DAMN! I just can’t seem to win!
Sunday, January 18, 2009 19:58 | 332 viewsNo graphic for the post. I have nothing to work with.
My hard drive on my computer has just kicked the bucket. So I have had to resort to taking the old computer out of the closet and fire it up. Unfortunatrely it’s just a 600MHz POS and for some reason the sound card isn’t working.
I just have the bare essentials on it right now. Firefox for banking and Utorrent for TV show downloading.
I’ll have to work some over time to buy a new hard drive and somehow get the local computer shop to transfer all my shit from the broken one to the new one. Hopefully it’s not to expensive.
I would have had it all backed up yesterday when I noticed it actually going caput on me. But my DVD burner is dead also remember?
Seems this string of terrible luck is still going.
What does all this mean for the blog? Less posting because this POS is way to damn slow to do anything. Even typing this post is taking a long time.
I wish I could just reset my life and start over. I can’t take anymore of this shit.
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January 18th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
hard drives arent that expensive John. Should be able to get a 320 GB for… 75 bucks there abouts.
Man computer shops are expensive. Too bad you dont know anyone that does that kind of thing. Bad deal buddy.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
@Uhh Yeah – Do you know how to recover data from a crashed hard drive?
January 18th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Man. You are due for some good things I think. Sorry you are dealing with all this crap. It does remind me that hubby and I have to do some backups too.
January 18th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
@teeni – I hope them good things come soon.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Go to Thrift King for your new HD. It’ll be super cheap. You might be able to salvage some of your data by freezing your existing drive. It might run long enough to pull off what you need.
MrCoreys last blog post..Frog Noise
January 19th, 2009 at 12:46 am
BTW, that’s freeze as in freeze (in the freezer)
January 19th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Sorry to hear. I know the feeling. My old hard disk with a lot of code libraries for my programming crashed and I was unable to recover them. It felt like shit.
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January 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
@John Raul Joven II – I certainly feel like shit now. I’ll have to work some overtime to make some extra cash for a new drive.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
@MrCorey – @MrCorey – I went on TigerDirect’s web site and found a 300GB drive for under $70. I’ll order one from them next pay if I have enough.
I’ll try that freezing idea when I have the things installed.
I just wish I could copy an image from the fubar one and transfer it to the new one.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
why would you buy a 30 GB from tiger direct for 70 when you can get a 320 GB from thrift king for 75 bucks. and he is right downtown?
Anyways, yeah i deal with crashed hard drives every so often here at work.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@Uhh Yeah – 30GB, wha-da-ya mean 30GB?
So will the freezing idea work? If I stuck the crashed one in the freezer overnight and them put it back in, do you think it will copy my shit to the newer HD?
Maybe I should get you to pop in here and help me out when I buy a new one. Just let me know how much you would want.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
yes freezing will work sometimes. Swapping controllers works too.
when you freeze it freeze it good. leave it in like overnight.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
@Uhh Yeah – Swapping controllers..?..
see, that’s where I drift off to another world.
I sent you an e-mail.
January 19th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
reset life. Man if you could invent that wouldnt it be sweet? kinda like Macs time machine. I’d go back to when i was 18. Over and Over and Over again
January 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
@Uhh Yeah – I would like to go back in time to the time we all used to hang out at your place.
Those were Good Times!
But my luck would end up with all this bullshit happening over and over again. So that would be out of the question.