Dev. Journal: z0rt (2008-07-17)

FF_Team · 07-18-2008, 01:00 AM

Star date: F*ck The World!

Life has begat moi a fecundity of failure, meaning life sucks. I've been forced to reformat the hard drive on my laptop. As if that weren't bad enough, I came back home from work today to see my computer off. So I did what anyone would do... I turned it on. Then, out of the ordinary, the fuses blew and the power to my house went out. So we flipped the switches to return the power, and of course I turned my computer on. Rather than the usual stupid windows boot up screen, I heard scratches-- nasty scratches. "What could it be," I thought? And then I realized that two of my hard drives on my desktop computer were... guess what? That's right, they crashed. My Western Digital hard drives, the brand I always swore to, had died on me. So now, I hate Western Digitals and I hate Seagate. I've always hated Intel, but now I hate them even more. Don't ask me why, I am not a man of logic (not now anyway).

Today, I've been left with a 4 year old 120GB hard drive, and a laptop with a virus infested windows partition-- but don't worry, the linux partition is fine (for now... knock on mother f*cking wood).

I have to ask myself, with all honesty, why so many bad things could happen. What have I done to deserve all these bad things? Why couldn't I have gotten 1 more point on my final last month to get an A instead of a shitty A-? Why has the backup hard drive died. Why does Norton not know anything about this stupid virus. Why have I lost all my Kung-Fu movies and Anime that I've spent YEARS collecting? Why!? WHY!?!?!?!?

Spare me your pity. My beef is with God (and Western Digital, and Intel, and Seagate, and jkkJcBtT.dll, and Asus and...).

**squeek.** · 07-18-2008, 01:00 AM

Yowch.

**Elmo** · 07-18-2008, 01:03 AM

oh poo. unlucky... man... :/

Icculus · 07-18-2008, 01:22 AM

Do the hard drives spin up at all? From the scratchy sounds i'd say probably not but if they do and you think they're just corrupted all to hell, I have a cool program called ERD commander that loads a pseudo operating system with USB support.. At least you could get your data off (A good Anime and Kung-Fu collection would take years to rebuild).

Be happy send you a copy.

-Icculus {FYC}

Sh4x · 07-18-2008, 01:52 AM

Sorry but I have to ask: WHY THE FUCK NORTON????

Seriously tho, sucky antiviruses like these can damage your HD faster than usual because they scan for viruses all the time and therefore they use your HDs.

But, your problem seems to be your power supply anyways. Power supplies are so underestimated by most people yet they are super critical for the rest of your PC. Sucky power supplies can blow up your hard drives, mobo, cpu, etc when they blow up because they're built like crap.

Anyways, good luck with your shit.

**Dexter** · 07-18-2008, 03:58 AM

seriously man... ah nevermind not even going to say it

GeoKill-----> · 07-18-2008, 04:19 AM

Man this sucks

**Bully** · 07-18-2008, 07:21 AM

WD drives do rock... i have 4, it's norton that sucks. ftmft

Stratisphere · 07-18-2008, 11:31 AM

Hey, little tip, if you know the file thats being loaded at boot and cant remove it (often a big pain in the arse). My fall back plan is always (if you're running xp pro) set ACL deny rights to SYSTEM and EVERYONE.

... that way the bugger cant load up on next boot. Sure you cant remove it from the system then (well you could from linux?) but what harm can it do if nothing, even the system, cant access it?!

If you need any pointers or tips on how to do it give me a shout. If you've tried it, give me a shout still, there are a few more tactics i know.

Beast · 07-18-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FF_Team

Star date: F*ck The World!

Life has begat moi a fecundity of failure, meaning life sucks. I've been forced to reformat the hard drive on my laptop. As if that weren't bad enough, I came back home from work today to see my computer off. So I did what anyone would do... I turned it on. Then, out of the ordinary, the fuses blew and the power to my house went out. So we flipped the switches to return the power, and of course I turned my computer on. Rather than the usual stupid windows boot up screen, I heard scratches-- nasty scratches. "What could it be," I thought? And then I realized that two of my hard drives on my desktop computer were... guess what? That's right, they crashed. My Western Digital hard drives, the brand I always swore to, had died on me. So now, I hate Western Digitals and I hate Seagate. I've always hated Intel, but now I hate them even more. Don't ask me why, I am not a man of logic (not now anyway).

Today, I've been left with a 4 year old 120GB hard drive, and a laptop with a virus infested windows partition-- but don't worry, the linux partition is fine (for now... knock on mother f*cking wood).

