Tech: Open thread

2011-01-31 16:45:02

#6826

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6564|Washington St.

Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had) and I recently turned it on but just after the POST screen I got a message, "Unable to load operating system"

I googled and it seems this happens after installing the OS, not a year after I put win7 on it.

WTF? It happened once before and I restarted and thought it was a fluke and it didn't happen again for 3 or 4 months but now it has again and a simple restart won't fix.

Corrupt HD?

2011-01-31 17:10:21

#6827

FloppY_: +1,010|6559|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had) and I recently turned it on but just after the POST screen I got a message, "Unable to load operating system"

I googled and it seems this happens after installing the OS, not a year after I put win7 on it.

WTF? It happened once before and I restarted and thought it was a fluke and it didn't happen again for 3 or 4 months but now it has again and a simple restart won't fix.

Corrupt HD?

Did you even TRY to do a windows repair / safe mode / re-install?

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2011-01-31 17:15:09

#6828

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6426|what

csmag wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/r … t-X65F.jpg

But the asshole I bought this from on ebay decided he wanted to charge extra on postage so I told him where to go and got a refund.

So I bought this instead.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/r … wk/3-9.jpg

*everything went better than expected
DO WANT! My x52 bit the dust a while ago and that hotas warthog is sexy.

It's a bit expensive, but worth it considering the amount of time I've spent playing DCS - A10.

2011-01-31 17:25:07

#6829

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6564|Washington St.

FloppY_ wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had) and I recently turned it on but just after the POST screen I got a message, "Unable to load operating system"

I googled and it seems this happens after installing the OS, not a year after I put win7 on it.

WTF? It happened once before and I restarted and thought it was a fluke and it didn't happen again for 3 or 4 months but now it has again and a simple restart won't fix.

Corrupt HD?
Did you even TRY to do a windows repair / safe mode / re-install?

I can't even get that far.

There's no chance of booting into safemode or anything. It just says that after the POST screen. Windows can't even start to try to load. Whatev I'm gonna write zeros on the entire drive and reinstall

2011-01-31 17:28:21

#6830

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6770

you said windows 7?

make sure the 100 mb partition is on the same drive . . .

2011-01-31 17:33:14

#6831

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6770

pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had)

before you do, go http://support.dell.com/support/index.a … &s=biz

enter your service tag, get latest drivers . . .

2011-01-31 18:50:21

#6832

FloppY_: +1,010|6559|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

pirana6 wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had) and I recently turned it on but just after the POST screen I got a message, "Unable to load operating system"

I googled and it seems this happens after installing the OS, not a year after I put win7 on it.

WTF? It happened once before and I restarted and thought it was a fluke and it didn't happen again for 3 or 4 months but now it has again and a simple restart won't fix.

Corrupt HD?
Did you even TRY to do a windows repair / safe mode / re-install?
I can't even get that far.

There's no chance of booting into safemode or anything. It just says that after the POST screen. Windows can't even start to try to load. Whatev I'm gonna write zeros on the entire drive and reinstall

You do know that the discs you are going to use for said "re-install" have windows repair?

You do know that safe-mode is chosen before the windows boot splash appears?

burnzz wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had)
before you do, go http://support.dell.com/support/index.a … &s=biz

enter your service tag, get latest drivers . . .

How is he supposed to install drivers when he can't boot?

Last edited by FloppY_ (2011-01-31 18:51:18)

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2011-01-31 18:54:30

#6833

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6770

FloppY_ wrote:
How is he supposed to install drivers when he can't boot?

you*re right, but i forget that not everyone has access to multiple computers.

i would walk down to the local library with a thumbdrive and download them if i had to, i just keep forgetting what is natural for me is hard in Danish basements. sorry . . .

2011-01-31 18:56:20

#6834

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,981|6905|949

pirana6 wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
pirana6 wrote:
Need help plox!

