What Do Slaves/Subs Do When They Get Bored?

[shy slave]

..and today more strange pic outcomes, though no doubt this one was a matter of light and water droplets in the air perhaps....either way, was nice to see the little splash of unexpected colour in the pic.

Catalina

An interesting splash of colour, you are right.

I wonder how it managed to get there

 

[DustyWolfe]

When I'm bored I try to think of ways to make new toys. Here pretty soon I think I'm going to embark on learning how to do some leather braiding and perhaps whip making. I'm also doing a bit of research on bootblacking

 

[catalina_francisco]

An interesting splash of colour, you are right.

I wonder how it managed to get there

Have no idea.....one of the other pics also had a similar colouring on the bottom edge of the pic. LOL, I am now feeling the repercussions of trying to walk his absence out of my system. An almost 3 hour walk after not doing it for so long has left a few sore body parts to put up with. I guess the next project will be to finish the plastering in the hall which I started a couple of weeks ago....that should keep me out of mischief for a day or 2. And then there are subs I need to talk to and arrange things with, and a certain sub who I have been neglecting unintentionally who needs some extra attention for being so good, obedient, understanding, and concerned. Hmmmm, guess I really do have plenty to keep me occupied until I fly out of here in a couple of weeks. Now if only I could sleep!!http://www.smilies4you.de/content/muede/a29.gif

Catalina http://www.smilies4you.de/content/sonstige/c114.gif

 

[shy slave]

Have no idea.....one of the other pics also had a similar colouring on the bottom edge of the pic. LOL, I am now feeling the repercussions of trying to walk his absence out of my system. An almost 3 hour walk after not doing it for so long has left a few sore body parts to put up with. I guess the next project will be to finish the plastering in the hall which I started a couple of weeks ago....that should keep me out of mischief for a day or 2. And then there are subs I need to talk to and arrange things with, and a certain sub who I have been neglecting unintentionally who needs some extra attention for being so good, obedient, understanding, and concerned. Hmmmm, guess I really do have plenty to keep me occupied until I fly out of here in a couple of weeks. Now if only I could sleep!!http://www.smilies4you.de/content/muede/a29.gif

Catalina http://www.smilies4you.de/content/sonstige/c114.gif

It sounds like you have enough to keep busy lol

Its funny though, no matter how busy I am a part of my mind is always thinking about him and my sons.

Its almost as though my mind is in sections.

Do any of the Uk people remember the numbskulls comic strip in the comic 'The Dandy?'
It showed your head split into rooms, with different people doing different things in your mind.

Hmm Maybe i should go and have a lie down in a dark room before you all think I need locking up ! LOL

 

[graceanne]

Hmm Maybe i should go and have a lie down in a dark room before you all think I need locking up ! LOL

*pats head* That's ok, we already know you need locking up. We keep you around for amusement.

 

[shy slave]

*pats head* That's ok, we already know you need locking up. We keep you around for amusement.

Glad to know I have my uses

Besides I may like being locked up...

 

[graceanne]

Glad to know I have my uses

Besides I may like being locked up...

It's not about what you like! duh! It's about what Adante likes. So if you wanna be locked up, you gotta run it by him.

 

[shy slave]

It's not about what you like! duh! It's about what Adante likes. So if you wanna be locked up, you gotta run it by him.

Damn!

I bet i could persuade him

I could just irratate him so much and then he would gladly lock me up,

I bet my ex husbands wished they had thought of that first LOL

 

[ellediablo]

LOL, couldn't resist as I am restless and dreaming of all sorts of things I could be doing right now if he were here. ....but he isn't.

Catalina

Hi, catalina.
Beautiful membername, by the way.

I know what you mean so-
The thing I try to do is-
Stay busy and try to be good.
It ain't always easy - trouble seems to find me. oy! - or I stumble and fall into it without realizing. lol O, pft.


Have a niiiice day!

