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[MicShazam]

My laptop is freaking me out right now. I turned it on as usual today and it gave me some message about not being able to find my desktop or something. Then I reboot and it puts me on a temporary user profile and my usual profile is gone. Then I do a system restore to a point from two days ago and everything is fine again... seemingly... But what the hell went wrong? I'm paranoid that my harddrive might be faulty or something.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

My laptop is freaking me out right now. I turned it on as usual today and it gave me some message about not being able to find my desktop or something. Then I reboot and it puts me on a temporary user profile and my usual profile is gone. Then I do a system restore to a point from two days ago and everything is fine again... seemingly... But what the hell went wrong? I'm paranoid that my harddrive might be faulty or something.

Most likely it's (was) some corrupt registry entries caused by any number of things, but you could do a HD scan just for peace of mind. Just run chkdisc.

Good thing you knew to set a restore point, not too many people do that, btw.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Plankton

Most likely it's (was) some corrupt registry entries caused by any number of things, but you could do a HD scan just for peace of mind. Just run chkdisc.

Good thing you knew to set a restore point, not too many people do that, btw.

I'm always paranoid about my computer, since I'd be kinda ****ed without it for a number of reasons.

I've got not only restore points, but also an external HD for backups, plus I regularly copy important files to Dropbox, Google drive and a bunch of USB's for various smaller things. I'm especially on the ball when it comes to making sure all of my own music files are safe and secure. I'd hate it if I lost any of that permanently.

I can't just run out and buy a new computer due to my economic situation, so yeah, I'm running chkdisc to see if there's something I should know about. I feel like that's a good idea.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I'm always paranoid about my computer, since I'd be kinda ****ed without it for a number of reasons.

I've got not only restore points, but also an external HD for backups, plus I regularly copy important files to Dropbox, Google drive and a bunch of USB's for various smaller things. I'm especially on the ball when it comes to making sure all of my own music files are safe and secure. I'd hate it if I lost any of that permanently.

I can't just run out and buy a new computer due to my economic situation, so yeah, I'm running chkdisc to see if there's something I should know about. I feel like that's a good idea.

I do the same, and have for a long time. Some of my files date back to the 90's.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Plankton

I do the same, and have for a long time. Some of my files date back to the 90's.

Cool. I wish I'd been that thorough. I've lost tonnes of custom made maps and levels for all sorts of old DOS games because I didn't handle the transition from 90's computers to modern computers very well.
I ended up with an old 486 hard drive that doesn't connect to modern computers and a bunch of currupted floppies with things I'd never really taken the time to properly move over. Doh.
I don't care about much else, but losing creative stuff - even incomplete projects and crappy things - is something I really hate.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

Cool. I wish I'd been that thorough. I've lost tonnes of custom made maps and levels for all sorts of old DOS games because I didn't handle the transition from 90's computers to modern computers very well.
I ended up with an old 486 hard drive that doesn't connect to modern computers and a bunch of currupted floppies with things I'd never really taken the time to properly move over. Doh.
I don't care about much else, but losing creative stuff - even incomplete projects and crappy things - is something I really hate.

You can connect an old HD using an IDE to USB cable. Plenty of them out there.

My most painful loss was the very first recording I did on an old cassette from the 80's. That's been long gone.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Plankton

You can connect an old HD using an IDE to USB cable. Plenty of them out there.

I'll look into this. I still have that old hard drive in a draver somewhere.

Originally Posted by Plankton

My most painful loss was the very first recording I did on an old cassette from the 80's. That's been long gone.

Would have been fun to hear, tbh. Do you have some other very old stuff laying around?

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I'll look into this. I still have that old hard drive in a draver somewhere.



Would have been fun to hear, tbh. Do you have some other very old stuff laying around?

Nothing that old.

[MicShazam]

It happened again!
I just ran CHKDSK and I've got no bad harddrive sectors.
So I'm trying to figure out what's causing the failure of my user profile.
Really, really annoying.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

I happened again!

Your mother really should start dating outside the family.