I've got a 5 year old laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 - Those ones EVERYBODY had) and I recently turned it on but just after the POST screen I got a message, "Unable to load operating system"

I googled and it seems this happens after installing the OS, not a year after I put win7 on it.

WTF? It happened once before and I restarted and thought it was a fluke and it didn't happen again for 3 or 4 months but now it has again and a simple restart won't fix.

Corrupt HD?
Did you even TRY to do a windows repair / safe mode / re-install?
I can't even get that far.

There's no chance of booting into safemode or anything. It just says that after the POST screen. Windows can't even start to try to load. Whatev I'm gonna write zeros on the entire drive and reinstall

try to start the laptop with the windows cd in the drive?

2011-01-31 18:57:48

#6835

FloppY_: +1,010|6559|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

burnzz wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
How is he supposed to install drivers when he can't boot?
you*re right, but i forget that not everyone has access to multiple computers.

i would walk down to the local library with a thumbdrive and download them if i had to, i just keep forgetting what is natural for me is hard in Danish basements. sorry . . .

...

How about he first makes his PC work and then just use THAT to download the drivers he won't need before then?

You do know he said Win7 rite? as in.. LAN right out of the box...

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2011-01-31 19:32:07

#6836

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6770

FloppY_ wrote:
You do know he said Win7 rite? as in.. LAN right out of the box...

that's why you'll be foreveralone.jpg in your mum's basement, while i'm getting paid to manage a fleet of 500 PC's.

i won't change your attitude, hopefully someone else reading this will be prepared, or they'll be . . . you.

2011-01-31 19:37:47

#6837

FloppY_: +1,010|6559|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

burnzz wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
You do know he said Win7 rite? as in.. LAN right out of the box...
that's why you'll be foreveralone.jpg in your mum's basement, while i'm getting paid to manage a fleet of 500 PC's.

i won't change your attitude, hopefully someone else reading this will be prepared, or they'll be . . . you.

Did you ever consider using the built in to download the right one?

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2011-01-31 19:38:16

#6838

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6770

Good day, Sir.

2011-01-31 19:44:54

#6839

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6564|Washington St.

yikes guys chill

well it worked now. Not from anything anybody did or said (thanks anyway! ) But apparently telling my comp to "fuck off" when it wouldn't start for the 5th time sometimes works.

I did a chkdsk and some stuff came up and fixed but I'm not going to trust it forever. I've got 2 thumb drives standing by, one with some freeware wiping/writing zeros program and one with bootable win7.

2011-01-31 19:46:41

#6840

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6426|what

Once again, turning it on and off again works.

2011-01-31 19:49:18

#6841

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6564|Washington St.

FloppY_ wrote:
You do know that the discs you are going to use for said "re-install" have windows repair?

Christ I haven't used a disk to install windows since XP. Everything has been .iso's for me. (Legally through my school mind you)
I failed to mention this though so I do apologize.

FloppY_ wrote:
You do know that safe-mode is chosen before the windows boot splash appears?

Herp. It was RIGHT after the POST screen. Before anything could even consider thinking about maybe transferring to windows for its takeover. Which is why I asked if it had something to do with the HD.

2011-01-31 20:48:22

#6842

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7012|Toronto | Canada

So those of you that dont know about it - Canada basically is going back 15 years into the past with internet services as of a few days ago. We really only have 2-3 providers depending on the area with smaller 3rd party resellers giving service as well. Now the providers are able to charge by bandwidth, making the base of most contracts about 25-30GB/month from 250GB. Since its obviously bullshit everyone is pissed off, its a scam to use their internet and tv services.

So any Canadians (or anyone else for that mater) sign this
http://openmedia.ca/

2011-01-31 23:13:24

#6843

tazz.: oz.; +1,339|6447|Sydney | ♥

Winston_Churchill wrote:
So those of you that dont know about it - Canada basically is going back 15 years into the past with internet services as of a few days ago. We really only have 2-3 providers depending on the area with smaller 3rd party resellers giving service as well. Now the providers are able to charge by bandwidth, making the base of most contracts about 25-30GB/month from 250GB. Since its obviously bullshit everyone is pissed off, its a scam to use their internet and tv services.

