We've all been there. And we all feel your pain. Goddamn technology, goddamn love-hate relationship.

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Awar... I'm sure it'll be all ok. Though...I would've LOVED to chat with you but I sadly don't have AIM...lD Just Yahoo and Windows Live Messanger. >3>;
Well, good luck.

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Maybe I should give that Live Messanger a try sometime. Computers seem to have it automatically, but I've always been like "what the heck is that? go away!" when it pops up by itself.

Thanks, I hope to find some answers soon.

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Lolz. xD But, it's a good messanger and...you can draw on there with your friends! 83

I hope so too~

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It may be too soon to lose hope!

For.. behold!

[link]

The Hard Drive Freezer Trick! If we leave your hard drive in a ziploc bag in the freezer for about a day, it should condense all the parts back together and coax it into working again for a few minutes. Hopefully it'd be long enough to at least get your art projects off.

I say we should try this, but not before we get your new hard drive. I think an internal one to go alongside your other one would be the way to go here: [link]

Just 60 bucks, and Seagate's a good manufacturer. They even give you a 5 year warranty, which is very, very confident to do for a hard drive.

Since your external hard drive never really went anywhere, replacing it with an internal one should be a fine solution.

So hopefully, if we get you a new hard drive and can get the old one running for a few minutes, maybe we can get back some of your data! I think it's worth a shot. Worst case scenario is we're back where we started.

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Yeah, it's bad when the hard drive goes kablooie... At least your computer didn't literally explode.

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I think we should try the freezer thing too. We might not necessarily have to wait until I get a new drive if we can just move the stuff to the other computer temporarily.
heh, maybe while we're at it we should reformat windows anyway, just to be sure.

Unless you are suggesting I get a new internal hard drive as well? This is going to be an adventure.

I did not yet get an email from... whoever that was we talked to last night. But maybe if all this new stuff works, fixing it wont be such an expensive adventure.

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+ An energetic delinquent trapped in a nerd's body +

Oh, yes. It figures that some of the most helpful devices in the world are also some of the most fragile and transient. ]:

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The way I figure, some people are able to get their drive working for a few hours rather than a few minutes. Since I'm under the impression that the drive is just barely broken, seeing as how it worked once again when you tried it on another computer only for it to stop working again, I think this trick is likely to work, and it's likely to work for a while.

Here's my plan, and why we need a new drive first:

Step one: We order the new hard drive and put the old one in a ziploc bag in the freezer, as per instructions. We let it sit there for a few days.

Step two: Once we get the new drive, I install it into your computer and we hook up the computer in the kitchen, so we can leave the broken drive running in the freezer for maximum uptime.

Step three: If it starts to work, as quickly as possible we back up the most important stuff, like your art, to your C drive. We leave anything that's ultimately replaceable, like music or saved pictures - this is just to save the unrecoverable stuff.

Step four: If the drive still works, I restart the computer and see if it will run long enough for me to clone the old drive onto the fresh new one. If this operation succeeds, we will get everything back! If it fails, at least we got the important stuff out.

What do you think?

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"I don't believe in pain. I don't believe things should be difficult. I don't believe perseverence conquers all." - Shigesato Itoi