volvofl10 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 it goes from bad to worse ive lost a laptop due to some unknown fault , get blue screens of death before machine will boot up. tried booting from original 2k cd, and the damn thing still wont have it , so looks like 40gb of years of things gone for a ride then just when i resigned myself to it going tits up, the damn router packed up , so went and bought another type instead, and fook my luck, i get a faulty one , im only laughing because i cant cry anymore !!! finally gets pcshitworld to exchange it ( its only 24 hours old and they want to test it first ...winkers ) and wait for it ............... its not compatable with my wireless cards , despite what it says on the box and min requirements , and im fooked if im paying out 70quid for another card when ive got 3 already that work fine . given the time of year, it looks like i now will have to do battle with the kids to get on this poxy machine now. worse part is, i finally managed to get the 2 machiens to network with each other wirelessly, it only took me 8 months to figure out between wank2k and wankxp oldpro .ah well, lifes a bitch and then you die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienX69 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Sounds like ur not having a very good day ....... Yeah I had some shits with Pen Drives recently, gone through two and just got the third. I lost some stuff but was able to recover most .... Cheer up V, at least ur still healthy and able to walk on both feet .... Ps: havent talked in awhile, hope other things are going well ..... Cheer mate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 well i have to wait till tuesday, till i can get the laptop back to the manufacturers to see if its completely terminal or wether the hdd is rescueable ( is that really a word ?) ( if not , it is in volvoland ) what i need to know though , is ,if i can rescue the hdd, i can get a usb 2 external enclosure for a 2.5 inch drive and use it as another data drive . it wont boot the pc up as its usb (which is fine ) , but i really need to save .txt files that was on the desktop on that machine . they are mainly notes i've made over the years , things like settings in programs and the like . i should be able to go into any folder that was on it and copy/paste info from it ( theres not to much i need as i backed most of it up about 3 weeks ago) apart from desktop items for some reason . Can i recover any items that was on the desktop off this hdd ? the O/S was win2k pro. i dont know where win2k stores desktop items within windows, does anyone else know , any help will be much appreciated on the router side, the new one is working fine now , and currently i dont have the need for the wireless side of it as i only have this 1 pc whih is working off 1 of my old cards AVOID belkin routers, they are fookin rubbish , it kept overheating after 24 hours and had to be cooled down before it would reboot this is the 3rd one that i have had from them and the problem is across the board , 2 was replacements from belkin under the lifetime garantee .At least this on has been on for 42 hours now a netgear dg834g only 53quid all in and you will never believe where from !! pcshitworld online, and collect from store . its still 89.99 in store Hi Alien things are fine here (apart from the reason for this thread), hope your doin fine as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hiya volvo mate. Been a little while. Sounds like the data is real important. In this case, you might like to take the drive to a professional to extract whatever data might be on it. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Thanks Blu , thats always an option, albeit an expensive one over here . ive found the folder where all the desktop contents are stored . it should be in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop, well at least it is in xp pro , i guess 2k is the same , but i dont ahve a 2k machine to play on for a day or 2 for anyone else who didnt know as well , the location C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop is "C" = YOUR main drive and 'user" is what your logged on as . it could also be admin or guest sometimes its frightening how easy it is to overlook the obvious , as this proves the case with me <--------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmao2k Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 If the drive isn't completly shagged then yes you could in theory copy & paste the files else, use some sort of recovery util to get back your .txt files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Hi volvo sorry to hear your troubles mate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted October 31, 2005 Author Share Posted October 31, 2005 (edited) tommorrow (weds) is judgement day , place your bets. is it going to be A ) a fiver for a new external enclosure for the hdd, B ) 1000 pounds for a new decent PC . C ) a dead hdd, dead Laptop and divorce because i spent so much on such a stupid thing ( her words , she what cant program the video to record when we are out ) Edited October 31, 2005 by volvofl10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 i wondered why people call me "Golden Bollocks" turns out the resolve to my problem where a win 2k machine wouldnt boot and kept showing BSOD'S was 1 faulty RAM chip/module. took the duff 1 ( of 2 ) out, and hey presto, instant boot up , confimed this by changing the RAM over, and instant BSOD . im down to 256 instead of 512, but up and running again so no fortune to be spent on a new PC. 90 quid for a 256 DDR RAM chip is a bit steep, but laptops have always been more expensive than the desktop equivalent, so i dotn mind paying as its the first major problem over 3 years with this PC No having to try and resue data off the hdd, as its all still there albeit it only 256 RAM now till the new chip arrives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maritimer Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Not to mention you saved yourself a divorce too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 For future ref: There's a data recovery prog called Spinrite by Steve Gibson. Never used it - thankfully, never had to. Anyway, glad you got things resolved matey. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontasciime Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Or make a copy of the stuff you want now, incase you get anymore badluck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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