RE: OT - recovering files with Linux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwy4R8DfOT4&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioaC3ex2Fag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o24e5poG9Gg&mode=related&search= -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 07 June 2007 19:44 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - recovering files with Linux > > Little imagination? I thing Mr Gates has the same imagination > as The Brain, "Tomorrow, I am taking over the universe". But > even then he is not as strange as Mr "I take open source > operating systems, clean them up a bit and sue anyone who > copies it" Jobs. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > --- > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > It's actually worse than that. It's as if J.D. Rockefeller > managed to > > get control of both the Energy and Transportation > industries at the same > > time. His descendants would be king in all but name today, > unless they > > decided to abolish the federal government and take the titles for > > themselves. This is purely evil much the way all > bureaucrats become > > evil when small minds with little imagination gain too much power. > > > > graywolf wrote: > >> I only skimmed the article. Seems like we are seeing Billy > Boys usual screw the consumer, woo big business attitude > taken to extremes. He may have shot himself in the foot this > time. But you and never underestimate the consumers lack of > awareness... > >> > >> I really need to go back to Linux or some form of Unix. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Little imagination? I thing Mr Gates has the same imagination as The Brain, "Tomorrow, I am taking over the universe". But even then he is not as strange as Mr "I take open source operating systems, clean them up a bit and sue anyone who copies it" Jobs. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- P. J. Alling wrote: > It's actually worse than that. It's as if J.D. Rockefeller managed to > get control of both the Energy and Transportation industries at the same > time. His descendants would be king in all but name today, unless they > decided to abolish the federal government and take the titles for > themselves. This is purely evil much the way all bureaucrats become > evil when small minds with little imagination gain too much power. > > graywolf wrote: >> I only skimmed the article. Seems like we are seeing Billy Boys usual screw >> the consumer, woo big business attitude taken to extremes. He may have shot >> himself in the foot this time. But you and never underestimate the consumers >> lack of awareness... >> >> I really need to go back to Linux or some form of Unix. >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Doesn't matter to me anymore. Files are recovered, Ubuntu is installed, I can print over the network, and Lightzone can open PEFs from the K10. Life is good without Billy and the gang. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com/ 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- Original message -- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Back when the US was prosecuting Microsoft for monopolistic practices US > Gov. requirements were that contractors, suppliers and agencies were to > use some flavor of Unix. Unfortunately after that episode was finished > all was forgiven. On top of that I'd bet just about every country in > the world is using Windows, and 90% of all commercial enterprises world > wide as well. Microsoft created the original hooks used by most spywear > for similar purposes (and now gives away band aids to while not really > fixing the problems). They are truly an evil organization. Microsoft > proves that over and over again. Unfortunately being evil by itself > isn't against the law. > > mike wilson wrote: > >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2007/06/06 Wed PM 09:55:10 GMT > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: OT - recovering files with Linux > >> > >> Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, > >> pissed. > >> > >> > > > > Vista certainly seems to have great potential for terrorism purposes. One > report of a "leaky" device causes worldwide revocation of that device during > updates? I suspect that, with artificially generated reports on about a > dozen > different video cards, you could shut down most of the USA government > computer > network, once it's on Vista. Brilliant. > > > > > > > >>>>> On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am > lucky. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer > >>>>> security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: > >>>>> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html > >>>>> > > > > > > > > - > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Back when the US was prosecuting Microsoft for monopolistic practices US Gov. requirements were that contractors, suppliers and agencies were to use some flavor of Unix. Unfortunately after that episode was finished all was forgiven. On top of that I'd bet just about every country in the world is using Windows, and 90% of all commercial enterprises world wide as well. Microsoft created the original hooks used by most spywear for similar purposes (and now gives away band aids to while not really fixing the problems). They are truly an evil organization. Microsoft proves that over and over again. Unfortunately being evil by itself isn't against the law. mike wilson wrote: >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/06/06 Wed PM 09:55:10 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: OT - recovering files with Linux >> >> Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, pissed. >> >> > > Vista certainly seems to have great potential for terrorism purposes. One > report of a "leaky" device causes worldwide revocation of that device during > updates? I suspect that, with artificially generated reports on about a > dozen different video cards, you could shut down most of the USA government > computer network, once it's on Vista. Brilliant. > > > >>>>> On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am >>>>>> lucky. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer >>>>> security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: >>>>> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html >>>>> > > > > - > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
> > From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/06/06 Wed PM 09:55:10 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - recovering files with Linux > > Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, pissed. > Vista certainly seems to have great potential for terrorism purposes. One report of a "leaky" device causes worldwide revocation of that device during updates? I suspect that, with artificially generated reports on about a dozen different video cards, you could shut down most of the USA government computer network, once it's on Vista. Brilliant. > >>> On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am > >>>> lucky. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer > >>> security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: > >>> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Lightzone for Linux looks great but it works a lot different to > other image editing programs - haven't quite got comfortable with > it yet but I'm working on it. I have LightZone Basic as a secondary editor for use with Lightroom. I like the zone finder and its adjustment model for some things, primarily when working on monochrome renderings. The fact that it can also process RAW files and apply selective edits at the RAW level is a big plus, nets some advantage when neither Lightroom nor Camera Raw can do exactly the right thing. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
