Still Broken
Jan. 5th, 2004 08:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaitouHad an expensive phonecall with Microsoft, determined that it's a hardware problem. Computer is effectively dead. I may try to get all my information recovered when I go home, but I don't think I can get it done here. So now I'm typing from the school compter. Since there's no school tomorrow, I may and wheedle my way out of work so I can go to Osaka and get one of the Overseas Vaios. I can't take not having a computer. I miss my friends SO Damn Much, and I've almost run out of things to rent at the video shop.
There Have been good things that happened since my computer broke down though. Had a lovely Japanese style New Years with the Ushio family. They are so wonderful. Let me stay the night, and we went to a temple and a shrine at midnight to ring in the New Year, literally. Freaked out some of my students who were surprised to see me. Then the next morning we went to another shrine waaaay up at the top of a hill.
Called Heather and had a very good chat with her. Must call back and talk to Joe too.
Have played lots of SSX Three. I'm not sure if I like it as much as Tricky though. There's not as much banter between characters, the voices are different, and I can't play with Brodi. (So sexy) But the different courses are great, and the customability is very cool. (Bought Nate a big droopy moustache)
So, I miss you all, I will try to be online again as soon as I can.
There Have been good things that happened since my computer broke down though. Had a lovely Japanese style New Years with the Ushio family. They are so wonderful. Let me stay the night, and we went to a temple and a shrine at midnight to ring in the New Year, literally. Freaked out some of my students who were surprised to see me. Then the next morning we went to another shrine waaaay up at the top of a hill.
Called Heather and had a very good chat with her. Must call back and talk to Joe too.
Have played lots of SSX Three. I'm not sure if I like it as much as Tricky though. There's not as much banter between characters, the voices are different, and I can't play with Brodi. (So sexy) But the different courses are great, and the customability is very cool. (Bought Nate a big droopy moustache)
So, I miss you all, I will try to be online again as soon as I can.
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Date: 2004-01-06 12:36 am (UTC)No, sounds like bad blocks in the first few sectors in the drive. So hardware might not be too far off.
There's a trick I use for data recovery that consists of tossing the disc drive in the freezer for a half-hour or so (wrapped in a washcloth, in a ziploc bag. I then immediately take the drive, toss it in something, and image it ASAP before it gets hot. Most drive failures or issues are thermally related, so this works seventy-five percent of the time.
The other issue is a damaged motherboard or bad RAM, in which case, getting the data off the old drive is trivial.
As for the comments, it's nothing, really. I've enjoyed reading kaitou.net immensely, and posting random comments is the least I can do. Besides, I've been meaning to say "Hi again!" for a while now.