Gamer2's day is not going well

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:02 pm

I have had a bad day today
here is a list of what happened to me in just the time ive been awake
-My bus driver decided to switch his route so i was late for the bus
-the Ocarina i was making in art class, that i put so much time and energy into making EXPLODED in the kiln during its glaze fire
-I got stuck in the toilet stall when the door jamed, AGAIN!
-Lastly, My laptop computer that i got for free, died today

The computer refuses to boot windows (it shows the word compaq then goes to a black screen), so im back on my Mule computer.

Is thier anyway to fix it, or did it just give out?

Post by **Skyone** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:06 pm

I'm seeing more blog topics each day.

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:11 pm

Hey I asked a legit question.

Here is annother

If i cant fix it, is thier anyway to get important files off of my lappys HDD?

G2

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:12 pm

well he did ask a question

... as for the laptop it is probablly not fried. almost positive

Xiro · Post by **Xiro** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:13 pm

you could pull the HDD out and hook it up to a working PC... i'm near positive that laptop (2.5") HDD's can hookup to a pc

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:14 pm

wouldnt there be a power problem?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:19 pm

Just get an adapter for the hard drive. They use standard IDE/ATA, just like desktop hard drives. The adapter is usually just a board with a couple sets of pins, one for the hard drive and one for the cable. Then you connect its molex connector to the power supply, make sure the jumper settings are OK, and fire it up.

Or you could get an external USB enclosure for it...

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com and download the custom 98 boot disk with no ramdrive. Make the boot disk, insert it into the laptop and turn it on. If it boots into DOS, it's a software problem. If it just sits there, it's a hardware problem.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:23 pm

I got a 2.5 in. usb enclosure and 4 gb hd for $20.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:34 pm

by the sounds of it, your laptops hard drive is bad. Not an awful fix, but your chances of recovery are reduced.

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:30 pm

Worst comes to worst (and that data would have to be REAL important) try http://www.drivesavers.com/ They're expensive as hell, so make sure what you need is worth it if you consider them...

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:32 pm

gamer2 wrote:the Ocarina i was making in art class, that i put so much time and energy into making EXPLODED in the kiln during its glaze fire

Ouch, luckly mine didn't do that!

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:35 am

vb_master wrote:
gamer2 wrote:the Ocarina i was making in art class, that i put so much time and energy into making EXPLODED in the kiln during its glaze fire
Ouch, luckly mine didn't do that!

I had a nice even coat of blue glaze and the triforce symbol was nicely done

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