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[Noctourne Wonderland]

I turned on this old PC thismorning and chkdisk sprung into action fixing something wrong with THIS pc. What's with the pc errors spreading? lol Nothing wrong with this pc now (dont give me frantic phonecalls DiGi) but eerie timing nonetheless.

NiGHTS admin curse i tells ya.

Since Sega hates you and the campaign, they've decided to attack your computer.

[Dex la Cabra]

Then give you games to make it look like it wasnt them! joking aside, that was actually very nice of them, it seems the NiD community IS remembered!

[TRiPPY]

It'S BEEEN SHIPPPED!

*dance of joy*

So glad we dont have to wait until february!

[TRiPPY]

I hope it comes today ovo

[Dex la Cabra]

double post, shaaaame

i guess that's the good karma in all this then, your old one dies, but at least the new one gets here asap! but then what the good karma to contrast the bad of having to pay so much...you'll be rich soon?

[TRiPPY]

Still waiting! I hope it gets here soon. SO much to catch up on.

[DiGi Valentine]

I'm hearing that the new computer has arrived at the yard. Excellent

[TRiPPY]

IT HAS ARRIVED AND IT IS MIGHTIER THAN WIZEMAN.

*hugspc* so happy i have a PC again! Not having a system when all this stuff was going on was driving me nutty! Windows 7 i already like you....

[SmashQueen]

Yay! It arrived earlier than expected!

[Sierra]

I'm happy to hear it got there safely. When my dell shipped, it arrived witha broken screen, which was ironic because we had to replace out last pc *a laptop* cuz the screen broke.

[TRiPPY]

TODAY IS THE DAAAY.

Scan for great justice and data recovery.

[GraceWolf]

TODAY IS THE DAAAY.

Scan for great justice and data recovery.

Awsome! My mom got the VIP bundle from Buckeye cable so it counld't be more perrfect!

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Horray! No more (or at least slightly less!) trouble!

[TRiPPY]

AFSDGFDSGDGFD!!!!! I THINK ALL MY DATA IS SAFE. I FOUND IT HIDING IN A ZILLION DUPLICATES! Gonna take a few hours to save it all to the new pc! OvO

words cannot express the anticipation right now....

full update when i know for sure the data is 100% safe. If Level 99 can explain this madness he gets some kinda madness professor award.

[andersam]

Is there such a thing as a computer warming party?
There isen't?




WELL THERE SHOULD BE
*throws confetti*

[Sierra]

I agree with andersam. WE threw a party when my new PC was built. Everyone start doing likewise!

When the news comes, I will make sure to send you a present, Trippy. ^^

[Kori]

8D

Fabulous computer news!!

Go PC, go PC, go PC, go-go!!

*waves pompoms and attempts a backflip.. which ends painfully* XD

Everyone involved deserves cookies after all this! ^_____^

[Noctourne Wonderland]

*Grabs one of those little curly party horn thingies* WOO!

Hide-and-Seek is fun until it's vital data.

[Level 99]

Now that TRiPPY's focused mainly on organizing the overabundance of files to sort through from the b0rk3d HDD, I'd like to take some time to give a few reflections on what could have possibly happened, as well as what is currently happening with the duplicates issue.

I'm not 100% sure what happened to cause the issue, but from the looks of it, the original HDD either had a partially corrupted MFT and partition list, or the partition list had one partition deleted while the other remained intact. Breaking it down to simpler terms: one hard drive doesn't mean one partition. There can be multiple logical divisions on a single drive, making it look to the hardware as multiple drives. If you have a computer with "drives C and D", it doesn't necessarily mean that they are on different physical hard drives. This is why the issues came in where it was missing the first partition but still showing the second. The system started assuming that the first partition was corrupted and the size of the full hard disk, and that the second was however big the partition list said it was. Mathematically, it was trying to computer incorrectly. 500 GB HDD divided into two partitions, one being 450 GB and the other being 50 GB, was being seen by the computer as one corrupted partition at 500 GB and the other at 50 GB. 500 GB != 550 GB. Now, in this kind of panic, running a chkdsk might cause more issues than it would solve since the file fragments aren't indexed in the MFT correctly (yes, it's a lot of technobabble, DEAL WITH IT!). Luckily, it didn't delete erroneous fragments but, apparently, duplicated them. It was either that which caused the duplications caught by the HDD or an issue with the recovery software. The recovery software must have detected each file fragment and accounted that as a full file, and while recovering each file fragment it also extracted the full file as well. This is the ONLY WAY the HDD was able to seemingly hold an exponential amount of space in duplicates. The platters themselves are simply unable to hold more than they're designed with as far as I know, so the fragment/full file scenario is the most logical explanation for the extra files. The result: almost everything has been saved, but there's too much of it. The recovery software's usage of ram was the issue when first attempting to recovery the files, so the new computer did everything it was supposed to.

