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  1. Scribus Scribus

    Well, I need a good HDD recovery utility/method. !techponies

    Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:33:00 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    1. Aaron Mark Aaron Mark

      @scribus delete system32

      Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:33:38 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @traptin85 . . . . . . . :-|

        Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:36:58 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    2. Jeff Stathers Jeff Stathers

      @scribus If the HDD in my computer failed, I. Would. Freak out. Almost 800GB used up on there, and so much work would be lost.

      Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:34:45 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @pinhooves Backup early, backup often.

        Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:38:42 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        1. Jeff Stathers Jeff Stathers

          @scribus There are quite a lot of things I would back up, but most I don't know where to find. D:

          Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:41:46 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @pinhooves That will depend on what the data is (files? Programs?) And what your OS is.

            Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:43:26 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. Jeff Stathers Jeff Stathers

              @scribus I do have an External HDD, but some of it's already used up by old videos I've rendered. Hopefully I can find I'll find the things I would need to backup.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:46:09 UTC from web
              1. Scribus Scribus

                @pinhooves Indeed. Data loss sucks.

                Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:50:23 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    3. Micheal McPony Micheal McPony

      @scribus Buy a case of DVDs and write all of your files there. I did that for one of my older rigs. Actually, I should probably set up a backup of my own....

      Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:35:38 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @thatonepony It's for a friend's drive, which is already not being read by anything. It shows up, so it's not mechanical. I'm afraid it got magneted at some point.

        Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:38:16 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    4. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @scribus What exactly happened?

      Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:38:43 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @nerthos Not entirely sure, it's a friend's rig. Shee said the power supply died, she has a virus or some virii, even she isn't totally sure. But I built a new-used-Frankenstein rig and it works but can't read the drive from the Ubuntu drive I set up. I tried with just her HDD and it gave a "Windows didn't start properly, choose safe or normal etc..." screen and every option reboots the machine.

        Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:41:43 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @scribus You can't read from Ubuntu: that means the HDD is formated in NTFS. Put the disk as slave in a computer running on windows.

          Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:43:50 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @nerthos I could have sworn Ubuntu read NTFS...

            Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:44:48 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @scribus Try partition magic. I always use that program to fix HDD problems.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:45:50 UTC from web
              1. Scribus Scribus

                @nerthos I'll keep that in mind when I return to take another stab at it. Thanks!

                Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:50:55 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            2. Micheal McPony Micheal McPony

              @scribus Not that I know of. Just try partitioning it, or reformatting on a windows machine.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:46:43 UTC from web
              1. Scribus Scribus

                @thatonepony Turns out it needs a driver, and she lacks "real" internet (just a Verizon deal on her netbook). Guess I'll be tethering my phone again...

                Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:49:43 UTC from MuSTArDroid
        2. Micheal McPony Micheal McPony

          @scribus Are you running it on Ubantu?

          Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:44:02 UTC from web
          1. Scribus Scribus

            @thatonepony It's all I had handy, and I knew it would circumvent her virii.

            Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:48:18 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. Micheal McPony Micheal McPony

              @scribus I say virtual console Partition Magic.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:50:08 UTC from web
          2. derps derps

            @thatonepony It's "ubuntu" not "ubantu"

            Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:49:39 UTC from MuSTArDroid
            1. Micheal McPony Micheal McPony

              @derps A man can make a spelling mistake. Those occasionally happen.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:50:47 UTC from web
              1. derps derps

                @thatonepony This stuff is abolished to me. Not allowed. Except on Mondays or Saturdays.

                Wednesday, 07-Dec-11 02:52:19 UTC from MuSTArDroid