 

[h_i_s]

What Do Slaves/Subs Do When They Get Bored?

i don't know what others do, and for myself ... i always end up getting a lot of household cleaning/reorganizing done.

Right now, and for the past week , my computer is about as 'broken' as can be. Something nasty had taken over (probably a trogan or worm ect), which caused the CPU to run at about 100% ... but in a very sneaky and clever way (viewing task manager showed the true reading for only a millisecond, then replacing it with a normal reading of about 3% ... adjusting the 'view/reporting speed of the task manager final revealed this).

Anyway, the computer started randomly shutting down/crashing. Having experienced this annoyance before with other computers ... i'm lucky to say that i have the sense to routinely backup anything of value (IE: system files, registry, all programs installed, photos and other personal files,). i ran 3 different, currently updated virus/trogan.worm detectors ... came up with nothing/clean & uncompromised system. Ran a couple of different adware detectors
too ... nothing too nasty was found, just a couple of tracker programs etc. Ran a good registry cleaner ... with the findings being not all that major (mostly old no-longer-in use/installed programs entries etc).

Unfortunately, when i made an attempt at using a restore point, the attempt failed. To add to that disappointment ... attempts to replace the stystem files failed even more miserably.
Then, suddenly, i couldn't do a damn thing with the computer. Couldn't start in safe mode or DOS ... just got the same nasty blue screen everytime i tried to start the pc. Tossed my hands up in the air at this point.

Had arrived at the point of no return and decided .... can't screw it up any worse that what it is now .........

So, having no clue as to how to do so, i decided the bast thing to do would be to start from scratch/reformat. But, hell... why stick with win 2000 ... i want XP. But, knowing i have 2 hard drives, and a partition (or two) ... i anticipate a higher likelyness of failure than success. So .... i finally get into safe mode by using a DOS start up disk .... which then gets me this message to use a Win ME boot disk (because that was the original OS installed on the old hard drive .... i figure). And, yep ... that got me somewhere (though i don't know exactly
WHERE). So, i ran Fdisk .... then tried to follow some instructions i got for partitioning and creating directories/drives for each hard drive ..... it didn't seem to like the options i choose.

At that point i was tired of trying .... so i quit ......... for now.

Ok, back to the main topic of the thread:
i became bored with TRYING to fix the pc. So .... i'm keeping busy with cleaning dresser drawers and closets ..... swapping out all of the summer clothing & replacing it all with winter stuff. After that, i will tinker with the broken/totally fubared PC of mine. When it gets bad enough to make me nauseated again .......... i think i will rearrange some furniture around here. If i still have excess energy to burn afterwards... i'll paint or something .... crochet most likely (i make some of the best stocking hats, mittens, scarves, and sweaters .... all from scratch, no patterns .......... and Christmas and Hanukkah are not all that far off.). Though, i HOPE to have my PC fixed before THEN.

(This is my Master's PC. i don't care to use it too much though. It's running very slow, and needs work TOO. Mostly, i just dislike His mouse and keyboard ... nothing wrong with them, they just don't feel the same as mine. i like my cordless/digi mouse .... or just a plain old standard mouse ...... can't get used to the tracker ball thing, and have had to fish it out from under the desk 3 times just in writing this post. The dog only beat me to it one time though, and did spit it out promptly when ordered to. ).

Long winded, but that IS just a few examples of what i do when bored.

 

[Kierae]

Good god I feel your pain Sinnocent! All I could do was chuckle when reading your post. I sooo hate chasing computer gremlins and usually end up beating the computer into submission (ie reformat the damn thing!). Needless to say I have learned to keep all my music and pictures on all 3 computers so that if one goes to hell, I can always access my files via networking. Knock on wood, all computers are playing nice right now and I am doing my own crochetting spree (tis the season!).

 

[catalina_francisco]

i don't know what others do, and for myself ... i always end up getting a lot of household cleaning/reorganizing done.

