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SovXietday · 02-29-2008, 07:37 PM

So went out and was street tuning my car today. Battery started to die so I shut the computer down and drove home.

Got it home, plugged it in, turned it on... turned it on... wtf? Windows now suddenly won't boot at all.

I reformatted Windows and it seems to be working again... at the expense of all of my programs/file/blahblahblah.

...hopefully I can retrieve my tune off the ECU. Welp, time to start over I guess.

b0rN Fr0m JeTs · 02-29-2008, 07:39 PM

i gotta say it...Mac FTW. let the battle begin haha

Scapegoat · 02-29-2008, 07:42 PM

mac's crash too, get over it...

you should have taken the pc to best buy to see if they could have backed up the HD before reformatting.

Sometimes its fun to start over with a computer

b0rN Fr0m JeTs · 02-29-2008, 07:49 PM

i'm almost positive i never claimed macs didn't crash. I just prefer the operating system and the speed and smoothness of running applications on it.

you windows people get so defensive.

garrettej8 · 02-29-2008, 08:00 PM

well at least we can play games

b0rN Fr0m JeTs · 02-29-2008, 08:23 PM

lol i'm not in this to argue. just starting the argument. but i have a lot of half life/ steam stuff on my mac. it's called an xp partition. so i can play games

SovXietday · 02-29-2008, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

mac's crash too, get over it...

you should have taken the pc to best buy to see if they could have backed up the HD before reformatting.

Sometimes its fun to start over with a computer

Not going to lie, I LOLed at the BB comment.

Yeah, I don't really mind starting over because I don't have much on here program wise... however I do have all of my car pics/vids that I lost.

Oh well, just pisses me off really.

The Captain · 02-29-2008, 11:33 PM

If it's worth the trouble, you can always get a hd to usb connector. They're like 25 bucks and are worth every penny. Take the hd out of your laptop (very easy for me, actually just one screw), hook the hd up to this little thing which as a usb cord and hook that up to another computer. Runs like an external hd then and you can back it all up to another computer or another external hd. Thats what i do everytime.

SovXietday · 02-29-2008, 11:37 PM

^ Good idea actually, I'll have to look into that. Only problem is that this is a laptop that I use to tune cars with, so naturally any extra baggage is a problem.

The Captain · 02-29-2008, 11:39 PM

not really extra baggage. You only use it when you need to get data off the hd. (in case of a crash)

little info: http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php

SovXietday · 02-29-2008, 11:53 PM

^ Cool thanks for the advice.

james_ls · 03-01-2008, 02:47 AM

Why did you instantly reformat it?

JBWRX06 · 03-01-2008, 03:26 PM

My mac crashed after 4 years of use

Yukkerz · 03-01-2008, 04:39 PM

Well when a mac can tune cars and play all my games let me know. Then i will switch.

Signatus230 · 03-01-2008, 05:40 PM

That sucks man, I suppose you attempted to start windows in safe mode? [F8 during first boot screen] If you reformatted... everything is gone off the hard drive. I think you can get just a small USB flash drive, I have a 4gb one that I got for my birthday, and its hella small.

A mac can tune cars, and play games, its called a Windows partition. Meaning you split the hard drive into two parts, one part for the Mac OS, and another for Windows, and your games and such.

igo4bmx · 03-01-2008, 05:52 PM

yeah we have that at work, a laptop hd to usb convertor.
i use for personal reasons alot lol
aaron next time let me know.

SovXietday · 03-02-2008, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james_ls

Why did you instantly reformat it?

Because I was going to do it anyway within the next few weeks, and I also couldn't think of any other way to get it to boot.

Tried safe mode, no dice.

Signatus230 · 03-02-2008, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SovXietday

Because I was going to do it anyway within the next few weeks, and I also couldn't think of any other way to get it to boot.

Tried safe mode, no dice.

Damn that sucks. I stopped getting into computers after I finished building mine, I'm sure there could be another way to have to really attempted to get it to boot. Like buy a new hard drive, disconnect the old one, put it in slave, then see if you can just read the data on it. Or get a buisness to manually retrieve the date, but thats expensive I think. Oh well, good luck, reformatting is a pain, but its worth it.