It's actually worse than that. It's as if J.D. Rockefeller managed to get control of both the Energy and Transportation industries at the same time. His descendants would be king in all but name today, unless they decided to abolish the federal government and take the titles for themselves. This is purely evil much the way all bureaucrats become evil when small minds with little imagination gain too much power. graywolf wrote: > I only skimmed the article. Seems like we are seeing Billy Boys usual screw > the consumer, woo big business attitude taken to extremes. He may have shot > himself in the foot this time. But you and never underestimate the consumers > lack of awareness... > > I really need to go back to Linux or some form of Unix. > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
I only skimmed the article. Seems like we are seeing Billy Boys usual screw the consumer, woo big business attitude taken to extremes. He may have shot himself in the foot this time. But you and never underestimate the consumers lack of awareness... I really need to go back to Linux or some form of Unix. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- P. J. Alling wrote: > Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, pissed. > > mike wilson wrote: >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> I skimmed about a third of the way through it and became depressed >>> enough to kill myself, (If only I could remember where I stored the >>> ammunition). >>> >> Cupboard under the stairs. >> >> Glad to help. >> >> >>> Sandy Harris wrote: >>> >>> On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. > > I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html >>> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Looked. It's too late now, I read the rest and I'm just very, very, pissed. mike wilson wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> I skimmed about a third of the way through it and became depressed >> enough to kill myself, (If only I could remember where I stored the >> ammunition). >> > > Cupboard under the stairs. > > Glad to help. > > >> Sandy Harris wrote: >> >> >>> On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. >>> I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer >>> security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: >>> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Probably not a bad idea. I'm now dual booting Windows XP and Ubuntu (using the Ubuntu partition for everything except image editing and image cataloguing) Lightzone for Linux looks great but it works a lot different to other image editing programs - haven't quite got comfortable with it yet but I'm working on it. Cheers Brian + Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I may install Ubuntu when this is all done, leaving the recovery > partition intact just in case I want to go back to vista later on. > > LightZone for Linux is looking snazzy. > -- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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P. J. Alling wrote: > I skimmed about a third of the way through it and became depressed > enough to kill myself, (If only I could remember where I stored the > ammunition). Cupboard under the stairs. Glad to help. > > Sandy Harris wrote: > >>On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. >>> >> >>I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer >>security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: >>http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: OT - recovering files with Linux
Hey Scott! I'd like to say this isn't an ad, but it sort of is, since I'm quite involved with developing the server version of this stuff. Before you load something else, give this a try: http://www.pclinuxos.com/ I much prefer it over most others, including 'buntu. Even as an old Windows guy I don't care for Vista. Especially the price tag for the expanded versions. Don > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Scott Loveless > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:05 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT - recovering files with Linux > > > Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, > reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps > started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a > critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe > mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few > recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only > option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB > of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB > from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed > Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another > PC. God, I hate Vista. I'm just glad this happened here and not on the > mountain. > > Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of Vista? > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Scott Loveless wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Sounds like a hard drive going south >> >That's what I thought, too, but the recovery partition is still >working. Still could be a bad sector in the main partition. I had that on a laptop once. Occasionally it would refuse to boot with horrible "unable-to-read-this-incredibly-vital-system-file-of-some-sort" errors. > One of the tools is a hard drive diagnostic. No errors >found. Don't trust the cheapie utilities that come with the computer. They couldn't find anything wrong with the laptop i just mentioned. When I repartitioned with Partition Commander and did a full surface scan the problem went away permanently (though I still back up by OS drive with Norton Ghost regularly). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I skimmed about a third of the way through it and became depressed enough to kill myself, (If only I could remember where I stored the ammunition). Sandy Harris wrote: > On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. >> > > I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer > security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: > http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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As a side note, it seems my 5 in 1 card reader was causing the no boot problem i had last month, its fine now that i remove the reader after using it. Could be those memory sticks then. BTW do you remember how that one speakers CS3 kept crashing. Bet ya he likes Vista to.:-) Dave On 6/6/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug Franklin wrote: > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > > > > >> I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the > >> crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. > >> > > > > Keep an eye on it. My desktop machine did that recently and it was a > > fragged memory stick that was causing it. > > > > > Will do. There's a 512MB factory stick in it and a 1GB stick I put in > just after buying the laptop. The whole setup is only a few months old, > but I can understand memory failure causing problems like this. > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
