Finally back on

RiceRocket1 · Post by **RiceRocket1** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:18 am

Haven't been on for a bit as the home computer operating system went to hell and I didn't want to loose all the files with a complete system install. Wasn't able to repair the damaged system files.

Picked up a new Sytemax Custome built Venture with a P4 duel 3 Gig processor with a 250 and a 300 SATA hard drives, 2 gig of DDR2 RAM, NVidia GeForce 6800 GS W/256 meg of DDR2. This is going to be fun for photo/vid editing and gaming......

Once I pull all needed files of the old computers hard drives, I'll do a clean install of the OS and give it to the kids..

Post by **FZRDude** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:05 am

I was wondering where you wre Jim. I know the tracks are opening soon, so between you, Kontoboy and CopperSlip, it's the only "local" racing I get to see...

RiceRocket1 · Post by **RiceRocket1** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:01 pm

Hoping to use the video set up from my bud Degsy's race bike on the track bike.....

Outlaw · Post by **Outlaw** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:56 pm

I feel your pain....

Just lost the hard drive in my laptop, and it had some important documents on it

It started acting up, and I knew it was coming, so I was trying to use my home network to copy them to my home computer when it went. Got nothing copied....

Post by **jjs777** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:05 pm

outlaw - for the bad laptop hdd - often times you can install them in a cheap $5 ebay 3.5" usb connector kit and access at least a portion of the files

RiceRocket1 · Post by **RiceRocket1** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:51 pm

Picked up a dynex hard drive enclosure, USB connected and grabbed all the needed info......

Outlaw · Post by **Outlaw** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:58 pm

Well, I actually managed to get the laptop back up and running.... for now
The hard drive had a corrupt boot sector. That, combined with the fact that the boot sequence used the hard drive 1st, and cd 2nd really caused problems for me. Once I changed the boot sequence and made a boot CD, it wasn't too hard to fix things.

I'm pretty sure the hard drive is on its way out (I've had this happen before with a different laptop). I did manage to get the files i needed, and I burned them on CD just in case.