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3Ring Binder
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09-16-2008 19:28
For those keeping track... Lappy is currently uploading all its data to a removable HD for back up- i managed to turn it on so-- soon it will be wiped and reformatted   good luck. i hate having to do that. |
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Brenda Connolly
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09-16-2008 19:31
good luck. i hate having to do that.I did it a couple of weeks ago, reinstalling XP only took about 1o minutes, thanks to one of those hidden partition thingies. Removing all the Dell add ons took over an hour. _____________________
Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen.
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Vampaerus Wysznik
bad lurker
Join date: 12 Apr 2008
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09-16-2008 19:33
I have only a few online accounts to remember, 1 email, 1 bank that handles all my accounts, my insurance, my toll pass, SL, Ebay, and utilities. Even though I shop online I don't open accounts at any of the sites. I'm not great at passwording, all mine are variations on a theme which helps me remember them, although the theme is not too obvious. I don't change them as often as I probably should. "spock" "sulu" "bones" "ohura" "kaan" ... _____________________
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Jesse Barnett
500,000 scoville units
Join date: 21 May 2006
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09-16-2008 19:35
For those keeping track... Lappy is currently uploading all its data to a removable HD for back up- i managed to turn it on so-- soon it will be wiped and reformatted wheeeeee! You have to love that external HDs are so cheap nowadays! I was in a place I shouldn't have been, and downloaded a program that I shouldn't have downloaded 2 months ago. Damned virus was created strictly to be a computer killer and not a spreader. It immediately disabled my AV, Spybot SD, HijackThis and a couple other programs. I had BSOD within 10 minutes and couldn't even do a recovery afterwords. I would have been more upset but I was actually kind of in awe of the creator, smartest virus I have ever encountered. 75 gig External HD and a Linux disc and I was able to pull everything off I needed and I Fdisc'd and was backup and running within a few hours. _____________________
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LittleMe Jewell
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09-16-2008 19:36
.... Removing all the Dell add ons took over an hour. _____________________
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Vampaerus Wysznik
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09-16-2008 19:36
I did it a couple of weeks ago, reinstalling XP only took about 1o minutes, thanks to one of those hidden partition thingies. Removing all the Dell add ons took over an hour. _____________________
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LittleMe Jewell
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09-16-2008 19:39
wheeeeee! ... I was in a place I shouldn't have been ....   _____________________
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Jesse Barnett
500,000 scoville units
Join date: 21 May 2006
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09-16-2008 19:42
heehee Yep, you can catch all kinds of stuff if you go to places you shouldn't go  _____________________
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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09-16-2008 19:42
I did it a couple of weeks ago, reinstalling XP only took about 1o minutes, thanks to one of those hidden partition thingies. Removing all the Dell add ons took over an hour. The back up alone is mind boggling... _____________________
"Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again. "
Robert A. Heinlein  http://talonfaire.blogspot.com/ Visit Talon Faire Main: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Misto%20Presto/216/21/155- Main Store XStreets: http://tinyurl.com/6r7ayn |
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Brenda Connolly
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09-16-2008 19:46
The back up alone is mind boggling... I don't have a lot to back up to begin with, but I send the important stuff to an external drive every so often. Mostly pictures. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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09-16-2008 19:48
Oh yeah! I forget they do screwy things like that. That's a great idea. Amara if your lappy didn't come with an OS cd it prolly has one of these. Check the Dell website for your model and see it there's instructions for restoring it. (after you finish copying everything). Did it come with a floppy disk? The floppy may access the hidden partition. On my machine it's done at the initial bootup, hit Ctrl/F12 and you go to the reformat screen. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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09-16-2008 19:50
"kirk" "spock" "sulu" "bones" "ohura" "kaan" ... That's a negative, Ghost Rider. I'm not that obvious. _____________________
Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen.
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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09-16-2008 19:53
Oh yeah! I forget they do screwy things like that. That's a great idea. Amara if your lappy didn't come with an OS cd it prolly has one of these. Check the Dell website for your model and see it there's instructions for restoring it. (after you finish copying everything). Did it come with a floppy disk? The floppy may access the hidden partition. Yes it is a Dell- - have not noticed a partition on it whereas the HP does have it- there are six or seven computers in this house!!! I want to pull my hair out- all the others are old dinosaurs I have not had the getupngo to get the old data off and scour them- except for son's which is a worthless e-machine- boy have i learned lesson on that one- we figured- buy cheap machine- what the hell- its not like he needs power computing... ok- Pirates wont run on it- you can imagine what would happen if I whispered SL near it right? It would pickup its cords and run from the room screaming. This one is a damn good machine- but- a work machine- vid card on it sux major- so the OpenLife viewer did let me get in and i was able to move but at a snail's pace. assuming the wipe and reload goes well that is the next thing tk it to get its vid card properly installed. I did not see an electric plug for it Vamp- you asked something similar before. I know it is well seated because when i first turned on the machine after installing it the screen looked different- as it does when you make changes.. but it sd reboot to complete install- i did- and everything went black. I googled the problem and it seems i have to go into the bios and tell it to stop looking at the old card (onboard) and look at the new one- problem aside from the terror inherent in the word BIOS is that i cant get to it!@! the option goes by beyond fast- i dont even see it- So the back up of crap continues- funnyall the stuff one gathers in two years.. lappy is only two you see.. Steely will be walking me thru this so I am not keeping all this exquisite torture to myself- the man is a genius- a very patient genius  He will have to deal with my desperate cries when it won't do what i beg it to do - I know- sorry- I am borrowing trouble ... let me revive my Optimist- she fell asleep..._____________________
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Maureen Boccaccio
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Join date: 28 Feb 2008
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09-16-2008 20:25
"kirk" "spock" "sulu" "bones" "ohura" "kaan" ... *spits Diet Coke on monitor* LOL _____________________
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Ann Launay
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09-16-2008 21:04
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~
I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things. Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut. |
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LittleMe Jewell
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09-16-2008 21:07
Night night everyone.
