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Aug 14, 2001, 10:39pm

Well, HooverAE is currently down for the count. My Windows machine blew
up (not literally, thankfully) and I haven't had time to get into it to
fix anything. Might not get to it until this coming weekend...not that
anyone comes to visit all that often, but I figured I'd drop in and let
those few who *do* care know what was going on :)

Aug 14, 2001, 11:25pm

What happen?
Someone set Windows up the bomb.

Just overly curious, what went wrong?
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Aug 15, 2001, 12:11am

No,
All your Windows are belong to me!

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Aug 15, 2001, 12:31am

Well, it all started with a standard reformat (doesn't it always?) I do
it every few months or so, since I really abuse the hell out of the
computer (in/uninstalling apps, trying new tweaks, beta software, etc)
and it gets clogged up pretty fast. Not the right way to treat an OS,
but I've been doing it for years LOL :D

Anyway, this rebuild went awry. Corrupted and missing files, ethernet
settings didn't take hold, video driver won't install...basically just
bad things everywhere. I think my apps drive (separate from my boot
drive) is dying, unfortunately. It's the oldest one in the box, and it's
had a good life...but I think it may be time to retire it and move on.
I'm currently on my seldom-used Linux install (same box, different
drive) so I could at least get to the newsgroups.

But now that I'm here, I may just stay, set up the servers under Linux,
and be done with it :)


[View Quote] > What happen?
> Someone set Windows up the bomb.
>
> Just overly curious, what went wrong?

Aug 15, 2001, 12:44am

I'm in almost the same boat, except the ethernet is the only problem. I think I toasted the card though, not sure.
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