kaini Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) i reinstalled ubuntu under wubi after last boot and disabled acpi in the bios cos i had trouble before i rebooted 6 times, it crashed and autorestarted every time so i booted hiren's bootcd and deleted the primary partition using partition magic i killed it! my mp3s being on another partition another few reboots - even the most basic of linuxes were arseing about after a while busybox (linux bootloader) would start if i tried to boot ubuntu it gave an error about BIOS being fucked multiple reboots. multiple BIOS resets one final reboot - and XP boots normally MY PRIMARY PARTITION IS BACK the OS I KILLED is completely unharmed i am spooked Edited March 14, 2009 by kaini Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopilot Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 i dunno much about computers other than the one we got my mom put a couple games on it Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 i know lots about computers and i'm all wtf?! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 autopilot said: i dunno much about computers other than the one we got my mom put a couple games on it stop all the downloadin Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goffer Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 wow... wtf indeed... i cant think of one reason why or how that can happen except that jesus loves you Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide goffer's signature Hide all signatures PHOTOS Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 i have a hainted hdd :( Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 kaini said: i reinstalled ubuntu under wubi after last boot and disabled acpi in the bios cos i had trouble before i rebooted 6 times, it crashed and autorestarted every time so i booted hiren's bootcd and deleted the primary partition using partition magic i killed it! my mp3s being on another partition another few reboots - even the most basic of linuxes were arseing about after a while busybox (linux bootloader) would start if i tried to boot ubuntu it gave an error about BIOS being fucked multiple reboots. multiple BIOS resets one final reboot - and XP boots normally MY PRIMARY PARTITION IS BACK the OS I KILLED is completely unharmed i am spooked I did something similar back in the 90s trying to install linux. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures WATMM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 277: 930-933 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 you used live discs? :D deleting a partition in p.m. is not the same as formatting it btw. That's probably your explanation right there. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) i'm thinking i didn't commit the changes. anyway the desktop is ok but i'm scared to reboot it. but now my laptop won't connect to the intyrrenets it connects to the router and is assigned an IP address and it can see the gateway but it can't ping it also flushing the DNS cache fails i do this shit all week, i don't want to have to do it at the weekend :( Edited March 14, 2009 by kaini Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-978963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ward Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 windows probably did a secret agent rollback on booting it can happen Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 We used to do "low level formats" back in the day to speed up setting up new machines, all this did was wipe the boot record off, the contents of the drive were left in tact, if you restore the boot record, you can view the contents of the drive again... Also, do you have multiple drives/devices, and maybe your bios reset the boot order, and your booting off something else (like a memory stick)? (I only ask because sometimes its the really stupid shit that gets you) Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 probably NO ONE CARES Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 :on2long: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 beneboi said: autopilot said: i dunno much about computers other than the one we got my mom put a couple games on it stop all the downloadin haha, nice GI Joe parody reference! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Follow WATMM on Twitter: @WATMMOfficial Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 i have a laptop with a fried harddrive collecting dust. alls i have to do is get a new harddrive and install an OS right? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velazquez Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Fred McGriff said: i have a laptop with a fried harddrive collecting dust. alls i have to do is get a new harddrive and install an OS right? have you tried reboot with AMD (Auto-Mounter Daemon) ? If not config the mirror format system and install ls 120 and then copy nlhive.shit_ ls120thinkpad 600x and install your old LS-120. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Velazquez's signature Hide all signatures Hugh Hefner's Nephew Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my usernames always really suck Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Is Linux expecting the SATA controller to be in AHCI mode in the BIOS? I have this problem. I have to enable AHCI to boot into Linux, and disable it (setting it to 'IDE Compatible') if I want to go into Windows, because Windows can't recognize an almost decade-only hardware technology. I'd prefer to leave AHCI always on. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred McGriff Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Velazquez said: Fred McGriff said: i have a laptop with a fried harddrive collecting dust. alls i have to do is get a new harddrive and install an OS right? have you tried reboot with AMD (Auto-Mounter Daemon) ? If not config the mirror format system and install ls 120 and then copy nlhive.shit_ ls120thinkpad 600x and install your old LS-120. i googled into the web for AMD and it said i needed to download my social security number to them wtf? www.httsp\printercables.AMD\nigeria Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-980926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 my usernames always really suck said: Is Linux expecting the SATA controller to be in AHCI mode in the BIOS? I have this problem. I have to enable AHCI to boot into Linux, and disable it (setting it to 'IDE Compatible') if I want to go into Windows, because Windows can't recognize an almost decade-only hardware technology. I'd prefer to leave AHCI always on. lol, that sounds really hackish. You probably just need new drivers for your HD in windows and you'll be set. Or you could easily do it the other way around too with linux too, what kernel are you using? Is it custom or something? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Bubba69's signature Hide all signatures https://intervallux.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/43584-does-anyone-have-any-idea-how-this-can-happen/#findComment-981371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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