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Well, I need a good HDD recovery utility/method. !techponies
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@scribus delete system32
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@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.
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@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....
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@traptin85 . . . . . . . :-|
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@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.
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@pinhooves Backup early, backup often.
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@scribus What exactly happened?
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@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.
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@scribus There are quite a lot of things I would back up, but most I don't know where to find. D:
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@pinhooves That will depend on what the data is (files? Programs?) And what your OS is.
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@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.
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@scribus Are you running it on Ubantu?
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@nerthos I could have sworn Ubuntu read NTFS...
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@scribus Try partition magic. I always use that program to fix HDD problems.
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@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.
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@scribus Not that I know of. Just try partitioning it, or reformatting on a windows machine.
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@thatonepony It's all I had handy, and I knew it would circumvent her virii.
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@thatonepony It's "ubuntu" not "ubantu"
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@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...
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@scribus I say virtual console Partition Magic.
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@pinhooves Indeed. Data loss sucks.
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@derps A man can make a spelling mistake. Those occasionally happen.
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@nerthos I'll keep that in mind when I return to take another stab at it. Thanks!
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@thatonepony This stuff is abolished to me. Not allowed. Except on Mondays or Saturdays.
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