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twister002 · 08-20-2003, 11:46 AM

You had several other options

a) partitioning
b) buy a new drive, install OS to that drive, chain your first drive with the bad OS install on it as a slave drive to the new drive, access your files - copy them over or leave them there.
c) CD-Rom backup copies of files - Most of my MP3 files are of CD's I own so if I lose them, I've just lost the time it takes to re-rip them. Most of the MP3's are on CD-Rs too, every now and then I burn a new bunch of MP3s to CD-R.

You didn't HAVE to lose those files, you could have chained your drive onto a friends system who has a CD burner and burned off what you wanted (the cheap option)

What really sucks is when your hard drive starts making a grinding noise or refuses to spin up at all (FU MAXTOR!), or when you take your HD out to put it in a new computer and drop the damn thing and it starts making a magical jingley noise.

08-20-2003, 11:46 AM	#16 (permalink)
twister002 Crazy	You had several other options a) partitioning b) buy a new drive, install OS to that drive, chain your first drive with the bad OS install on it as a slave drive to the new drive, access your files - copy them over or leave them there. c) CD-Rom backup copies of files - Most of my MP3 files are of CD's I own so if I lose them, I've just lost the time it takes to re-rip them. Most of the MP3's are on CD-Rs too, every now and then I burn a new bunch of MP3s to CD-R. You didn't HAVE to lose those files, you could have chained your drive onto a friends system who has a CD burner and burned off what you wanted (the cheap option) What really sucks is when your hard drive starts making a grinding noise or refuses to spin up at all (FU MAXTOR!), or when you take your HD out to put it in a new computer and drop the damn thing and it starts making a magical jingley noise. Last edited by twister002; 08-20-2003 at 11:49 AM..