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Posted: 05 Nov 2006, 18:21
by Principessa
Hi all,
I'm really sorry to inform you that I won't be able to put online a lot of news the following days as my computer broke down and Tomba is trying to fix it!
I'll leave you in the save hands of Tomba till he's able to fix it and I'm back up and running
Greetings
Principessa
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 12:50
by manchild
"
Perfect news editor's laptop finishes the season and than falls to pieces"
Don't worry about it, season is over so it is not a big deal if we miss some of the season reviews and other less important news for a couple of days
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 13:09
by Steven
hehe well Principessa just informed me she found a laptop harddisk casing so that I can attach it to my computer. Therefore normally I'll work on it tonight and hopefully it's fixed then too.
My brother just informed me though that there are different types of those hard disk connectors, I hope it's the correct one :/
Meanwhile, F1T continues the stone age era
(for those who remember the f1t golden age - I'm sure manchild will )
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 18:53
by ketanpaul
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 18:57
by Steven
Well our dear manchild here named it the golden age of f1t when principessa and him were in charge of the site while I was out for skiing in italy
I can't deny that they did a fantastic job though, and they both still do every day.
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 20:05
by Principessa
Posted: 06 Nov 2006, 21:31
by DaveKillens
Don't panic just yet, the data on the hard drive may be recoverable. If you have access to another computer with a spare channel (Tomba?
) just plug the hard drive in as a slave and you may be able to extract important files. One other strategy is to use Bart PE
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ which is a CD that can be booted and installs the XP environment.
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 07:25
by ketanpaul
Well our dear manchild here named it the golden age of f1t when principessa and him were in charge of the site while I was out for skiing in italy Wink I can't deny that they did a fantastic job though, and they both still do every day.
Ok now i get it
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 11:39
by manchild
I was only helping Principessa with pics and links, she was in charge
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 11:42
by Steven
Well all data has been recovered
I coupled the HDD to my computer with an usb adapter as an external disk, and finally after trying various tools GetDataBack for NTFS did the trick.
Will check if the disk was damaged (badly) so that we know if it needs refurbishment or a new one by DELL.
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 14:06
by joseff
DaveKillens wrote:...One other strategy is to use Bart PE
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ which is a CD that can be booted and installs the XP environment.
Bart PE is... *ahem* not strictly legal according to Micro$oft. And besides, booting XP from a CD is a pain. I'd rather hook up the HD to another computer by USB (they've done this already), then try to fish data out of it using Windows XP.
If for some reason the HD is FUBAR, you can use
system rescue CD to try and recover some of the lost data. That's the price you pay for using NTFS. There aren't many tools that can read/recover stuff out of NTFS volumes. I always, always avoid NTFS like the plague.
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 20:32
by Tom
Hooray, the site keeps going.
Any luck with sponsors yet?
Posted: 07 Nov 2006, 22:01
by DaveKillens
Personally, anything Steve Gibson touches is worth looking at.
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
Posted: 08 Nov 2006, 01:18
by Steven
Tom wrote:Hooray, the site keeps going.
Any luck with sponsors yet?
Well I'm working on something, shouldn't take too long anymore before you all notice a new partner (I hope).
Anyway, Principessa is up and running again with a fixed laptop
Posted: 08 Nov 2006, 11:42
by Steven
I should also note that later today Principessa will put online an interview with a race driver for the upcoming 2007 season
