Experienced a major hard drive crash -
haven't been here in a while.. 

• just wanted to say sorry for not commenting on any images lately as I had no computer for a while and trying to build a new system and get all the software reinstalled..  hope to be back soon with a few new images and catch up on comments.. 

take care all  ~>M

Welcome back!!

Thanks Stacey, I've missed Renderosity and all the cool folks here -  

It's been a costly venture to get back up and running, and many hours reinstalling all software and content, but it's great to be back..  ;-)

~>M

Well we are so glad to have you back!!!

Bad computers:(

arrg!
I hate computer crashes.

Hope you get it all sorted and working tip top again.

Thanks BluEcho,

The hard disk is what crashed, sectors were dropping like flies and it was making some pretty bad grinding noises before it decided to give me the 'blue screen of death..'  lol -  can't complain though; it worked really well for about three years..

The rest of the machine still works fine though...  the new drive is so quiet it's almost a little spooky compared to the old one...  sometimes I have to lean down to listen to make sure it's still there...   lol

Thanks for your kind words, Stacey and BluEcho, I really appreciate them..  ;-)

~>M

Marcus, really sorry to hear that!  It can be tedious at best only having to restore files; but rebuilding a computer is beyond me! I admire the fact that you can rebuild yours!

I'm sending my good vibes to ya' during your restoration process... Hope you get things situated soon (and with as little hassle as possible).  : ) 

hugz

Hi Angelsinger,

Thanks for your kind words.  Usually it's not that bad, but with poser restoring files is a task to be sure!  lol

Thing that bugs me is I lost several recent images that I hadn't had a chance to burn, with the hard disk crash they're gone now..  

Actually, building a system from scratch is not as difficult as it may seem..  once you've done it a few times it's really pretty simple..  

Thank you for sending yer good vibes my way, you are so kind and with the expense of buying the new hardware I can use a few good vibes right now..   ;-)

Take care,
Marcus

Marcus, I forgot to check the 'notify' button; so I didn't realize you responded already. ;)

Quote - ...Thanks for your kind words.  Usually it's not that bad, but with poser restoring files is a task to be sure!  lol

I hear you on that one!  For some time, I've been regularly backing up the files that store my Poser preferences, the library's external runtimes, personalized user interface... Before I knew I could do that, I dreaded having to put them all back. :p

Quote - Thing that bugs me is I lost several recent images that I hadn't had a chance to burn, with the hard disk crash they're gone now..

Awww! I'm so sorry about that! I know how that feels! 

Quote - Actually, building a system from scratch is not as difficult as it may seem..  once you've done it a few times it's really pretty simple..

Well, that's great news for me, then! I would need someone to advise me in person the 1st time, I'm sure! (I'd take notes -- and pictures for the next time!)  :P

Quote - Thank you for sending yer good vibes my way, you are so kind and with the expense of buying the new hardware I can use a few good vibes right now..   ;-)

You're a sweetie, Marcus!  ;)

And you may not believe this, but guess what happened?
A couple days ago, my external hard drive became randomly inaccessible (sometimes I could open it, other times I couldn't).  Well, yesterday it looked like I might lose all my content on it; it showed the same signs of dying that previous external drives did before they bit the Big One.

Yesterday was Easter, almost every store was closed. My boyfriend & I ran around and finally found an open store.... Got another drive, and I'm actually able to copy files from my old drive to this new one.

I've been thanking God ever since!
Seems like I reaped some of those good vibes I sent you! 

Glad you were able to get your files back..  :o)