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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: HotSnoJ on July 09, 2003, 10:21:01 pm
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We just had a bad storm here in minnesota around my home. I was playing when it happened and then the tornado alarms went off and I had to go to the basement ASAP. Needless to say when the storm had passed I checked on my comp and now it can't detect my HDD.
By any chance do you guys know of any way I can get it working again? Or is that a fool's hope?
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Insurance..
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Originally posted by HotSnoJ
...is that a fool's hope?
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you're probably pretty much screwed. try looking in the BIOS or something, since that probably got reset too. good luck.
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hey, look on the bright side. It turned on. I hope your system is still under warrenty.
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Dude, you leave your computer on in an electrical storm, that's it. It's quite a lot like running around in a field waving an antenna hooked up to a car battery, except only your machine is gonna get roasted in the first case. There's really no excuse- if you're in that much of a hurry, you pull the ****ing plug.
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Or at least turn off the bloody computer tower...its one BUTTON.
Havent you people ever heard of grounding plugs and power surge protectors?
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surge protection isn't worth **** all when there's a lightning strike involved... they just can't handle that much voltage...
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Originally posted by Turnsky
surge protection isn't worth **** all when there's a lightning strike involved... they just can't handle that much voltage...
True but they sometimes guarentee you a replacement for any components that get burnt out by one :)
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now that's thinking;)
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Replacing the harddrive isn't a problem. Insurance could do that (don't have any anyway), but does it replace the data? I don't think so.
[EDIT]1000th post!
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that's what backups are for..:nod:
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if it was hit by lightning all the data is pretty much skrewed now....
you could try gettting a new hdd and reinstalling the os.......
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Originally posted by TheVirtu
Or at least turn off the bloody computer tower...its one BUTTON.
Havent you people ever heard of grounding plugs and power surge protectors?
noooo, if you pulled the plug on the computer you'd be fine, but if you just turned it off you'd be in as bad shape as if you left it on. see, the surge, if it's strong enough (lightning surges usually are ;) :D) will still go into your computer... remember, your powersupply is still connected to your motherboard, hard drive, CDROM, and other peripherals, so it'll still fry your computer even when it's off.
surge protectors are good, but if you check on the little package they usually have a limit of how much voltage they can take before they "aren't warrantied" anymore... this voltage is usually not even close to lightning. this happened to me once, and i called the manufacturer, and he said the same thing: "Sorry, but the surge you encountered (lightning) was higher than the specified unit was made to handle, check on the box"... i checked on the box, and yeah, he was right. so don't pay $200.00 just for a surge protector cause it guarantees it will replace anything damaged to an unlimited amount, like i used to do... look for how many amps it can take.
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Originally posted by Drew
if it was hit by lightning all the data is pretty much skrewed now....
you could try gettting a new hdd and reinstalling the os.......
That's exactly what I'm going to do. Now I just need to get some money...
The REALLY big bummer is that now all my work on the Blender ani tutorial is now gone.