My Computers a write off thanks to Microsoft
- Thread starter D4R73N
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Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
nope, can't blame M$ for that one 
sounds like there's some kind of hardware conflict now though....
sounds like there's some kind of hardware conflict now though....
mean micra
www.mightymicra.co.uk
omfg... no way Daz... 2 days ago... i've just lost 5 years worth of stuff....
uni/coll work, music, films, and most importantly my photos...
and yes i had updated 2 days prior through aol...
im no pc expert so i just did a restore....
not a happy bunny but its not the end of the world... im currently working my ass off catching up on uni work...
but my photos gone really hurts man...
uni/coll work, music, films, and most importantly my photos...
and yes i had updated 2 days prior through aol...
im no pc expert so i just did a restore....
not a happy bunny but its not the end of the world... im currently working my ass off catching up on uni work...
but my photos gone really hurts man...
Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
install Mandrake to it on dual boot, boot into Mandrake and pull the Windows data off you need to keep, then you can format and re-install
Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
I don't have any issues at all with SP2
But whenever I install from fresh I always do.
Windows, Windows Updates, Service Packs etc, Anti-Virus, Firewall, Hardware drivers, Software for the Hardware (joystick and controller stuff etc), then the software
and i NEVER save data on the same drive as Windows
But whenever I install from fresh I always do.
Windows, Windows Updates, Service Packs etc, Anti-Virus, Firewall, Hardware drivers, Software for the Hardware (joystick and controller stuff etc), then the software
and i NEVER save data on the same drive as Windows
OP
OP
D4R73N
Ex. Club Member
Sorted, works fine again, but obviusly on SP1, i'll have to find the problem and try again some time
Thanks, everyone.
paddymarsden
Iggy Iggy oooooooooo
mean micra do you want your data recovered ?
i do professional data recovery drop me an email [email protected] [email protected] or mobile 07841413618
doesnt matter if you have done a restore
i do professional data recovery drop me an email [email protected] [email protected] or mobile 07841413618
doesnt matter if you have done a restore
MA 12.5 :-p
Ex. Club Member
it must be the season for people to lose everything from computers. i lost all the stuff on mine i think on sunday night - uni work, loads of music, pics, videos. its rubbish
fingers crossed computer bods can work their magic on it!
fingers crossed computer bods can work their magic on it!
Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
even after physical destruction of a disk, the magnetic fields around the disk remains allowing data to be re-traced.
For anybody who has a mild interest, do some reading regarding computer forensics. VERY interesting
For anybody who has a mild interest, do some reading regarding computer forensics. VERY interesting
MA 12.5 :-p
Ex. Club Member
well... i was advised to do a partial system restore which deleted somethnig it shouldnt have and so wouldnt even start up after that. so it went away for repairs etc, got it back today and they have replaced the hard drive without even a phone call to let me know all my stuff from it would be gone and they had already had it for 3 days before i called them to see where it was!!
not happy
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m1ck97
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well... i was advised to do a partial system restore which deleted somethnig it shouldnt have and so wouldnt even start up after that. so it went away for repairs etc, got it back today and they have replaced the hard drive without even a phone call to let me know all my stuff from it would be gone and they had already had it for 3 days before i called them to see where it was!!
not happy
Thats redicolous. All restores I perform I backup all the data first,and restore it once I have done a fresh install.
paddymarsden
Iggy Iggy oooooooooo
ahhh man you have been DONE there, like m1ck97 said, backup the stuff you need inc drivers then fresh install !
is it pc world ? Also you can get the data back if they didnt replace the hard drive, file scavenger is the program i sometimes use.
is it pc world ? Also you can get the data back if they didnt replace the hard drive, file scavenger is the program i sometimes use.
MA 12.5 :-p
Ex. Club Member
Thanks for that.... i actually realised that for myself...
Yeah its pc world, if u read what i put they did replace the hard drive. Iv tried a program that james gave me which im guessing is abit like the scavenger thing but hasnt really picked much up.
I called them about it and had a rant at the lovely guy at the end lol, apparently its company policy to send the old hard rive back to the customer so they can try and recover any data from it.... at a cost of about a hundred quid i think
