file My dedicated Marble Blast computer has died completely.

  • ImNotAllThatGood
  • ImNotAllThatGood's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Back as of June 2018.
  • Posts: 85
  • Thank you received: 17
25 Jan 2016 01:34 - 25 Jan 2016 02:19 #1
I have recently dropped my dedicated Marble Blast computer on concrete. I tried to start it up, and it didn't. [strike]I will be inactive for the next two weeks, maybe less, to replace my computer.[/strike] Currently I am crying. Any positive replies will be phenomenal. I had all the old versions of MBP on that computer. This computer cannot be replaced.

-INATG

I'm just a 15 year old who's been playing MB for over a decade and can be annoying at times.
Last edit: 25 Jan 2016 02:19 by ImNotAllThatGood.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 903
  • Thank you received: 406
25 Jan 2016 01:45 - 25 Jan 2016 01:47 #2
Oh dear, that's so tragic... :(
However, a new computer means new beginnings and hopefully faster and better performance!
I also increased your karma; just a small something that I can do to hopefully make you feel better. :) Or I will, when the six hours is up from increasing someone else's karma.
Last edit: 25 Jan 2016 01:47 by NF.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1118
  • Thank you received: 368
25 Jan 2016 12:41 #3
Sorry to hear that, though the dropping on concrete circumstances sound odd in itself.

You should take the Hard Drive to a tech specialist, there should be some in your area. In most cases, the Hard Disk itself is in tact unless the physical disks were damaged. If it was a SSD drive, then chances are it survived the fall (unless the casing or physical chip is compromised.) As long as you can hook up a SATA cable and some form of power (without frying the drive), you should be able to pull the data off of it, unless the drive itself is hosed.

On the positive side, this can only mean you will receive a better, more powerful system at some point in the future (if not today, then maybe next week, or next month, or next year.)

This also shows the extreme value of having virtual and/or physical backups of your important data at all times. I recently purchased my sixth external drive to house redundant backups of all of my data simply for worst case scenarios such as this. Now I hardly expect you to run out and buy $3500 worth of drives, but a good place to start would be one of the $60 external Western Digital drives. I use a free software known as SyncBack to automatically mirror my data onto my backup drives so, at any time, if my computer were to unexpectedly fail, I still have all of my precious data.

Hope all works out for you in the end. Remember to have your primary drive looked over, it's possible the data is recoverable so long as there is no physical damage to the drive itself!

~Aayrl

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • ImNotAllThatGood
  • ImNotAllThatGood's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Back as of June 2018.
  • Posts: 85
  • Thank you received: 17
29 Jan 2016 01:30 #4
UPDATE!
I just got word from my father that my hard drive on my computer is broken and unrecoverable. There is no way that I will get what I originally had back.

-INATG

I'm just a 15 year old who's been playing MB for over a decade and can be annoying at times.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Kalle29
  • Kalle29's Avatar
  • Offline
  • Moderator
  • Moderator
  • I blame ping for losing
  • Posts: 984
  • Thank you received: 754
29 Jan 2016 02:04 #5
Sorry to hear that.

I hope you take Aayrl's advice and get backups in the future. I myself have an external drive on which I copy over everything I want to have saved in case my computer dies.

༼ ͡◕ ͜ ʖ ͡◕༽ You have been visited by the Nivea™ Donger of moisture. Soft skin and good fortune will come to you, but only if you post "thank you Mr. Skeltal" in this thread ༼ ͡◕ ͜ ʖ ͡◕༽

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1118
  • Thank you received: 368
02 Feb 2016 02:43 #6

Kalle29 wrote: Sorry to hear that.

I hope you take Aayrl's advice and get backups in the future. I myself have an external drive on which I copy over everything I want to have saved in case my computer dies.


$80 now will save you days, or even weeks of misery if your system ever crashes in the future :)

~Aayrl

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • ImNotAllThatGood
  • ImNotAllThatGood's Avatar Topic Author
  • Offline
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Intermediate Marbler
  • Back as of June 2018.
  • Posts: 85
  • Thank you received: 17
04 Feb 2016 16:42 #7
I am now saving all my data to a USB flash drive. Thanks for the advice.

-INATG

I'm just a 15 year old who's been playing MB for over a decade and can be annoying at times.

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: Doomblah
Time to create page: 0.841 seconds
We use cookies

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.