Right now, and for the past week , my computer is about as 'broken' as can be. Something nasty had taken over (probably a trogan or worm ect), which caused the CPU to run at about 100% ... but in a very sneaky and clever way (viewing task manager showed the true reading for only a millisecond, then replacing it with a normal reading of about 3% ... adjusting the 'view/reporting speed of the task manager final revealed this).

Anyway, the computer started randomly shutting down/crashing. Having experienced this annoyance before with other computers ... i'm lucky to say that i have the sense to routinely backup anything of value (IE: system files, registry, all programs installed, photos and other personal files,). i ran 3 different, currently updated virus/trogan.worm detectors ... came up with nothing/clean & uncompromised system. Ran a couple of different adware detectors
too ... nothing too nasty was found, just a couple of tracker programs etc. Ran a good registry cleaner ... with the findings being not all that major (mostly old no-longer-in use/installed programs entries etc).

Unfortunately, when i made an attempt at using a restore point, the attempt failed. To add to that disappointment ... attempts to replace the stystem files failed even more miserably.
Then, suddenly, i couldn't do a damn thing with the computer. Couldn't start in safe mode or DOS ... just got the same nasty blue screen everytime i tried to start the pc. Tossed my hands up in the air at this point.

Had arrived at the point of no return and decided .... can't screw it up any worse that what it is now .........

So, having no clue as to how to do so, i decided the bast thing to do would be to start from scratch/reformat. But, hell... why stick with win 2000 ... i want XP. But, knowing i have 2 hard drives, and a partition (or two) ... i anticipate a higher likelyness of failure than success. So .... i finally get into safe mode by using a DOS start up disk .... which then gets me this message to use a Win ME boot disk (because that was the original OS installed on the old hard drive .... i figure). And, yep ... that got me somewhere (though i don't know exactly
WHERE). So, i ran Fdisk .... then tried to follow some instructions i got for partitioning and creating directories/drives for each hard drive ..... it didn't seem to like the options i choose.

At that point i was tired of trying .... so i quit ......... for now.

Ok, back to the main topic of the thread:
i became bored with TRYING to fix the pc. So .... i'm keeping busy with cleaning dresser drawers and closets ..... swapping out all of the summer clothing & replacing it all with winter stuff. After that, i will tinker with the broken/totally fubared PC of mine. When it gets bad enough to make me nauseated again .......... i think i will rearrange some furniture around here. If i still have excess energy to burn afterwards... i'll paint or something .... crochet most likely (i make some of the best stocking hats, mittens, scarves, and sweaters .... all from scratch, no patterns .......... and Christmas and Hanukkah are not all that far off.). Though, i HOPE to have my PC fixed before THEN.

(This is my Master's PC. i don't care to use it too much though. It's running very slow, and needs work TOO. Mostly, i just dislike His mouse and keyboard ... nothing wrong with them, they just don't feel the same as mine. i like my cordless/digi mouse .... or just a plain old standard mouse ...... can't get used to the tracker ball thing, and have had to fish it out from under the desk 3 times just in writing this post. The dog only beat me to it one time though, and did spit it out promptly when ordered to. ).

Long winded, but that IS just a few examples of what i do when bored.

If you like I can ask F if he has any suggestions once he gets back for the weekend? He is a wizz, unfortunately because it is his genius in such areas which means we are apart right now, but then it is also something I love about him.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Sinn, check out www.pchell.com It's a site that'll help you figure out what's wrong with your computer and then tell you exactly HOW to get rid of it.

