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by Pascal Bos · 08/19/2002 (8:16 am) · 9 comments

Ok a little update…

One week to go before I go on vacation.. Just as I thought things could only go better from now on, work can’t bother me during my countdown, just at the moment I thought I was home free, DISASTER….

Yesterday eve my comp blew… It started all on Saturday eve, after I finished doing some tweaking work on one of the models I got in I decided to practice my photoshops skills a bit working on an older paintchat drawing I made… BANG bluescreen.. Before I recovered from the shock my system was rebooting and that is actually all it did for the rest of the eve. I turned it of and hoped it would all be over the next morning, sometimes that works you
Next day all started out fine it worked just great the first 5 minutes after that the whole ritual started again, rebooting – error, rebooting – error, etc, etc. HORROR…….

Ok only way I could get in was save mode (those icons are BIG on a 22” monitor) every thing seemed to work fine but it wouldn’t run in normal mode… Ok boot from CD and run a repair… freaking thing can’t find my harddick so it can’t repair. Better try to install HD drivers manual F6, S still no luck can’t find the harddisks, not even one.

Well to make a long story short I ended up bringing my comp to the shop to get it fixed, which will take 2 weeks so I won’t have it back before my vacation. I really, really hope they will save my data if not I am really screwed BIG time…..

I know, I know this might sound funny and under different circumstances I might even see some humour in it my self, new big ass show off PC blowing up and all, but this really is a disaster for me personally. All my work is on there including my personal portfolio which I really, really need for an interview I will be having when I get back from vacation. I was working on some more highpoly showcase models for that same interview and they are all on there. As if that isn’t enough all my original max models and textures I made so far for RW are also on there. That comp contains work I made putting in months and months of freetime, this sucks so very much…..

There is still hope though, I really think my harddisks aren’t damaged so if the guys at the shop do their work right I might get everything back. Still I’m a bit concerned about leaving all my stuff in the hands of strangers, hoping they do their work right.

All in all I’m not all to happy with this situation and I hope it all works out, I really need my files.

I would love to give you all a little update on Realm Wars but there hasn’t been much changes since last chat.

I’m really fed up with the whole situation at the moment nothing is going the way I planned , I NEED MY VACATION.. 4 days to go and I’m counting the hours, I’m sure things will look better once I return.

I’m not gone yet though I’ll bug you all some more next week, I just had a rotten weekend and a heavy week ahead, after that party for 4 weeks, man I need that =O).

#1
08/19/2002 (8:53 am)
Quote:Ok boot from CD and run a repair… freaking thing can’t find my harddick so it can’t repair.
Heh, I wonder why it couldnt find your hard"dick" :)
Also, i better have not windows finding mine :\ what if it screws it too?
Anyway, seems your pc didnt want to go to old style drawing :)
Good luck at getting it fixed.. and at ur vacations...
#2
08/19/2002 (9:06 am)
Freudian slip of the year methinks??
#3
08/19/2002 (9:39 am)
Hopefully they can get you back up and running. I hope you told them not to reformat the drives. I've had the OS crap out on me like that but was able to copy the files over to a 2nd drive, reformat the 1st drive, reinstall the OS and get everything back. It sucks, but I didn't lose anything. Of course now I'm a little better about making backups too :)
#4
08/19/2002 (10:01 am)
Yeah yeah yeah make fun of me that is all i need right now =O)

At least some people have a good laugh at my missary, it was good for something afterall =O)
#5
08/19/2002 (10:38 am)
LOL Xavier and Pascal. Hopefully it doesn't have a "virus". ;-)

J/k... hope it goes well, Pascal. :-)
#6
08/19/2002 (1:22 pm)
I seem to recall a similar problem with my computer several months ago. It was caused by cheap RAM. =p
#7
08/19/2002 (5:56 pm)
LoL dispite the laugh I got at your typos...I'm really sorry this happened to you. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you don't loose anything....shitty deal....
#8
08/20/2002 (1:10 am)
Yeah the spelling is bad i know, i just didn't want to read it back since it only made me feel more misserable...

btw there is nothing wrong with a harddick my spelling check found it totaly legit =O) don't know if it is advisable to put it in your comp though =O)
#9
08/20/2002 (6:03 pm)
Could be worse. Could be a 5.25" floppy. *rimshot*

Right, anyway... I really like the stuff you and the rest of the RW art team are coming up with, dec. When you get back, I should have some neat stuff of my own to show you.