So any Canadians (or anyone else for that mater) sign this
http://openmedia.ca/

Welcome to Australia!

It was only really in 2010 did we start seeing cap increases. We can now get 100GB+ caps! You're paying triple digits a month tho.

.... Or if you go with some derp fest -- you can get more for less but you get onpeak and off peak quotas. That is 7am - midnight is on peak (40GB) and midnight to 7am off peak (80GB)

..... Or if you're lucky enough to live dead heart of the city, you can get cheapish internet -- 40-60 bucks a month for ADSL2. --

--OUr government is now rolling out fiber. But i can just see the prices of that being ridiculous.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2011-01-31 23:20:40

#6844

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7012|Toronto | Canada

Yeah, but you guys didnt have unlimited and high caps at one point, then get them taken away for ridiculously low caps and increased prices. At least Australia is (slowly) progressing. Apparently its in Canada's best interest to regress to the 90s. Residential fiber isnt even a consideration at this point. Apparently there have been no significant improvements to our network in 5-10 years, just maintenance... Stupid monopolies. We seriously need to allow American ISPs into Canada, with 90% of our population very close to the border it would actually be quite profitable for them. Plus we would get real internet for once

2011-01-31 23:29:51

#6845

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

damn that sucks.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-02-01 07:11:42

#6846

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6585

Rogers' prices are going up as of march 1st

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2011-02-01 07:39:52

#6847

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,981|6905|949

i know for a fact shaw is laying fiber in all their green (read: new) developments. Both Rogers and Shaw are moving heavily towards docsis 3.0 too. Perhaps it's just a minor speed bump in the development of a faster network?

2011-02-01 08:04:22

#6848

mikkel: Member; +383|6874

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
i know for a fact shaw is laying fiber in all their green (read: new) developments.

Are they local or long haul lines? Fiber is used in all HFC cable networks. The more the merrier. You can't realistically build a cable network without it these days.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Both Rogers and Shaw are moving heavily towards docsis 3.0 too. Perhaps it's just a minor speed bump in the development of a faster network?

It would still be symptomatic of how terrible an idea it can be to have monopolies of any kind, natural or regulated, in the service provider world. DOCSIS 3.0 is a drop-in upgrade with only slight modifications in even average quality cable networks, and these providers have had years to implement it. Chances are that either they were indifferent, and sat back twiddling their thumbs while providers in competitive markets upgraded their CMTS deployments, or they genuinely don't have the networks to support it, meaning that they've built their networks to bare minimum specification because they didn't have to worry about being competitive in the future. They used to cite cost as a limiting factor to upgrading, but it's not like these MSOs are exactly strapped for cash, and lower-margin providers in competitive markets have found the money to do it already.

Last edited by mikkel (2011-02-01 08:06:39)

2011-02-01 08:30:09

#6849

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7012|Toronto | Canada

Shaw only exists on the west coast so doesnt really help 75% of Canada.

Also, all of the ISPs here have heavy, heavy limiting on pretty much everything. Torrent ports have obviously been limited for ages, but so have VPN and SSH connections. Its utter bullshit.

The only competition the major ISPs had (Bell and Rogers) was these third party resellers since they could offer unlimited and high caps. But now that they've knocked them out of business there is absolutely no competition whatsoever, so we're destined to have the same third-world internet for a lot longer.

2011-02-01 14:05:38

#6850

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6926

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5389629/BF2s%20hosting/1296585953474.png

I'm so sorry for you winston

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csmag wrote:

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pirana6 wrote:

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burnzz wrote:

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pirana6 wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

pirana6 wrote:

burnzz wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

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burnzz wrote:

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