Scapegoat · 03-02-2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Signatus230

A mac can tune cars, and play games, its called a Windows partition. Meaning you split the hard drive into two parts, one part for the Mac OS, and another for Windows, and your games and such.

no... just no...

you're not using the mac os to tune the car or play a game if you are booting the windows partition. You have two different OS's that are running separately from each other and while the other is not.

That is unless you have bootcamp installed... but I sure as hell wouldn't trust that to run any serious or important programs such as those used to tune vehicles.

Honduh · 03-02-2008, 01:22 PM

At least the battery didn't die while you were flashing the ecu.

02-29-2008, 07:39 PM	#2
b0rN Fr0m JeTs Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Langhorne, PA Member #2355 My Ride: 06 Pontiac G6 GTP 6spd iTrader: (0)	i gotta say it...Mac FTW. let the battle begin haha __________________ Saab 900 -sold Land Rover - Sold Canon 20D <3 L Glass

02-29-2008, 07:49 PM	#4
b0rN Fr0m JeTs Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Langhorne, PA Member #2355 My Ride: 06 Pontiac G6 GTP 6spd iTrader: (0)	i'm almost positive i never claimed macs didn't crash. I just prefer the operating system and the speed and smoothness of running applications on it. you windows people get so defensive. __________________ Saab 900 -sold Land Rover - Sold Canon 20D <3 L Glass

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b0rN Fr0m JeTs Tri-State Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Langhorne, PA Member #2355 My Ride: 06 Pontiac G6 GTP 6spd iTrader: (0)	lol i'm not in this to argue. just starting the argument. but i have a lot of half life/ steam stuff on my mac. it's called an xp partition. so i can play games __________________ Saab 900 -sold Land Rover - Sold Canon 20D <3 L Glass

02-29-2008, 11:39 PM	#10
The Captain Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Philly - FBG$ Member #3369 My Ride: Prelude iTrader: (2)	not really extra baggage. You only use it when you need to get data off the hd. (in case of a crash) little info: http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adaptv2.php Last edited by The Captain; 02-29-2008 at 11:43 PM.

02-29-2008, 07:42 PM	#3
Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	mac's crash too, get over it... you should have taken the pc to best buy to see if they could have backed up the HD before reformatting. Sometimes its fun to start over with a computer

02-29-2008, 11:33 PM	#8
The Captain Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Philly - FBG$ Member #3369 My Ride: Prelude iTrader: (2)	If it's worth the trouble, you can always get a hd to usb connector. They're like 25 bucks and are worth every penny. Take the hd out of your laptop (very easy for me, actually just one screw), hook the hd up to this little thing which as a usb cord and hook that up to another computer. Runs like an external hd then and you can back it all up to another computer or another external hd. Thats what i do everytime.

03-01-2008, 02:47 AM	#12
james_ls TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Warrington Member #1614 My Ride: 1998 Acura Integra LS//VTEC iTrader: (0)	Why did you instantly reformat it? __________________ *Heller Dope* - When the ** is doper than Hellen Keller; it's Heller Dope To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. BUY MY STUFF!** To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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JBWRX06 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Aston, PA Member #3377 My Ride: 06' Wrx Stage 2 iTrader: (2)	My mac crashed after 4 years of use __________________ Johnny B

03-01-2008, 04:39 PM	#14
Yukkerz Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Jul 2006 Member #2136 My Ride: 04 Jetta TDI iTrader: (1)	Well when a mac can tune cars and play all my games let me know. Then i will switch. __________________ DAMN MY ISH IS VERY ITCHY TODAY!

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igo4bmx Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Under the bar... Member #592 My Ride: 2009 Audi A3 Quattro, 2008 BMW X5, 2003 WW Evo8, 2000 Turbo SOHC Civic iTrader: (1)	yeah we have that at work, a laptop hd to usb convertor. i use for personal reasons alot lol aaron next time let me know. __________________ BOOST doesn't get you laid. Roofies and some creativity does however Tuned by some white dude @ a shopwithbigtrucks.com "You get what you pay for" - thanks captain obvious, unless you bought rotas and received volks.

03-02-2008, 01:22 PM	#20
Honduh Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Member #1977 iTrader: (0)	At least the battery didn't die while you were flashing the ecu.

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