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My External Hard Drive is screwed.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-09-01 21:59:16 in Meatspace
[tɕagɛn]
I have no idea what happened, but the partition on my external hard drive went completely fucked. Windows wont recognize it, and even utilities designed to locate hard drives without partitions failed to find it. I have no idea why, because I treat it very carefully and never damaged it.

But Yeah.

I just fucking lost over 400 GB of really important stuff.

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  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    What sort of stuff?
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-09-01 22:02:15
    [tɕagɛn]
    Games. Music. Pics. Videos. Porn. My Writing. Tons of extremely useful programs. 

    what the fuck


  • BobBob
    So, you lost [insert amount of GBs the useful programs took up] GBs of really important stuff and a bunch of shit?

    Srsly though, that sucks. I'd ask someone if they could try retrieving the info. Either way, sorry to hear that.
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    Have you tried calling any kind of tech support company, or looking online for solutions?
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    edited 2011-09-01 22:05:22
    Poot dispenser here
    Try another computer, maybe? Get in touch with the manufacturer's Tech Support?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    The thing that tipped me off was that it didn't work on the two computers I've been to today. 

    Seriously

    Fuck computers

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    And nothing I've tried works.

    Fuck you, God.

    Fuck you with a goddamn rusty sewage pipe.
  • BobBob
    -laments not making a God sockpuppet sooner-
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    seriously

    WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH ME AND RANDOM HARD DRIVE CORRUPTIONS OUT OF NOWHERE

    THIS IS THE FUCKING SECOND ONE IN TWO WEEKS 
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    edited 2011-09-01 22:21:18
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    I see you haven't lost your skill at hyperbole, Chagen...
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    No, seriously, my main computer's hard drive got fucked two weeks ago, we had to replace it. 

    And now this one.

    You what really pisses me off?

    People are all like, "Keep a backup! You'll ensure your data survives and isn't accidently destroyed!"

    I kept a backup.

    AND THEN IT FUCKING DESTROYED ITSELF

    FUCK
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    And I see you forgot how to words, Wicked.

    Chagen, try going to the website of the maker and going to the Support section. Who made it, anyways?
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    SSDs are more reliable, albeit smaller.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Toshiba

    inb4 I learn that Toshiba hard drives are awful
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    Dunno about awful, but I never hear much about Toshiba HDs.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Ugh.

    What makes no sense is that the light is on, and the HDD is audibly whirring. I can feel the disk spinning if it's on my chest.

    And yet Windows refuses to acknowledge its existence. 
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Hmmm... it's an external drive, and the computer isn't detecting it at all?

    Could be a faulty USB port or cable.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Might be.

    I'll try to find another one.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    oh.

    it was just the usb cable

    i feel really goddamn stupid right now
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Nah, it happens to everyone. When my roommate and I were working on my computer, it stopped detecting my SSD. Why? Turns out we'd knocked the cable out :P
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Yes, it is fairly common. Specially as everyone freaks out when things don't work and instead of calming down and checking that everything is in order, they assume the worse.

    Hence why call centers are hell. 
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    Just take this into mind the next time something happens ;)

    That's what I do when I start freaking out over something
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-09-01 22:43:44
    [tɕagɛn]
    You'd be freaking out if the prospect of having to DL a bunch of porn  with only 3 seeders and 10 leechers again.

    kept my computer up all damn night just to finish that
  • BobBob
    I actually wouldn't, but hey, diff'rent strokes (lol strokes) for diff'rent folks.

    Also, holy crap I've done this so many times before it's not even funny.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Downloading bad porn?

    (You know it's bad cause of the low traffic. :3)
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    No, niche porn.

    But then I discovered Fapchan and all was right with the world.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    Freaking the fuck out isn't gonna help, at all
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    If it's some kind of mechanical failure, you could probably take it somewhere and have the data recovered.

    Y'know, if you're willing to pay money for that.
  • RocketDudeRocketDude
    Poot dispenser here
    I think Chagen is calm right now, actually.

    Anyways, how'd you fix the USB?
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    *looks back up*

    Heh, this is why I shouldn't tl;dr such short threads.
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