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§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 12:17:19 pm PST #6221 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did your issue clear up, LeN? I have no help to offer, sadly.

I'm looking to buy a new HD for the PC that is going to become Linuxed up. What's the most reliable brand these days? I'm looking for something in the 100-200 GB range, speed is good, but quiet is better.

NoiseDesign - Dec 30, 2005 12:20:54 pm PST #6222 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

I buy nothing buy Seagate for my machines and have had wonderful luck with them. These are drives that are streaming audio and video all the time, so they get worked pretty hard.

Of course now that I've said this I'm just asking for an HD crash.

§ ita § - Dec 30, 2005 12:24:46 pm PST #6223 of 10003

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. Outpost.com has a 300GB Seagate for $135.

Thanks!

NoiseDesign - Dec 30, 2005 12:33:44 pm PST #6224 of 10003

Our wings are not tired

They are also very quiet. My theatrical machines have to be quiet enough to be in the house with the audience and not noticed and the Seagate drives are the only ones I'll use.

Jon B. - Dec 30, 2005 1:45:43 pm PST #6225 of 10003

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I... uhhh... dropped a hard drive and now the computer thinks it's not even initialized. If I try to initialize it, I'll loose all the data on it, right? Is my only hope to spend a lot of money by bringing it to one of those HD hospital places? Or is there something I should try at home?

(It was the drive I used to store back-ups, so I don't think there was anything extremely valuable on it, but I'd like to grab the most recent back-up image on it if possible)

Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 2:29:44 pm PST #6226 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My iPod has gone completely dead. It was working fine this morning, and now I can't even turn it on. I've tried restarting by holding down Menu and Play/Pause -- no response.

Could the battery have died that quickly? If I go to the Apple Store, will they let me trade up for a new one?

Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2005 2:36:05 pm PST #6227 of 10003

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

If you plug the iPod in and reset it, does it work?

tiggy - Dec 30, 2005 2:36:07 pm PST #6228 of 10003

I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Jessica, this just happened to me too. my ipod died for three days(!!!!) then i (randomly)decided to try it on the third day and boom, it started to work again. to say i was happy (yet apprehensive) would be an understatement.

this isn't that helpful except to say that it's possible not all is lost.

Spidra Webster - Dec 30, 2005 2:37:49 pm PST #6229 of 10003

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I'm rather ignorant being a very new iPod user. But an old troubleshooting article is here:

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Jessica - Dec 30, 2005 2:38:47 pm PST #6230 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If you plug the iPod in and reset it, does it work?

Nope -- I was hoping the battery was just drained, but plugging it in hasn't done anything. Resetting while plugged in, still no response.

Tiggy, that's hopeful. I don't have time to deal with it until Tuesday anyway.

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