I had a similar problem on my Win2k box. (I partitioned the partitioned the phisical drive into 4 virtual drives). The system partition became scrambled, but the others remained readable. A PITA but I was able to backup all the data from the other partitions. Ran the manufactures system diagnostics on the drive as well as windows. Everything came back as copacetic. I figured it was a software glitch, so I re-partitioned the HD and reinstalled Win2K, (and all the software from scratch). However I had an old 8GB drive sitting around collecting dust so I ghosted the new system partition onto it, to get a live backup. I'm glad I did. The installation functioned for all of two weeks and failed in much the same way. I backed up any new data and attempted a to re partition the HD, it's unreadable, there was a failure in the drives on board electronics, none of the diagnostics tools picked up the problem until after the catastrophic failure. It makes a nice paperweight though. Scott Loveless wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Scott Loveless wrote: >> >> >> >>> Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, >>> reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps >>> started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a >>> critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe >>> mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few >>> recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only >>> option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB >>> of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB >>> >>> >> >from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. >> >> Sounds like a hard drive going south >> >> >> >> > That's what I thought, too, but the recovery partition is still > working. One of the tools is a hard drive diagnostic. No errors > found. The file backup utilities on that partition need a drive large > enough to copy to - it's not smart enough to let me swap out usb pen > drives or burn to CD. System restore (also available from the recovery > partition) wasn't enabled. I'm not sure if it wasn't on by default or > if I turned it off at some point. Right now Ubuntu is reading the drive > just fine. I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the > crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I does doesn't it. Mark Roberts wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >> Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, >> reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps >> started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a >> critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe >> mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few >> recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only >> option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB >> of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB >> > >from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > Sounds like a hard drive going south > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Doug Franklin wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >> I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the >> crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. >> > > Keep an eye on it. My desktop machine did that recently and it was a > fragged memory stick that was causing it. > > Will do. There's a 512MB factory stick in it and a 1GB stick I put in just after buying the laptop. The whole setup is only a few months old, but I can understand memory failure causing problems like this. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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No I don't think you mentioned that, or maybe I was dozing... Scott Loveless wrote: > Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, > reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps > started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a > critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe > mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few > recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only > option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB > of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB > from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed > Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another > PC. God, I hate Vista. I'm just glad this happened here and not on the > mountain. > > Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of Vista? > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Angel Ramos wrote: > Well I had a similar story with a just new from the box HP DV9702US. I > worked with it for a while and decided that the web camera that came > integrated with it was a junk. So I donwloaded the Vista drivers from > the internet for my external camera, installed it and worked with it for > a while, turned the pc off, and next day it will not boot up. Somewhere > in the boot process the famous BSOD, came up! ( Blue Screen Of Death). > The operating system could not boot up and a critical error was been > dumped from memory to disk. I found that Vista in that computer comes > by default with the restore point creation disabled. So I tried every > way to boot up the damn thing until I was able once to boot up, I > quickly went to the HP Full restore option and I was able to get the PC > back as new like 2 days eralier when I bought it. After that I did the > back up DVD operating system DVD's. > A backup plan is in the works. I'm thinking something along the lines of a NAS device with plenty of room for new drives. > Now I plan to install Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom. I do know that LR > is not Vista ready yet but do know of some people using it. This > I've run Lightroom on this machine without problems (other than those between my ears). > portable pc has the option for installing a secon HD and I am going that > way. I will keep that second HD for putting my files in it ( read the > pictures files) in case this happens again! I will backup to 2 external > HD and burn DVDs with the keepers raw images. I think Vista is not > stable enough yet. > No kidding. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Well I had a similar story with a just new from the box HP DV9702US. I worked with it for a while and decided that the web camera that came integrated with it was a junk. So I donwloaded the Vista drivers from the internet for my external camera, installed it and worked with it for a while, turned the pc off, and next day it will not boot up. Somewhere in the boot process the famous BSOD, came up! ( Blue Screen Of Death). The operating system could not boot up and a critical error was been dumped from memory to disk. I found that Vista in that computer comes by default with the restore point creation disabled. So I tried every way to boot up the damn thing until I was able once to boot up, I quickly went to the HP Full restore option and I was able to get the PC back as new like 2 days eralier when I bought it. After that I did the back up DVD operating system DVD's. Now I plan to install Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom. I do know that LR is not Vista ready yet but do know of some people using it. This portable pc has the option for installing a secon HD and I am going that way. I will keep that second HD for putting my files in it ( read the pictures files) in case this happens again! I will backup to 2 external HD and burn DVDs with the keepers raw images. I think Vista is not stable enough yet. Angel Ramos Arecibo, Puerto Rico Scott Loveless wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Scott Loveless wrote: >> >> >> >>> Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, >>> reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps >>> started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a >>> critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe >>> mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few >>> recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only >>> option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB >>> of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB >>> >>> >> >from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. >> >> Sounds like a hard drive going south >> >> >> >> > That's what I thought, too, but the recovery partition is still > working. One of the tools is a hard drive diagnostic. No errors > found. The file backup utilities on that partition need a drive large > enough to copy to - it's not smart enough to let me swap out usb pen > drives or burn to CD. System restore (also available from the recovery > partition) wasn't enabled. I'm not sure if it wasn't on by default or > if I turned it off at some point. Right now Ubuntu is reading the drive > just fine. I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the > crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On 6/6/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. I'd say no sane person would run Vista anyway. A well-known computer security expert recently did an analysis of some of the costs: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html -- Sandy Harris Quanzhou, Fujian, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Scott Loveless wrote: > I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the > crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. Keep an eye on it. My desktop machine did that recently and it was a fragged memory stick that was causing it. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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graywolf wrote: > Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. > I'm actually liking Vista better than XP. Apart from the moronic Defrag, it's less whiny and dumbed down (once you turn UAC off) and the new Explorer and Photo Gallery apps are a huge win over the crap that comes with XP. That said, my Vista box will soon dual-boot Ubuntu. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Mark Roberts wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >> Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, >> reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps >> started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a >> critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe >> mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few >> recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only >> option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB >> of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB >> > >from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > Sounds like a hard drive going south > > > That's what I thought, too, but the recovery partition is still working. One of the tools is a hard drive diagnostic. No errors found. The file backup utilities on that partition need a drive large enough to copy to - it's not smart enough to let me swap out usb pen drives or burn to CD. System restore (also available from the recovery partition) wasn't enabled. I'm not sure if it wasn't on by default or if I turned it off at some point. Right now Ubuntu is reading the drive just fine. I'm beginning to think it's a software issue. Perhaps the crash corrupted a startup service or something like that. We'll see. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Neither of my computers will even run that resource hog. Guess I am lucky. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Scott Loveless wrote: > Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, > reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps > started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a > critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe > mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few > recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only > option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB > of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB > from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. > > So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed > Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another > PC. God, I hate Vista. I'm just glad this happened here and not on the > mountain. > > Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of Vista? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Toralf Lund wrote: > So, the Linux setup is able to read all the files? God for you. I > recently used the same method to rescue all the pictures a friend of > mine had taken during the last few years (stored on his harddisk only, > no backup...) Except I pulled out the disk and connected it to another > PC where Linux was installed already... > > - Toralf > > I would have done that, but I don't have an adapter for a 2.5 inch drive. This method is working, but it's literally going to take all day over a wireless b network. Ugh. Better than the alternative, though. I may install Ubuntu when this is all done, leaving the recovery partition intact just in case I want to go back to vista later on. LightZone for Linux is looking snazzy. -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
> Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, > reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps > started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a > critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. [ ... ] > > So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed > Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another > PC. So, the Linux setup is able to read all the files? God for you. I recently used the same method to rescue all the pictures a friend of mine had taken during the last few years (stored on his harddisk only, no backup...) Except I pulled out the disk and connected it to another PC where Linux was installed already... - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - recovering files with Linux
Scott Loveless wrote: >Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, >reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps >started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a >critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe >mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few >recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only >option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB >of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB >from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. Sounds like a hard drive going south -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT - recovering files with Linux
Last night the laptop shot itself in the foot. I'm surfing along, reading my mail, whatever, and explorer crashed. Then my other apps started shutting down. Then windows tells me that it's encountered a critical error and must shut down. Now it won't boot. At all. Safe mode doesn't work either. Compaq was nice enough to install a few recovery utilities on a separate partition. No luck. Seems the only option I have is restoring the laptop to its original condition. 20 GB of photos and other files are located on that machine. At least 6GB from GFM. I really didn't want to lose this stuff. I hate Vista. So I burned an Ubuntu Live CD, booted the laptop with it and installed Samba. It's running now, sending my files over the network to another PC. God, I hate Vista. I'm just glad this happened here and not on the mountain. Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of Vista? -- Scott Loveless www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