 

[h_i_s]

Good god I feel your pain Sinnocent! All I could do was chuckle when reading your post. I sooo hate chasing computer gremlins and usually end up beating the computer into submission (ie reformat the damn thing!). Needless to say I have learned to keep all my music and pictures on all 3 computers so that if one goes to hell, I can always access my files via networking. Knock on wood, all computers are playing nice right now and I am doing my own crochetting spree (tis the season!).

i'd much rather find the problem and attempt a solution/repair, than reinstall my programs, needed windows updates, needed hardware & program driver updates etc ect.
i normally do very well in chasing down and cleaning out the occasional gremlin (IE:worms, viruses, trogans, adware etc) and will stubbornly hold back resort on reformat as a solution. i will only when all other options have been (without question) exhausted. If not for this stance regarding reformatting, i'd never have learned all that i have learned since touching a pc for the first time back in 2001, (and would still be unplugging the computer fromthe wall everytime i needed to shutdown/restart) and certainly would not have much hopeof learning anything further in the future. As frustrating as it can be at times, i find the whole experience of troubleshooting, and resolving windows & general pc issues (and learning more with each new issue being resolved), to be very challenging and a very rewarding experience.
i've owned 2 computers since early 2001, and as a self taught pc user i do well, and have only had to reformat twice in 5 years (once on each computer). This reformat is #3, and is the first time i have taken on the task of deleting an OS and all partitions on two hard drives, creating new partitions and then installing a new/different OS. i'm relieved to have this PC (my Master's) to use in searching the internet for answers to solve the tiny bumps in the road as the newly installed XP refuses to load rolleyes: damn errors .. i gave XP a new name of "Xtra Pissy" .. but am certain that all of the errors have been 'user generated' ...heh.)
i am lucky to have CD burners on both my PC and INSIDEYOURMIND's .. i like to keep hard copies of backups of everything i can think of (on the notion of better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it). Especially in that one of the PCs here is not networked... and sometimes i need them on CD for easy transport when friends need help with their PCs. Other than that, my second hard drive serves as nothing more than a place to store backups, photos, my graphics and HTML stuff, etc ect.
i've never been one to take the easy way out ... and am deeply driven to overcome obstacles which getin my way ... many times leading to banging my head against the wall while searching forsolutions .... guess that's a result of the masochist in me?? lol ... i dunno, regardless, thanksfor feeling my pain, Kierae.

 

[h_i_s]

If you like I can ask F if he has any suggestions once he gets back for the weekend? He is a wizz, unfortunately because it is his genius in such areas which means we are apart right now, but then it is also something I love about him.

Catalina

i'd certainly be one to appreciate any help/suggestions/answers etc that F can offer, and thanks in advance Catalina. Everything i've been lucky enough to learn so far about PCs (which may seem like a lot to me, but yet, is so much less compared to what others may know) has been the direct result of other users online stepping forward and offering to share their own knowledge, and help offered etc. Always open to suggestions, always appreciative ....

If it helps F (or anyone else who has solved my current computer issue themselves in the past) this is where i am at right now:

Pri Master=MAXTOR 6Y080P0 Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and enabled
Pri Slave=Quantum Fireball1ct20 20 Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and enabled
Sec Master=CDROM
Sec Slave=CDROM

Hard Drive 1: Int 13h Drive Number 80h, controlled by EZ BIOS, cylinders 9965, heads 255, sectors 63, capacity 81GB, multi-sector transfer 16 sector, 32-bit transfer enabled(i think ), floppy boot protection enabled, logical block address enabled, 'no' for 63-sector data offset.
Hard Drive 2: Int 13h Drive Number 81h, controlled by ROM BIOS, cylinders 1025, heads 255, sectors 63, capacity 8423MB

From here i THOUGHT i had installed an orginal XP factory/complete reformat ... but the Cds turned out to be 'XP's system recovery'... INSIDEYOURMIND can't find/or remember where His full XP Cds are. ... but was attempting to 'locate' them by other means earlier .... He had to step out... i may be all set with them & have them here when He returns.


OK, so ... now my PC, when started in safe mde, and trying to get the pc to start XP windows, i get an error:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM
Attempt to repair by starting Windows Setup using original Setup CD-ROM.
Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.

i'd only be GUESSING at how to fix this ... .
Does it NEED to be from an XP Setup CD-ROM ??
OR
Can i use the backup of the system folder of files i saved from my WIN 2000 Pro and burned to CD?? -- Does it MATTER which OS the SYSTEM files are from??
Would i even be able to get the PC to install/save or 'grab up' the files if i insert them in the CDROM player .... and direct the PC to boot from C:?? i dunno ... as isaid, i'm just guessing at the solution at this point.