  (/me grins at Ann)_____________________
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-Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell |
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LittleMe Jewell
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09-16-2008 21:09
OK, I know I'm low on sleep, but this just cracked me up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLIPWjks_M _____________________
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-Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell |
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3Ring Binder
always smile
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09-16-2008 22:09
I Fdisc'd and was backup and running within a few hours. then you didn't set it to zero. good thing. |
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Vampaerus Wysznik
bad lurker
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09-16-2008 22:11
@Amara, I've seen so many people with video card problems on these forums I forget.
 If you get an image out of it at all, then it's prolly not a power thing. If you have that many machines kicking around, borrow a monitor from one of the others and hook up two monitors to the new machine. I bet when windows loads it'll switch. You can then at least see what you're doing._____________________
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Nina Stepford
was lied to by LL
Join date: 26 Mar 2007
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09-16-2008 22:13
personally, the first thing i do to a new computer is format, partition, and install winxp.
i would especially do this if it was from dell or some other outfit that likes to preinstall crap from partnerships. _____________________
SLU - ban em then bash em!
~~GREATEST HITS~~ pro-life? gtfo! slu- banning opposing opinions one at a time http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/zomgwtfbbqgtfololcats/15428-disingenuous.html learn to shut up and nod in agreement... or be banned! http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/off-topic/1239-americans-not-stupid.html |
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Amaranthim Talon
Voyager, Seeker, Curious
Join date: 14 Nov 2006
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09-16-2008 22:32
@Amara, I've seen so many people with video card problems on these forums I forget. If you get an image out of it at all, then it's prolly not a power thing. If you have that many machines kicking around, borrow a monitor from one of the others and hook up two monitors to the new machine. I bet when windows loads it'll switch. You can then at least see what you're doing.Good idea! Well tonight i got all the data backed up- tomorrow the scary part- but now my bed is calling me- sleep well Denizens of the Thread - rest and be at peace the night crew will keep the fires banked I am sure.Hugs and Kisses all _____________________
"Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again. "
Robert A. Heinlein http://talonfaire.blogspot.com/ Visit Talon Faire Main: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Misto%20Presto/216/21/155- Main Store XStreets: http://tinyurl.com/6r7ayn |
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Nina Stepford
was lied to by LL
Join date: 26 Mar 2007
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09-16-2008 23:02
yes, but for arguing a pro-life view.
i wasnt banned for distribution of the forbidden notecard, but somebody else was. I thought you had already been banned? _____________________
SLU - ban em then bash em!
~~GREATEST HITS~~ pro-life? gtfo! slu- banning opposing opinions one at a time http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/zomgwtfbbqgtfololcats/15428-disingenuous.html learn to shut up and nod in agreement... or be banned! http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/off-topic/1239-americans-not-stupid.html |
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Pserendipity Daniels
Assume sarcasm as default
Join date: 21 Dec 2006
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09-16-2008 23:05
Here's a question for you guys, relating to my security thread. How do you remember all your passwords? I've always been a firm believer in "don't write them down", but online banking both work and personal, work computer, credit card companies, email accounts, all the SL's and Wow's and Ancestry.com that charge a monthly fee.... How do you remember all those pwords? Even once, let alone, changing them periodically.  I'm feeling very overwhelmed about this. I just remember them. Pep (But then, we guys don't have a menopause, just a midlife crisis) _____________________
Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
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Damien1 Thorne
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Join date: 26 Aug 2007
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09-16-2008 23:16
Good idea! Well tonight i got all the data backed up- tomorrow the scary part- but now my bed is calling me- sleep well Denizens of the Thread - rest and be at peace the night crew will keep the fires banked I am sure.Hugs and Kisses all Sleep well my dear. _____________________
As we fade into the darkness...
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Kaimi Kyomoon
Kah-EE-mee
Join date: 30 Nov 2006
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09-17-2008 01:52
Oh, and on the topic of tattoos and bacon (what?? I just combined two issues of interest to threadies ), I just saw this link on the other side of the street:http://skullsandbacon.blogspot.com/2008/06/bacon-tattoos.html Who let the furries out?  _____________________
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