I have to ask myself, with all honesty, why so many bad things could happen. What have I done to deserve all these bad things? Why couldn't I have gotten 1 more point on my final last month to get an A instead of a shitty A-? Why has the backup hard drive died. Why does Norton not know anything about this stupid virus. Why have I lost all my Kung-Fu movies and Anime that I've spent YEARS collecting? Why!? WHY!?!?!?!?

Spare me your pity. My beef is with God (and Western Digital, and Intel, and Seagate, and jkkJcBtT.dll, and Asus and...).

Sounds like a normal pc

Hawk Eye · 07-18-2008, 04:59 PM

We're like twinsies with broken computers, only I'm less important to the mod.

07-18-2008, 01:00 AM	#1
FF_Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Nov 1999 Posts Rated Helpful 71 Times	Dev. Journal: z0rt (2008-07-17) Star date: Fck The World! Life has begat moi a fecundity of failure, meaning life sucks. I've been forced to reformat the hard drive on my laptop. As if that weren't bad enough, I came back home from work today to see my computer off. So I did what anyone would do... I turned it on. Then, out of the ordinary, the fuses blew and the power to my house went out. So we flipped the switches to return the power, and of course I turned my computer on. Rather than the usual stupid windows boot up screen, I heard scratches-- nasty scratches. "What could it be," I thought? And then I realized that two of my hard drives on my desktop computer were... guess what? That's right, they crashed. My Western Digital hard drives, the brand I always swore to, had died on me. So now, I hate Western Digitals and I hate Seagate. I've always hated Intel, but now I hate them even more. Don't ask me why, I am not a man of logic (not now anyway). Today, I've been left with a 4 year old 120GB hard drive, and a laptop with a virus infested windows partition-- but don't worry, the linux partition is fine (for now... knock on mother fcking wood). I have to ask myself, with all honesty, why so many bad things could happen. What have I done to deserve all these bad things? Why couldn't I have gotten 1 more point on my final last month to get an A instead of a shitty A-? Why has the backup hard drive died. Why does Norton not know anything about this stupid virus. Why have I lost all my Kung-Fu movies and Anime that I've spent YEARS collecting? Why!? WHY!?!?!?!? Spare me your pity. My beef is with God (and Western Digital, and Intel, and Seagate, and jkkJcBtT.dll, and Asus and...).

07-18-2008, 01:00 AM	#2
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07-18-2008, 01:03 AM	#3
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07-18-2008, 04:19 AM	#7
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07-18-2008, 01:22 AM	#4
Icculus D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Do the hard drives spin up at all? From the scratchy sounds i'd say probably not but if they do and you think they're just corrupted all to hell, I have a cool program called ERD commander that loads a pseudo operating system with USB support.. At least you could get your data off (A good Anime and Kung-Fu collection would take years to rebuild). Be happy send you a copy. -Icculus {FYC}

07-18-2008, 01:52 AM	#5
Sh4x Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Sorry but I have to ask: WHY THE FUCK NORTON???? Seriously tho, sucky antiviruses like these can damage your HD faster than usual because they scan for viruses all the time and therefore they use your HDs. But, your problem seems to be your power supply anyways. Power supplies are so underestimated by most people yet they are super critical for the rest of your PC. Sucky power supplies can blow up your hard drives, mobo, cpu, etc when they blow up because they're built like crap. Anyways, good luck with your shit.

07-18-2008, 07:21 AM	#8
Bully Beta Tester Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Class/Position: Spectating Gametype: British Bulldogs Affiliations: ®™ ^ Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	WD drives do rock... i have 4, it's norton that sucks. ftmft __________________ ®™ Support FF:

07-18-2008, 11:31 AM	#9
Stratisphere Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Hey, little tip, if you know the file thats being loaded at boot and cant remove it (often a big pain in the arse). My fall back plan is always (if you're running xp pro) set ACL deny rights to SYSTEM and EVERYONE. ... that way the bugger cant load up on next boot. Sure you cant remove it from the system then (well you could from linux?) but what harm can it do if nothing, even the system, cant access it?! If you need any pointers or tips on how to do it give me a shout. If you've tried it, give me a shout still, there are a few more tactics i know.

07-18-2008, 04:59 PM	#11
Hawk Eye Who the fuck is this guy? D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: O Preferred Gametype: AvD Affiliations: [AE] Asseaters Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	We're like twinsies with broken computers, only I'm less important to the mod.

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