Greatly appreciativvvvvvvve to anyone who knows the answer/solution etc ect.

my next stop is GOOGLE .. Sometimes the solution is as simple as searching the exact error ... and hoping i have replicated an issue that someone else out there has experienced and provided a solution for ..

 

[h_i_s]

Sinn, check out www.pchell.com It's a site that'll help you figure out what's wrong with your computer and then tell you exactly HOW to get rid of it.

Thank you graceanne. i had that site saved in my Favorites Folder. Unfortunately, i don't see the answer to my current issue provided there ..... whatever virus,trogan,worm or 'god knows what' it was ... i think it's gone now (hopefully before 'it' had a chance to cause any permanent damage.... (damn CPU temp was running TOO high and at 100%) i deleted the entire Win 2000 Pro & all files possible on each hard drive (i think ).

.......and of course,...... i appreciate the effort you have extended in helping. It's 'always' the though that counts.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM
Attempt to repair by starting Windows Setup using original Setup CD-ROM.
Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.[/B]

I would start by booting up from a bootable Windows MSdos floppy. or start up from a Windows XP cd in console mode. Then once you have started give the following command:

FDISK /MBR

This should clean the Masterboot record of your HD in case there is a virus on it.

Boot up into windoss, if you are very lucky it should boot up now, and if not , try repairing your Windows by putting in a Windows XP cd and the pressing R. If you are lucky this will work, do not forget to reinstall any Service pack or updates you have had on your PC. You will lose those when you repair your PC this way.

If all fails your best bet is to use a Windows XP cd to reinstall the OS.

I see you have two Hardrive's. I hope that means you have put your Data on your second Harddrive, if you have, you will most likely only lose your applications. Once you have reinstalled your Windows XP and all of your applications you should be fine. If not you will have to put your backups back.

You also seem to have two cdrom drives, most probably this means you have a CDrom player and a Burner. Once you reinstalled your Operating system and have recovered full functionality, buy a program that is called Ghost. With that you can create an Image of your Harddisk on a CD or DVD, make that cd or DVD bootable. Then if you ever need to reinstall, boot up from the CD/DVD and you will be up and running in less than half an hour. It is not an expensive prrogram and very handy to have.

Hope this helps but I have to say it looks like you will have lots of work ahead of you getting your system running again.

Francisco.

 

[h_i_s]

Thanks Francisco !!!

I would start by booting up from a bootable Windows MSdos floppy. or start up from a Windows XP cd in console mode. Then once you have started give the following command:

FDISK /MBR Ahh, i did that before but gave the command as FDISK rather than FDISK/MBR. Not sure what the MBR stands for there ... will certainly try it that way.
This should clean the Masterboot record of your HD in case there is a virus on it.

Boot up into windoss, if you are very lucky it should boot up now, and if not , try repairing your Windows by putting in a Windows XP cd and the pressing R. Will it matter if i use XP's recovery CD1 here? Or are you meaning the XP full install? Not sure if i was clear, i had win 2000 pro before, but i do get the splash screen which indicates that XP is now installed (at least i think that is what it means).If you are lucky this will work, do not forget to reinstall any Service pack or updates you have had on your PC. You will lose those when you repair your PC this way.Yes, i understand that.
If all fails your best bet is to use a Windows XP cd to reinstall the OS.

I see you have two Hardrive's. I hope that means you have put your Data on your second Harddrive, if you have, you will most likely only lose your applications. Yes, i have two hard drives. i am HOPING to lose all applications. At this point seeing as the OS was so damaged, and i do have backups, and can access the internet for solutions and files as needed, it seemed best to reformat and just start out again with a clean factory type 'as it was the day i brought the PC home' .Once you have reinstalled your Windows XP and all of your applications you should be fine. If not you will have to put your backups back.

