Tek-Almighty

I don't worry about the "economy." I just spend my entire paycheck and make sure I leave a couple cents there for the 15th and 30th.

Lol...I'm taking this out of context and laughing for the next 45 minutes.

I'll repeat what others have said. Connect to another machine and use any variety of freeware. I've done this successfully a couple times. I've tried Active File Recovery. Get Back Data for NTFS...Those recently. If the drive has a master boot record failure, or indexing failure, those might work. Good luck. You can always try professional help too...but it's gonna run you about $100.

We make thermite and contact explosives for chemistry day in science club. Yay! Teens and destruction!

Saw this on digg. I have to change my pants.

...before viewing, I thought the thread would say: "Obama elected...!" nvmnd... Osbornes. Ahhhhhhhhhhh

So to amend my list of what works and what doesn't. Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, and Bioshock all hard lock when changing options or loading level. Hmmm... I have not tried a DX 9 only game yet (all of previous were DX 10), but I wonder if it has something to do with the DX 11 features of Win 7? Anybody else try DX 10 games?

Wow, you'd think that a PC is like a refrigerator. You can move it and your LCD you know. I might make tonight, but I have a meeting @ 6:30 and diaper duty (doodie...lol) after that. I will def. try to make thurs!

said it a few times already but if you install the drivers in device manager they'll work fine. ie. extract the drivers into folders and then go into device manager, right click on the unknown device, and click update. get to where it says have disk and navigate to your extracted folder. I'm glad I pay attention. This is exactly what I did...so no chiding Cujo plz. :) I read threads. I should have not said "cannot get to run." I should have said "cannot get to run correctly..." Sorry. That said, still doesn't work...so any other suggestions. My stereo sound is good, but the 5.1 is screwed up. So far for me: Geforce 181.22 works now, Creative sorta works, RivaTuner 2.22 works, latest firefox works well, no antivirus yet (gonna try latest build of AVG free), installed Crysis Warhead and the 1.2 patch that came out yesterday...but it hangs and hard locks at level load. Also Crysis will not run @ 1920 x 1200... Next I'm trying Bioshock. I haven't loaded the latest Forceware drivers for my 780i chipset, I will try that next.

well, got it installed on a spare raptor...interesting. I cannot get x-fi driver to run (using latest Vista 64). Any hints on this? Also, it recognizes my 8800GT in sli, but it is using a windows driver? Hmmm... Anyone try the latest geforce drivers with windows 7?

Thanks and all (and I really do mean that), but you aren't following me. The links provided in this thread (and elsewhere) are RAR files. Once they are decompressed, they don't give me an .iso file...just the stuff described above. ??? Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Ok, once I unRAR the file from the links you guys gave I get 5 folders: boot, efi, sources, support, upgrade and 4 files: bootmgr autorun bootmgr.efi setup Now I try to use nero to burn and ISO dvd of these files, by adding them, but it tells me that one of the files (install....something or other) is too large (larger than 2gb) so I will have to use the UDF file format and try another method... ummmm... wth... I have only burned 2 iso disks in my life, and these were small (<600mb). I also cannot just click "setup" and get it to install from XP. A lil help?

I mean, I should be using the vista 64 drivers for my vid card and x-fi and 780i chipset though, right?

OK...someone who is more software oriented than I help me get this straight. Cuz, I'm fittin to roll on the Win 7 train. 1. Dload from one of the supplied links. Get 3.2 GB file 2. UnRAR the file and you get ISO? 3. Get drivers (nForce, LAN, Creative, geforce) - any others? 4. Mount ISO on a dvd. 5. Install over a partition or on a clean drive. 6. No key? I have a windows live account...wth does that get me? thanks I plan to put this on a spare raptor in my main box. I have a 780i chipset mobo that will give me a boot menu choice at startup...so I should be good to go.

leave it outside on a tarp in the sun and preferably on a very cold day. cold + UV + pound the heck outta it (yay bush!) + febreeze = sleepable.

I have not seen a release date yet? I will try this game anew once patch is applied. No prejudices.

Just played the PC demo at 1920 x 1200 and max details, with 4xAA and 4xAF...plays pretty well. I thought they tweaked the atmospheric stuff just right (sounds, fog, lighting, etc...). Definitely more engaging than original. I love orig, though it got old after a bit. I will buy this game, when I have time to play. The weapons seem better, I like the improve aiming down the sights (a'la COD). The sound is great in 5.1. Improved graphics, but you can tell it is the same engine.

I was in 6th grade and I remember coming home and crying. I was such a big fan of the shuttle program (had an inflatable one hanging from my ceiling in bedroom). I had a model shuttle cockpit I had constructed from a refrigerator box and lots of markers in my basement. Hours of fun! I also remember, because my grandfather died on the same day. Bad times.

Thanks for replies all. Fatherhood is a very interesting thing...so far. @Preacher: Ugly bearded nurse, eh? Yeah, I really need to shave. That was last thing on my mind. @Duke: I told my wife that story this morning and she laughed and laughed. @Laz: I posted in your thread. Cute boy! Like I said, with a jaw like that, get him boxing. My girl has a wicked right cross when changing her diapers. Also, she clawed at my jugular the other day, so I have lots of hope. @Bush: Old man? Psshhhh, ok kettle, this is pot signing off. Thanks for the hax flitter, 'preciated!

I would go on broadband forums and find ppl complaining about your service in your area. I did this when mediacom (first) crapped out my service by overselling my neighborhood, which meant that during peak times-which is when I game-I had crappy ping and all kinds of p/l. I eventually got to a thread that a former tech for the company was posting in...he posted the private office phone # of a vice president of our region...well, myself and about 25 other well informed people left exactly the same message about overselling bandwidth. I'm not saying there is a correlation, but the very next week...our service had been fixed. Unfortunately, i moved a couple years later, to a a new place with the same problem...about a dozen calls later and 4 service visits...it still sux. oh well...here are my short hairs.

...so did ne one actually buy this thing? or is it still roaming wild?

Congrats man! It's a pretty humbling thing. That's a big boy! I love his jaw...get that kid boxing ASAP. My daughter gave me a wicked right cross when I was changing her. She's small, but I have hope...she'll be kick-boxing within a year.

Clara Mae 7lbs 4oz, 22 hours labor, Jan 23. Wanted to let the UT homies know (and everyone for that matter). We'll see if Bushwack is right. *edit I'll post a link to flickr image, but cannot insert as photo here, less someone wants to instruct me in that fine art. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tekmet/3224501896/ EDIT: Flitter hax

First of all, these are not even native rabbits. They have populated areas after being released as pets, and those with a remnant of instinct have taken over. Yes it is sad, b/c they are oh so cute, but they are probably hurting native wildlife and plant communities by unnaturally competing with them. I love amphibians, but I am all for the killing of non-native cane toads in Australia (cane toads come from central America) because they have wiped out several rare native species. That being said. My dog ate a rabbit today. It was road kill that I took home for him...but it must have been good, cuz there's none left!

That's what you get for playing something other than a PC. Dork, uh, I mean Dark!