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Wingy's computer broken! - Wingy - 04-03-2007
This is totally NO FAIR!! I was on my computer, and then, it crashed. Then I started it up again, and it wouldn't go! After talking to my geekish brother on MSN on my brother's computer. He told me to try to repair my computer by holding down Command + S while starting up. I got to a terminal screen, typed FSCK -F (The code for repair computer) and it said error, ect. Then I started up my computer with OS 10.4 upgrade DVD! I tried restoring my computer with my dad's 500 GB hard drive but it didn't work!! After 12 hours of trying everything possible, I gave up. I HAD to re inisilize my Hard Drive. (Meaning everything on it GONE.) That means Ted gone, Castle Basano, my other mansions, some other games, and lots of Apps, and especially, my MM serial number!!! Doesn't mean I'm not going into the contest though, I'll rebuild. With a new Castle Basano! (If I can get my hands on my serial number, I think its kicking around in my e-mail, or not!)
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Re: Wingy's computer broken! - ryos - 04-04-2007
Could you not have booted it in target disk mode and saved your data that way?
That really sucks, man. Really! That reminds me--I'm overdue for a backup...
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - joeb - 04-04-2007
YEOOOWWWWWWWW.
been there, done that. That's why I have a noisy helical scan tape backup hooked to my home server. If it's important a folder action copies it over and it gets backed up every night. Tough break but like ryos said, how come you didn't start up from the DVD/CD? You might have been able to save something. When you had it started with the 10.4 disk. I think you can also run disk utilities from it too.
Joe B
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - rose - 04-04-2007
So sorry to hear this Wingy!
I have been there too. Hopefully yuo'll have a Happy Easter anyway!
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - Semi-Native - 04-04-2007
Wingy, that really is bad news. Good luck with rebuilding.
:'( :'( :'( :'(
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - Mikee - 04-04-2007
Semi-Native wrote: Wingy, that really is bad news. Good luck with rebuilding.
:'( :'( :'( :'(
Wingy, we all require to you all good in the new Castle Basano. This time you it to make certainly still much much better
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - Wingy - 04-04-2007
Guess what I found! A backup of Ted only a week old!!!
I did use utilitys from 10.4 DVD and it wouldn't do anything. I did everything, I had no choice other then waiting afew weeks for it to get repaired! But I thought, and I relized by that time I could have rebuilt.
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - aquaMat - 04-05-2007
Poor Wingy....
But that was the first thing on my mind, when I read your initial post.... doesn't he do back-ups ???
So obviously you found one....good news !!
After I had one terrible crash mid-work on my studio computer (many years ago) with several hundred audio-files lost (= several days of recording & editing work), which happened at a point in time, where I had happened to have made no back-up for a couple of days (which even then was rarely the case)....well, after that incident I have established a routine of backing-up on a very regular basis, including incremental savings of the project and double back-ups of the audio-files.
It's a dirty job....but you should go the extra mile...it's well worth it (as you can see in this case) !!
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - Wingy - 04-05-2007
Hmmm... I can't start my computer up with any CD other then the 10.4 DVD! Is it because my disk is mounted according to Disk Utility on 10.4 DVD? I can't unmount it! The botton wont do anything! :o
Re: Wingy's computer broken! - Wingy - 04-06-2007
You know, I'm a young dude and as far as I know, I'm not that good at restoring broken hard drives! So what if I replaced a hard drive before from opening up my computer, unscrewing, ect... but this is different... why won't my computer start up with a 10.1 CD? Why does it only start up with the 10.4 DVD???
:'( Help!