Question for Computer Gurus

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
CP, do you know what this is? I know it’s really technical and you are a blonde but… </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMAO

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bparker:
another thought: when you put that drive in to boot from: have you tried to boot from the XP cd and do a repair installation? Also, have you tried pressing F8 and choose "last known good" configuration? I am sure you have but just checing the obvious. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have tried the repair off the CD but actually didn't try F8. Think I will switch the drives and try that.

[h2co-pilot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
Alec + bparker= Nerd Fest 2K6

Nerds < fly poop < dog poop < all </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
CP, do you know what this is? I know it’s really technical and you are a blonde but… </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
It's an Abacus , if it were several it would be abaci.

An abacus is a calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in China and elsewhere.

The origins of the abacus are disputed, suggestions including invention in Babylonia and in China, to have taken place between 2400 BC and 300 BC. The first abacus was almost certainly based on a flat stone covered with sand or dust. Lines were drawn in the sand and pebbles used to aid calculations. From this, a variety of abaci were developed; the most popular were based on the bi-quinary system, using a combination of two bases (base-2 and base-5) to represent decimal numbers

The use of the word abacus dates back to before 1387 when a Middle English work borrowed the word from Latin to describe a sandboard abacus. The Latin word came from abakos, the Greek genitive form of abax ("calculating-table"). Because abax also had the sense of "table sprinkled with sand or dust, used for drawing geometric figures," it is speculated by some linguists that the Greek word may be derived from a Semitic root, ?b?q, the Hebrew word for "dust." Though details of the transmission are obscure, it may also be derived from the Phoenician word abak, meaning "sand".


Did that give you a Chubby?

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
It's an Abacus , if it were several it would be abaci.

An abacus is a calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in China and elsewhere.

The origins of the abacus are disputed, suggestions including invention in Babylonia and in China, to have taken place between 2400 BC and 300 BC. The first abacus was almost certainly based on a flat stone covered with sand or dust. Lines were drawn in the sand and pebbles used to aid calculations. From this, a variety of abaci were developed; the most popular were based on the bi-quinary system, using a combination of two bases (base-2 and base-5) to represent decimal numbers

The use of the word abacus dates back to before 1387 when a Middle English work borrowed the word from Latin to describe a sandboard abacus. The Latin word came from abakos, the Greek genitive form of abax ("calculating-table"). Because abax also had the sense of "table sprinkled with sand or dust, used for drawing geometric figures," it is speculated by some linguists that the Greek word may be derived from a Semitic root, ?b?q, the Hebrew word for "dust." Though details of the transmission are obscure, it may also be derived from the Phoenician word abak, meaning "sand".


Did that give you a Chubby? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ken, did you leave the encyclopedia out again?

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
Nah, but my new cooling system did.
http://www.koolance.com/technical/ho.../index_02.html </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Now that is pretty bad a$$

[HummerNewbie]

Ok, I think I am on my way. I just did a backup of some of the files straight from the E drive property windows. I then did a restore to an alternate location and was able to them copy them where I wanted them. Some what a round about way to get the files but at least it looks like it will work

[HummerNewbie]

I just happened to look at the status and it was in the process of backing up MoabFall2005.wmv

For some reason, that file took a while

[Albie]

I think your best bet is the FDISK the mofo......LOL
PM me if you still need help......

[Adam^_^]

add me in on the nerdness



completed a few days ago

P4 3.8Ghz
4GB dual PC25400 sdram
148GB 10,000rpm hdd's
dual geforce 6800GT's

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Albie:
I think your best bet is the FDISK the mofo......LOL
PM me if you still need help...... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Format...what...no, I didn't want to do that....NOOOO!

Well, it looks like I got everything recovered using the built in backup too. Just backed everything up and then restored to a folder on the new drive and moved everything where I needed it. Thanks everyone for your help.