A momentary lapse in judgement has left me in a rather awkward predicament, to say the least.
I downloaded a piece of questionable software to begin with, knowing fully what could happen in the event something goes down the crapper. However, what I didn't expect was how quickly and how unprepared I was for said crapper exploration.
Now normally, if you're going to go down the crapper, you generally think to remember a plunger (Avast) and a flashlight (common sense). Turns out, I decided to go naked.
Now I'm over the analogy.
Avast was unregistered and the second things went to hell, I fired it up to a lovely "Your computer is dying, but you still need a registration key for your free copy of this software". By the time I had the key and plugged it in, Avast had enough time to tell me my computer was shot before it restarted.
Okay, fine, I can handle that, I'll just go into Safe Mode and run Avast there... No, no I wont. See, whatever the hell I've got now, has decided that whenever the computer starts up, regardless of the account or start up mode, it's going to log me out instantly.
Essentially: Logging in. *windows login sound* ... Saving your settings. Logging out. *windows logout sound*
I've tried using the Windows Repair function of my Windows Disc... Nada. I've tried using a "Free Dos" disc that was laying around, same result. I tried using that Windows Recovery Tool from the XP Disc, same result, hell, I even mindlessly booted up an Ubuntu disc to see what would happen. Not a lot happened.
So now I'm perplexed at what if anything I can do to recover my C drive before I format it. Having only just recently formatted it and cut all my files back onto my hard drive, I don't happen to have any back ups of any recent scripts. Two semi-complete unuploaded websites, the
entire collection of Isorath resources AND source code, a card game I was writing up in BYOND for kicks and several other little bits and pieces sporting the many languages I've been playing with. (C++, C#, Java, PHP and DM.)
So I have two options: Kiss all my stuff goodbye, find an alternate solution using the tools at my disposal, or rip out the hard drive, slave it into another computer (essentially risking it's safety) and grabbing all the important files before putting it back in my tower and formatting.
Hey, at least it wasn't a hard drive error. I still have a chance to recover my stuff. =/
(Oh yeah, I updated
tiberath.com.)
#5 Tiberath:
Zxcvdnm wrote:
> Hope all is well brother. Art is slow lately, sorry about that. I've come out of a social dry spell recently so I'm busy most days and when I'm not busy I'm tired and don't feel like doing much of anything. I'll force myself to work on it soon, maybe after my Warhammer trial runs out. Peace.
Don't stress too much. I have pesky real world obligations to fulfil as my father wants me to dig up the drive way so he can lay cement. Chipping through gravel and clay with a large and heavy metal pole isn't easy.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 06:03PM
(Edited on Sunday, April 26, 2009 09:30AM)
#4 Zxcvdnm:
Hope all is well brother. Art is slow lately, sorry about that. I've come out of a social dry spell recently so I'm busy most days and when I'm not busy I'm tired and don't feel like doing much of anything. I'll force myself to work on it soon, maybe after my Warhammer trial runs out. Peace.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 01:45PM
#3 Tiberath:
DarkCampainger wrote:
> zomg, where did your awesome green CSS go?
Fixing it up to be more compatible. I wrote it a few months after the original BYOND Member was released and haven't updated it since.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 04:34AM
#2 Kisioj:
I hack you too Tiberath!
Sunday, March 29, 2009 04:20AM
#1 DarkCampainger:
zomg, where did your awesome green CSS go?
Saturday, March 28, 2009 02:41PM