So good luck sorting through the files, TRiPPY, and I hope that everything's there that you need. The new computer is a beast and will serve your photoshopping needs well, along with DiGi's recording requirements I think I deserve my madness professor award now.

[TRiPPY]

CONGRATS YOU MADE THE GRADE.

[Sierra]

Thanks for the techno explanation. I've been wondering what exactly was wrong. *gives 99 a lolly* You did a good job of explaining too. ^^

[andersam]

*looks at 99's status under his avatar*
WHAT THE FU-
TRiPPY DID U DO THAT?!

*has a laughing fit*

[TRiPPY]

Level 99 clearly done that himself simply by blinking and utilizing his vast array of laser spoons.

[Kori]

Dude...

I UNDERSTOOD THAT. 8D

Well, the basic gist anyway! Way to go Stevo! Title deserved! (Though your Matrix-bending powers will only take you so far, Mr. 99...)

I'm assuming that the files are all there, it's just a matter of sorting through it all, like 5 years' worth of duplicate family vacation photos? XD

[TRiPPY]

5 years' worth of duplicate family vacation photos?

That and 3 years worth of music downloads.... 2 giant websites.... and my random image folders.
*silent scream*

Actually in an odd way its fun because im finding stuff i forgot i had on the pc in the first place.

[Level 99]

Okay, that title...honestly, totally made my day. Loving it. I SEE ALL AND KNOW ALL! I SEE ALL UR PR0NZ!

OOOooo! And I has a lolly! *om nom nom*

[SmashQueen]

Awesomeness! Congrats on getting your data back TRiP. Stevo...the matrix needs you. You ARE the Matrix. The matrix is you Fa- that's too far. It's great how things are going now.

Par-tay~ Jackle's putting rum in the cake mix. >> Uh oh...

[Sierra]

Bwahahahaha! I HAS no pr0nz! *hands another lolly, then sucks on one herself* I'm too innocent to has pr0nz. XD

Have fun going down digital memory lane, Trip! See ya when you get back! ^^

[TRiPPY]

Dude you're lucky you actually MISSED the porn by all of 4 seconds XD

Bad thing is though because some of the files on my pc are swapped with random files now i keep finding RANDOM PORN in really bad places!!
MUST DOUBLE CHECK ENTIRE WEBSITE IS PORN FREE D:


thanks DiGi

[DiGi Valentine]

Lol, it's true! I saw it for myself! Some of the files have the same names as other files but open something completely different!

My collection of pr0n has started turning up all over the place! It's bloody hilarious! XD

[Nemoide]

It's like a porno Christmas!

[TRiPPY]

LOL THERE BETTER BE NO CORRUPT FILES IN MY DAMN FOLIO!

(way to get hired!)

[Sierra]

OH THE HUMANITY. Hilarious, yet disturbing and EXTREMELY embarrassing.

DiGi should get an external hard drive so if this ever happens again the pr0nz will be safe. And... not be where they shouldn't be.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Oh dear, TRiPPY. Thoroughly search the portfolio. xD

[TRiPPY]

MY COMMISSION PSD FILES ARE SAFE AND OPEN ;_______________; omfgthankyoustevo

[Kori]

This immediately went through my head when I read that, TRiPPY. XD;;

YATTAZE~~!!

[TRiPPY]

That is EXACTLY how i felt XD

[TRiPPY]

Ok so i just finished gigggggggggggggggs worth of sorting music files. The rest should be easy. Sort of.

[Meggiemaccat]

Gogo TRiPPY on your Easter File Hunt! ^0^ *waves pompoms* (I'd smack DiGi with a pompom if I thought I could get away with it. >>;;; )

[StarsOfCASSiOPEiA]

Gogo TRiPPY on your Easter File Hunt! ^0^ *waves pompoms* (I'd smack DiGi with a pompom if I thought I could get away with it. >>;;; )

Hope the file search isn't TOO overbearing!

(Meggie, you could always *accidentally* let one go flying... xD)