You also seem to have two cdrom drives, most probably this means you have a CDrom player and a Burner. That is correct, yes.Once you reinstalled your Operating system and have recovered full functionality, buy a program that is called Ghost. With that you can create an Image of your Harddisk on a CD or DVD, make that cd or DVD bootable. Oh. i have access to that, yes. i wasn't certain of what it was .... thanks!Then if you ever need to reinstall, boot up from the CD/DVD and you will be up and running in less than half an hour. It is not an expensive prrogram and very handy to have. i agree, sounds like a valuable/useful program.
Hope this helps but I have to say it looks like you will have lots of work ahead of you getting your system running again.As i was not at all certain as to what the next step may even be, your advice has proven helpful already, Francisco.

Francisco
i'm off to try what you have suggested here. THANK YOU!

 

[catalina_francisco]

Not sure what the MBR stands for there ... will certainly try it that way. MBR stands for Master Boot Record, it the first "sector" of a Harddisk that is read when your computer starts up, it the place where viruses write them selves into. You need this step to clean it, if not if you do have a virus it will just stay there and once you boot up again in to your operating system, it will activate itself again and you can start all over again. Even if you completely format your HD and reinstall your OS. Most probably that is what happended to you when you installed Windows XP from your recovery Cd.

Will it matter if i use XP's recovery CD1 here? Or are you meaning the XP full install? Not sure if i was clear, i had win 2000 pro before, but i do get the splash screen which indicates that XP is now installed (at least i think that is what it means).If you have a Windows XP recovery Cd, one that came with your PC it should work fine, but if you are not sure that recovery cd was for your PC you need to have a Full Windows XP CD (Windows XP Pro is a lot better then Home in case you have the choice).

Francisco

 

[INSIDEYOURMIND]

OOps...... this is sinn0cent1 here, didn't realize i was logged on as INSIDEYOURMIND.

Not sure what the MBR stands for there ... will certainly try it that way. MBR stands for Master Boot Record, it the first "sector" of a Harddisk that is read when your computer starts up, it the place where viruses write them selves into. You need this step to clean it, if not if you do have a virus it will just stay there and once you boot up again in to your operating system, it will activate itself again and you can start all over again. Even if you completely format your HD and reinstall your OS. Most probably that is what happended to you when you installed Windows XP from your recovery Cd.

Will it matter if i use XP's recovery CD1 here? Or are you meaning the XP full install? Not sure if i was clear, i had win 2000 pro before, but i do get the splash screen which indicates that XP is now installed (at least i think that is what it means).If you have a Windows XP recovery Cd, one that came with your PC it should work fine, but if you are not sure that recovery cd was for your PC you need to have a Full Windows XP CD (Windows XP Pro is a lot better then Home in case you have the choice).

Francisco

OK, i don't always know the abbreviations ... i know what MBR stands for now. Thanks. This is different than a simple command of FDISK, and makes much more sense regarding what i intended to do. Thanks!!!

i've never had XP installed on this PC prior to this current issue. The PC was custom built for me by a friend. He installed WIN2000Pro on one hard drive .. with the second hard drive (old one left over from my dead Compaq Presario... which died a similar death with the same symtoms as i have recently experienced on this new PC ) just being for storage, and having previously had Win ME installed. So, yes ... i need to have a Full Windows XP CD .. and would choose pro over the home edition.

Thanks a bunch Francisco!

 

[brioche]

When i went to the course i took learning to use this laptop, he had us screw up the computer, so that we had to reboot and start all over with the system recovery discs. The theory here was that we wouldn't fear the blue screen of death if we had already learned how to deal with it.

Personally, i use Norton Ghost. i create backup discs periodically so that stuff won't be lost. i recommend only doing this once you get to a point that you have something new that you can't afford to lose on your computer. It is available alone or with Norton System tools. My Dad bought it after his last crash.

