rather dismal experiences trying to install Windows on an unformatted hard drive. Plus, if I have to reinstall, I might as well start with fresh slate.

Gizzmoe · 08-19-05, 12:08 PM

But at least it would have saved your data!

Syxx_Killer · 08-19-05, 01:12 PM

I tried doing a repair to Windows XP. When it installed and I got into Windows, the themes were gone, I could still not connect to the Internet (part of a rapid chain-reaction of events before Windows croked), and when I restarted I could not even log on. It would get to my wallpaper and hang.

In my latest turn of events, the new Nvidia chipset drivers refuse to install properly. I uninstalled the old ones, restarted, then installed the freshly downloaded ones. That somehow affected the ATI drivers (I was going to update them anyway). Everytime I would open Forefox the dumb Nvidia firewall would kick in asking for Firefox's permission to connect. When I would click accept I would get the blue screen of death. I uninstalled the newest drivers and went back to the ones included on my motherboard's CD. I'm going to get rid of the Nvidia firewall and go back to Zone Alarm. I liked Zone Alarm.

Maybe it has something to do with the current revision being 6.66.

kholemann · 08-19-05, 02:16 PM

Time for a DVD+R

Syxx_Killer · 08-19-05, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Time for a DVD+R

hehe I have one. A DVD+RW drive with dual layer capabilities. I could have sure used a few dual layer DVD+RWs.

Nopileo · 08-19-05, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kholemann

Time for a DVD+R

Hehe...

Well don't expect it to work if you have SH3 installed, at leat not 'DVD-backup'...

This depends on type of writer, of course.

gdogghenrikson · 08-19-05, 02:52 PM

thats why I have all my mods on a jump drive, But bummer about your harddrive

Calculon · 08-19-05, 03:10 PM

Sorry to hear that. If you can, buy yourself an extra HD and use Ghost to make an image on a regular basis. It doesn't take long and you have an exact copy of the drive for safe-keeping.

Once I had a crash with about 2 years worth of files that went bye-bye. ONCE!

08-19-05, 10:23 AM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	GONE! ALL GONE!! I feel like crying. Last night Windows XP took a dump on me to make a LONG story short. Anywho, today I had to reformat and reinstall. I lost ALL my SH3 mods!! All 4.15 GB of it!!! I lost alot of other data as well. I have been meaning to back it up and have been taking things easy not to risk things. Who would've thought something really simple and mundane would have caused Windows to puke. Looks like I will be spending a LOT of time at terrapin's site later. Now I must get back to reinstalling drivers and programs.

08-19-05, 02:16 PM	#11
kholemann Gunner Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 98 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Time for a DVD+R Time for a DVD+R

08-19-05, 02:52 PM	#14
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	thats why I have all my mods on a jump drive, But bummer about your harddrive __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

08-19-05, 03:10 PM	#15
Calculon Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kanada Posts: 10 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that. If you can, buy yourself an extra HD and use Ghost to make an image on a regular basis. It doesn't take long and you have an exact copy of the drive for safe-keeping. Once I had a crash with about 2 years worth of files that went bye-bye. ONCE! __________________

08-19-05, 10:31 AM	#2
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I hope that you have learned from it. That shouldnÂ´t happen a second time in your life.

08-19-05, 10:35 AM	#3
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I back up my important stuff regularly.

08-19-05, 10:50 AM	#4
Carcassonne Loader Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You have my sympathy man...

08-19-05, 11:20 AM	#5
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	You have me deepest sympathies as well! Question to those who know: I've been meaning to buy 2 identical hard drives the next time I upgrade, and run them as 'mirrored' on my RAID ports. Will this prevent anything like this from happening, or will a Windows 'breakdown' be mirrored onto the hard disks as well, rendering both of them useless for restoring lost data?

08-19-05, 11:26 AM	#6
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	RAID1 only protects you from harddisk failure. If one harddisk dies all the data is still on the second one. I once had a customer whoÂ´d thought that RAID1 is a 100% protection, then his PSU died and killed his entire computer. Harddisks, CPU, Board, everything. He also had never made a backup... A Windows breakdown will be mirrored. But of course the data can be recovered, simply attach your harddisk to some friends PC as the second harddisk and copy all important data. That would have also worked for Syxx. Also never use only one partition, create at least two. DonÂ´t store important data on the Windows partition.

08-19-05, 11:59 AM	#7
Tuomas.ss Nub Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why did you have to format your drive? Last time I had to reinstall XP (it totally failed to start anymore) I just deleted the Windows directory and reinstalled.

08-19-05, 12:05 PM	#8
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	In the past, I have had rather dismal experiences trying to install Windows on an unformatted hard drive. Plus, if I have to reinstall, I might as well start with fresh slate.

08-19-05, 12:08 PM	#9
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	But at least it would have saved your data!

08-19-05, 01:12 PM	#10
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I tried doing a repair to Windows XP. When it installed and I got into Windows, the themes were gone, I could still not connect to the Internet (part of a rapid chain-reaction of events before Windows croked), and when I restarted I could not even log on. It would get to my wallpaper and hang. In my latest turn of events, the new Nvidia chipset drivers refuse to install properly. I uninstalled the old ones, restarted, then installed the freshly downloaded ones. That somehow affected the ATI drivers (I was going to update them anyway). Everytime I would open Forefox the dumb Nvidia firewall would kick in asking for Firefox's permission to connect. When I would click accept I would get the blue screen of death. I uninstalled the newest drivers and went back to the ones included on my motherboard's CD. I'm going to get rid of the Nvidia firewall and go back to Zone Alarm. I liked Zone Alarm. Maybe it has something to do with the current revision being 6.66.