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What should I do?
Burn it!
26%
 26%  [ 7 ]
Sledgehammer therapy
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
Excecution by firing squad
11%
 11%  [ 3 ]
Save whatever is usable and recycle the rest
57%
 57%  [ 15 ]
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JonaWolf
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:02 pm    Post subject: What should I do? Reply with quote

My antique of a computer decided to go up in smoke a few days ago and took with it three months worth of writing, among other things, when it died. Evil or Very Mad

A new story I was working on has been completely lost, as well as a couple of new chapters for existing stories that were for the most part, complete. Of course I didn't have any backups. Sheesh, you'd think I would have learned that lesson by now Rolling Eyes

With little else to do, and seeing as how I'm in a rather foul mood at the moment, I figured that I might as well post this poll to decide how the old computer should be disposed of. I might even post a few pictures of the end result... Twisted Evil
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CrayzedWolf
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should strip it of whatever parts are still useful...then I say beat it with a sledge hammer to get out all your rage. Trust me it will feel good.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As Annie would no doubt say....FIRE!!!!! o.o ^.^
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lets have an experiment and see how many bottle rockets it takes to send it into space Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any chance that you could salvage the hard drive and with it, your stories?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my tip is : try to restore as much of your hd as you can and take care with the somponents. Some of them still contain of dangerous materials.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got any explosives? I heard that a mixture of gasoline, and some artificial fertilizes can really make things like computer boxes reach new heights Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JamesPI wrote:
Any chance that you could salvage the hard drive and with it, your stories?


Unfortunately, no. The hardrive that had my stories fried as well. Crying or Very sad

I guess I'll just have to start over... Sad
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, my suggestion is this:
Take your computer completely apart. When you feel stressed out, break one of those parts as a means of stress release. OR, just take a sledge hammer after it. Save the monitor and anything else you can still use though. They might come in handy.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My suggestion is go to the highest point in your house/building... open a window... pick up computer... toss computer out window (hopefully not onto anything like a car or a person) Wink

That's what I plan on doing with my old comp... Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Been there, it sucks. Personally, I'd open up the hard drive, then take the platter to a grinding wheel to ensure that any sensitive information (credit card #s, socials, etc) can't be recovered. Sell the rest for parts, then grab a sledgehammer. Great for fun and profit!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

BURN IT!!

Like we did to our donor computer. Sanctity of life doesn't apply to PC's, Mwuhahaha.....making a smoke screen to hide it's crappiness, isn't gonna protect it for long. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are data recovery specialists who can get data off the most mangled of hard drives... just ask at a PC repair shop.

If all else fails... fire is good.

BURN IT!

I love the scent of fried silicon in the morning (as long as it isn't coming from under my desk)

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Solis wrote:
There are data recovery specialists who can get data off the most mangled of hard drives... just ask at a PC repair shop.

Considering what they have to do to get the data off the drive, their rates are probably too steep for anything that is not business-critical.

Otherwise, ...

Reuse anything that is still working and worth the effort (If it is a couple of years old, you can probably get something much better for a little money).

Do whatever gives you the most satisfaction with the rest. Twisted Evil
Just be careful ... burning the materials a computer is made off is likely to produce a lot of harmful and poisonous crap. A lot of that stuff should not go into the regular trash either but rather to a dangerous waste processing plant. Mad

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em-see
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah - and sledge hammers are way more theraputic Twisted Evil
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