Can I get an ARG! ARG!

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:57 pm

Dudes.

My laptop was just completely fried.

Hopefully it's just the display and I can retrieve the school stuff I was working on. But my laptop is completely gone. And since it's a Mac, I can't even ask most people for help.

Arg. Arg.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:37 pm

Arrrr matey!

...sorry, did I misread the title?

Get a 2.5-3.5" laptop HD adapter, plug it into your desktop and use a Linux boot disk to retrieve the data from the disk you want- then just copy it over to a USB device or somesuch. Knoppix is great as a rescue CD in such circumstances.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:45 pm

Arg is swedish for angry.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:49 pm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:45 pm

Obfleur wrote:Arg is swedish for angry.

And an erg is an outdated unit of energy.

I sense more than coincidence afoot.

I agree with Karl's plan of action, but if it were me, I'd cut out the middleman so to speak and just get a 2.5" USB adapter. Saves copying and copying again.

Umm, do Macs come equipped with USB ports?

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:02 pm

Would that work if his desktop is a PC? Since Macs use a different file system to Windows and windows tends to die on things it doesn't know. Course if its a Mac he's set

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:18 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:Would that work if his desktop is a PC? Since Macs use a different file system to Windows and windows tends to die on things it doesn't know. Course if its a Mac he's set

I was actually thinking more along the lines of once all the data had been relocated, the HD could then be wiped and used as a higher capacity USB drive. ?That's if the HD wasn't the fault.

Knoppix can handle USB drives, right?

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:27 pm

And tape drives too :3

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:37 pm

w00t! Break out the 70-slot LTO-3 library, baby. I'm backing up the Tinternet, and I'm not gonna use a hard drive!

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:39 pm

ooooh downloading the internet onto tape, that'd save me some bandwidth on my FDDI token ring!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:47 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4896022.stm

http://www.webaroo.com/

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:50 pm

Basically AvantGo for laptops?

pfft. This 'internet' thing'll never catch on...

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:46 am

Actually, a lesson in Mac simplicity:

One plugs in the firewire cable (incidentally a friend's old iPod cable). One turns on the laptop while holding down "t." If one's laptop decides to behave itself, it transfers everything automatically to one's other computer, which happens to also be a Mac.

I know. I'm a whore.

Now, who has practical advice on how to afford a new one?

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:13 am

Doublepost! MWA HA HA HA!

I was just on myspace and playing one of those little games. It said "Hit Simon Cowell in the Face and Get a Free Laptop!" Sadly, I am now seriously considering this promotional thingie.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:08 am

While I am now seriously considering applying for The X Factor, just for the chance to win a free laptop.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:58 am

sprunkner wrote:Doublepost! MWA HA HA HA!

I was just on myspace and playing one of those little games. It said "Hit Simon Cowell in the Face and Get a Free Laptop!" Sadly, I am now seriously considering this promotional thingie.

surely it is unneccesary to incentivise such an activity?

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:43 pm

I know. I'd slap Bush for a moldy candy bar.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:05 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:FDDI token ring!

god, i don't think i've heard that said since my network communications lectures back at uni!

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:32 pm

Legion wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:FDDI token ring!
god, i don't think i've heard that said since my network communications lectures back at uni!

I used to have standard token ring, but one of the cables got broke and my whole network went down

I couldn't send my homework to my Daisy Wheel printer or store it onto my magnetic tape spool...

...ah, if only it were true :3

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:01 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:Basically AvantGo for laptops?

pfft. This 'internet' thing'll never catch on...

Interesting...

...considering where I work...

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:43 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:Basically AvantGo for laptops?

pfft. This 'internet' thing'll never catch on...
Interesting...

...considering where I work...

You work in the Internet? Do you email yourself into work or feed yourself into your ADSL modem-router? :3

Stormwolf · Post by **Stormwolf** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:18 pm

Rebis wrote:
Obfleur wrote:Arg is swedish for angry.
And an erg is an outdated unit of energy.

Erg is Dutch for "bad", though it's not evil bad, but "it sucks" bad.

So Brad Mick's G1 issues were erg