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Help!!!!!!!!!! // Archive: Tech Forum
Post by Steinie // Jan 6, 2007, 6:07am
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2Much4U,
Did you ever save the files that you worried about losing? |
Post by Jack Edwards // Jan 6, 2007, 6:59am
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lol either the world is against you, or you aint thinking hard enough, use ur noodle man! if you owned a legit version of windows, look on their website and you can pay a small amount to get a replacement disc if of course you have your legit serial number etc (located on a sticker you might have put on your computer somewhere) or some kind of certificate. This depends where you got your pc. Otherwise there are other ways of getting hold of an operating system, however that comes with many problems and also I am not willing to explain how on this forum because it is neither the place or legal to tell you lol.
There's nothing illegal with downloading software you already own a license for. Write down your XP installation ID (5 sets of 5 charecters and numbers). There's software out there than can extract it from your registry if you don't have it lying around. Then get a copy of uTorrent (beta version with encryption since some ISPs block it if you use the non-encrypted version), head over to one of the many torrent search websites. Check the Wikipedia pages if you can't find them. Find and download your version of XP. Then burn the image to CD. Instant new install disk. ;)
Be careful though, this can be a good way to get viruses and other malware. Most of the people DLing and sharing the software aren't doing it for legal reasons and may or may not be ethical.
If you have trouble with the activation because you've already activated x number of times, just call the number Microsoft provides and get a new install ID. Do be aware though that if you have an OEM version of XP that sometimes they are keyed to the bios, so you will need to make sure to get the OEM version if that's the case, otherwise it won't authenticate.
Best of luck!
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Post by Alien // Feb 26, 2007, 10:37am
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There's nothing illegal with downloading software you already own a license for.
It's not immoral, at least not in my opinion, but I'm not sure the "but I already own it" argument would work as a legal defence, as the software company [in this case MS] would most likely say that if it was a legit copy you could have got a replacement from them [or the OEM company if it's an OEM version].
Then get a copy of uTorrent (beta version with encryption since some ISPs block it if you use the non-encrypted version)
I'd actually advise against µTorrent. Apparently it's closed source, & as such you have no way to be sure what's going on "under the hood". Also, they've just been bought by BitTorrent, Inc - who just so happen to be rather cosey with the MPAA. Of course, if none of that bothers you, then there's no problem. Personally I prefer Azureus. |
Post by GraySho // Feb 27, 2007, 1:16pm
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If it was booting again after some time, I don't think that it's a head crash. Bad sectors or scratched discs are dead, there's no self healing hdd's.
Modern HDD spin at high rpm, so the bearings heaten up during operation. Especially if the bearings are worn out and broken, like it might be in your case. That causes high friction (hot rollers expand) and unstable rpm (and noise of course). If you are lucky enough you might have enough time to backup your most importand data with a cold hdd. Just a technical opinion from a technician ;)
Edit: I should have read that second page :) Time to go to sleep |
Post by weaveribm // Feb 28, 2007, 1:36am
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If it's not all over yet... there's always hope. That's the painful part, the hope :)
Clicking noises coming from a hard drive are very bad news for that drive
But clicking noises from a computer that won't boot up can indicate a (switched-mode) power supply problem so a p/s substitution might be useful
(pencil to the ear and touching the case to stethoscope the scary sounds if they can't be located, most scary sounds are non-directional wouldn't you just know)
Clicking noises from a monitor can also indicate a power supply problem or- monitor refresh rate might be set too high for the monitor, which responds by switching off to save damaging anything. Then the monitor switches back on to test the water, still finds a 'fault' and switches off immediately- repeat until smoke seen
Peter |
Post by 2much4U // Feb 28, 2007, 2:09pm
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2Much4U,
Did you ever save the files that you worried about losing?
Unfortunately, no, I did not...but since then I have recreated some of the content (i.e. My 20th Century Kid logo).
I also still have the .scn files to some of them, so I can just re-render it. |
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