Big Computer Problems

[Robot Chicken]

Hello everyone, I haven't been on the board much the last few days as last Friday after the Uncle Buck, Sheebo and Fatboy Incident* I came home to find that my computer had crashed and it didn't recognise the C: drive any more...

It looks like I've lost everything

Unless I can retrieve something I'll have to start pretty much from scratch...

*Who "nose" what happened (lol)

 

[fatboy]

Oh dear I am having flashbacks from last night. I remember you moaning that you had lost all your essays, photos and porn.

You were quite happy when I told you your MSN contact list was safe.

I don't know what you did to me after I passed out last night but I feel like shit today.

 

[poke]

have u lost all the pictures that u took up my skirt?

what a shame

 

[Uncle Buck]

 

[fatboy]

have u lost all the pictures that u took up my skirt?

what a shame

That is shocking. Wait until FILTHY and ROBERT hear about that.

Pengoon you PERVERT!!

 

[Robot Chicken]

 

[king Wombat]

take it u tried logging on via safe mode??

 

[Marshy]

Can you get in the Bios to see if it recognises the Hard Drive in there ?

 

[Robot Chicken]

The bios recognises there is a hard drive but there is no way to get into C: or D:.

It's down to the partitions and Master Boot Record and scary stuff like that...

I shall return.

One day.

 

[Mr C]

You're being very vague. What do you mean... there's no way "to get in to" C or D??

 

[Kenhead]

Have you lost all your photo's you take of random girls in nightclubs?? Maybe thats why it broke couldn't deal with the strain off all them pics on your harddrive!

 

[beorhthelm]

Connect up the HD into a mates computer as a second device (ie leave their C: in place) and see if you can now read the contents. If you can, its probably as you say, the MBR. So find some tool on the internet to recover/rebuild/repair it. Or you might like to just re-install the OS which, as long as you dont allow it to format, should leave everything intact

If you still cant see the data from the other machine, then its a bit more screwed. Try to get hold of a hacked version of some software called EasyRecovery (iirc). this will read through the disk and should show all the file that are/where there and allow you to recover everything (the hacked version will allow you to actully copy/move files, while unhacked unlicenced wont).

If that doesnt work... well frankly, your up a smell creek without any propulsion.

 

[mk_bha]

wait, calm down and listen.

you should always state OS/HD/MEM etc when stating problems.

If your on XP or NT your NTLDR file is pointing to an incorrect boot partition. NTLDR is what loads the OS.


Dont be a mug and post these things on annoyances.org or computing.net not on a 2nd div football msg board.

 

[Mr C]

wait, calm down and listen.

you should always state OS/HD/MEM etc when stating problems.

If your on XP or NT your NTLDR file is pointing to an incorrect boot partition. NTLDR is what loads the OS.


Dont be a mug and post these things on annoyances.org or computing.net not on a 2nd div football msg board.

Yeah but there a lot of people on here who can help, given a bit more info

I would love to, but I'm too expensive

 

[Sheebo]

cant remember this incident.............

 

[Robot Chicken]

it's been boring without a computer for the last three weeks but my new hard drives have arrived so I should be back online tomorrow.

Normal service will be resumed shortly.

Does anyone know of any company that can repair hard drives where the electronics have failed?

Life without NSC is boring. Fatboy, you missed a good night last night. Nice eye candy. Jodie Marsh was at the HC last week and I missed her. D'oh.

 

[Dave the OAP]

We deal with a company that will repair a HD.

I will try and see if I can find the address.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Fantastic, you're a star.

 

[beorhthelm]

Vogon.co.uk is supposed to be one of the best companies, but the cost of their services...