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Offline Xjazz

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« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2005, 04:08:28 PM »
Get a free Knoppix Live CD linux and setup your pc bootup from CD.

It could be still possible to read HD and copy the important data.
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« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2005, 05:47:51 PM »
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Get a free Knoppix Live CD linux and setup your pc bootup from CD.

It could be still possible to read HD and copy the important data.



I'll try that once I get Dell Support to realise it's not software thats the problem..

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« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2005, 07:52:50 PM »
Well I've convinced them that all I needed was a boot up disk and not to reset the harddrive..

I swear he had to go get a supervisor just to tell him what all the 0's and 1's meant..

-I don't know what they are but It ain't my job neither-

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« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2005, 08:38:39 PM »
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Actually, i quoted your original message regarding hawlore's father, and said "PWN" referring to you completely owning hawklore...

go take a look at the bottom of my message and see who my quoted text was edited by....


If that is the case, my apologies.

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« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2005, 05:51:30 AM »
Shut it off, and ask a linux-educated someone to start it up with a linux bootable CD like knoppix.

You'll be able to copy all your stuff on a external HDD (USB or firewire) and you won't lose anything.

EDIT: Duh! Xjazz beat me to it...
« Last Edit: December 11, 2005, 05:54:31 AM by deSelys »
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« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2005, 11:35:45 AM »
Dell is sending us our Cd package that didn't come with the comp..

If the WinXp CD dosn't work we'll to the linux thing.
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« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2005, 11:41:32 AM »
Be careful with the M$ win xp recovery console.
It can wipe out your MBR or partition tables in a blink and without much warning.
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« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2005, 12:23:58 PM »
hawklore i think you should see a doctor, i think you might die from this.

please keep us posted on your condition. :confused:
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« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2005, 03:30:43 PM »
If there is one lesson you should learn from this...

It is BACK UP any important files.


Computers crash, hard drives die, even programs from that wonderfull mega corperation Microsoft as common and easy to use as word can currupt files.


BACK UP anything and everything you do not want to lose.
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« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2005, 11:07:35 PM »
All modern hard drives implement some kind of "Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology" or SMART.

Most of diagnostic utilities can read SMART data.

Most of hardrive makers provide free utilities, some are even compatible with all drives like Data Lifeguard by Western Digital.

Most provide bootable CD ISO images with some or all utilities like BlastMax by Matrox for example (cloning and partitioning).

Using those utilites will provide you ample warning when HD start failing, and when this happens, you can clone your disk (in most of the cases) and you don't have to reinstall OS and applications nor there's need to restore from backups (real time saver) except when some of the data was corrupted.

If cloning wasn't succesful and no backups are available and if you really need your precious data back, you'll need 'Data Recovery" service.

I believe Gillware does it for 400 bucks only per HD.
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