allison Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 My computer lost its lunch last night. I got the blue screen of death, and had to reformat. Lost everything. I mean EVERYTHING. So to remind everyone of what we all know but don't always do: use firewalling, and back up your data. If this crash was by any chance a little viral prank, congratulations, it was massive and catastrophic. Nice work. Quote
dalius Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 Allison- did you try doing a system restore or try fixing your OS before reformatting? Backup, backup, backup, save, save, save... Quote
Dru Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 believing a system crash was meant to get you is a sign of paranoia???? Quote
Ursa_Eagle Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 I keep my OS and programs on a separate drive. if the shit hits the fan, I can just format that drive and I keep all my other data. I also try to backup my documents, email, and such once a month (although it sometimes winds up being more like 6 months ) These are all kept on separate drives anyway. I can't backup my mp3's, there's just too damn many of them. Quote
allison Posted April 30, 2003 Author Posted April 30, 2003 (edited) The guy from Dell who walked me through the reinstall said either I picked something up on the Internet or something was pushed toward me. I'm not saying it was one or the other, cuz nobody knows! And Dalius yes we tried numerous less invasive fixes before the reformat. Edited April 30, 2003 by allison Quote
ctuller Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 The guy from dell has his head up his ass. But it's not really his fault, good tech support is almost extinct these days... Sorry your data is hosed tho. Harddrives are cheap these days, buy another for your data. Quote
allison Posted April 30, 2003 Author Posted April 30, 2003 Well the computer has a cd burner, can't I just do periodic data backups with that? Damn, sounds like I should have taken it to a shop! Quote
ctuller Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 (edited) the burnner is fine, but with 2 harddrives it's easier. You can install all of your apps and data and such to the second drive, than if the OS craps out and you need to reformat you do not loose as much. But it's always possible for the 2nd drive to crap out too. (so you back up onto CD every so often anyways). Backing up data == good Lost data == sux Edited April 30, 2003 by ctuller Quote
Fejas Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 Last time I got the blue screen I tossed the hole unit; screen, tower, speekers, printer; out the window of my thrid story appartment... It was an oldy, and had crashed three times before... I haven't had a crash since; goin' on six years... Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 Nice avatar pic, Fejas! "CLEAR YOUR MIND! HIDE YOUR FEAR! DON'T LOOK 'ROUND DON'T TURN AROUND PENNYWISE IS HERE!" Quote
freeclimb9 Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 Blue screen of death. Sucks don't it? Did you try a restart with the last known good? Sometimes that works. Quote
iain Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 life's too short not to use a mac, folks. all the cool people use 'em. Quote
catbirdseat Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 Here's a geek question. I have partitioned my hard drive into three virtual disks, C:, D:, and E:. They hold system software, applications, and data (files), respectively. If my OS get's screwed up and I have to reformat and reinstall, like Allison, can I reformat only the C: drive and leave D: and E: intact? Quote
ctuller Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 iain- cbs- Short answer is Yes, you can reformat just the one partition. Long answer you are better to have a 2nd physical drive, cuz If the single hardrive fails (rather than the OS) than you are still sol. Quote
allison Posted April 30, 2003 Author Posted April 30, 2003 freeclimb- Yes I tried that. iain- I have a mac and a pc. I am not biased, they both have their foibles. There are many many photos on my camera card, yippee for small things! Quote
iain Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 hey I'm not biased either. I just know which one is better. besides the price upfront, I see no foibles for the mac. Quote
snoboy Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 iain said: hey I'm not biased either. I just know which one is better. besides the price upfront, I see no foibles for the mac. Ahhh, It costs more and is slower??? Quote
gapertimmy Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 its a proven fact that cc.com powered by its .SPRAY technology performs much better on windows XP running IE 6.0. the stress testing results from our QA spray labs have shown that the speed and ease of obtaining page tops and spraying in a windows environment is far faster than that of a Mac. seriously folks, get your priorities straight and buy the right hardware that will make your spraysperience better. Allison- Perhaps you called tech support after hours when it is outsourced to India, Dell tech support gobbles major knobbles. Quote
b-rock Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 I've got a program you can run, it will show you. Check your email. Quote
Fejas Posted April 30, 2003 Posted April 30, 2003 I don't know what you mac dorks are talkin' bout, macs crash too... I had an plder mac that went ca-put... Quote
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