Make sure you get Ghost 2003 or later, as the earlier versions apparently sucked.

 

[h_i_s]

Are the forums acting screwy today for those who try to post a reply or is it just me? Keeps making me log back in every time i wish to posta reply this morning.

When i went to the course i took learning to use this laptop, he had us screw up the computer, so that we had to reboot and start all over with the system recovery discs. The theory here was that we wouldn't fear the blue screen of death if we had already learned how to deal with it.

Personally, i use Norton Ghost. i create backup discs periodically so that stuff won't be lost. i recommend only doing this once you get to a point that you have something new that you can't afford to lose on your computer. It is available alone or with Norton System tools. My Dad bought it after his last crash.

Make sure you get Ghost 2003 or later, as the earlier versions apparently sucked.

Screwing up the computer was, from the very beginning (as in the first time i ever touched one), and still remains, my only tool for learning. Up until this point in time, i'd been lucky to never have had to learn how to partition and format etc ect (first time a format was needed, i only had about 6 months experience and was still figuring out the basics of operating Windows ... second time included the need to build the entire pc from scratch which is way over the heads of even most experienced pc users).

After those two experiences i am always prepared, regarding backups. The Masterboot record seems like the most important thing i needed to back up in this case. Maybe i did (there is a backup program, i think i found it under system tools inWin 2000 Pro, unfortunately, noidea how to use thebackups, but it was too late anyway. The only thing that DID respond at thispointwas the option to run Fdisk.)... and damned if i know that i did, as many of my pc terminologies are lacking due to being self taught by personal experiences alone. i DID back up my system32 & system files ... but damned if i know what to do with them now ..... or how to get them to load.

Funny thing is, i own a copy of Norton System Tools ... didn't use it. And, no idea if it would have helped the current situation here if i had used it. PC has bad boot files , if i find that it is capable of backingup those files, perhaps i'll drag it out of my desk drawer, dust it off and use it next time around.

 

[the captians wench]

When I'm bored, I take pics.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Are the forums acting screwy today for those who try to post a reply or is it just me? Keeps making me log back in every time i wish to posta reply this morning.

Screwing up the computer was, from the very beginning (as in the first time i ever touched one), and still remains, my only tool for learning. Up until this point in time, i'd been lucky to never have had to learn how to partition and format etc ect (first time a format was needed, i only had about 6 months experience and was still figuring out the basics of operating Windows ... second time included the need to build the entire pc from scratch which is way over the heads of even most experienced pc users).

After those two experiences i am always prepared, regarding backups. The Masterboot record seems like the most important thing i needed to back up in this case. Maybe i did (there is a backup program, i think i found it under system tools inWin 2000 Pro, unfortunately, noidea how to use thebackups, but it was too late anyway. The only thing that DID respond at thispointwas the option to run Fdisk.)... and damned if i know that i did, as many of my pc terminologies are lacking due to being self taught by personal experiences alone. i DID back up my system32 & system files ... but damned if i know what to do with them now ..... or how to get them to load.

Funny thing is, i own a copy of Norton System Tools ... didn't use it. And, no idea if it would have helped the current situation here if i had used it. PC has bad boot files , if i find that it is capable of backingup those files, perhaps i'll drag it out of my desk drawer, dust it off and use it next time around.

How did you go with the info F gave you? I used to fiddle around a bit in pre-F days, but time and patience does not permit so much now....though I am getting noticeably better and is amazing what specific language I find I have picked up from listening to him. I guess it also is a bit of a trade off having both F and my son in the house, both who can build and repair PC's in a flash, so I do other things for them in return. I was impressed when my son built his own PC as well as mine, and then also repaired mine a couple of weeks back while F was away.

Catalina

 

[catalina_francisco]

When I'm bored, I take pics.

LOL, I do that most times and he has a minor stress attack when he hears I have taken around 200 in a couple of hours, fearing I might print them all out...I did better on Sunday though, only took around 100 on our morning walk.

Catalina