Carcusian
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Posted - 2007.12.06 21:29:00 -
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Like alot of eve players I know, I am a huge computer enthusiast. I know my way around a windows PC better than most people know their own glorious, naked body. That said, this error put the smack down on me big time, for a number of reasons. First the computer I happened to be using at the time was my folks compy that they use for work as well as pleasure. Second, the only OS backup/CD available to it was the type thats placed stricly as a clean slate reinstall on a hidden partition. Third, there was no other computer immediately available to assist in the process of reecovery. Lastly, I was leaving on a plane in seven hours for New York, so I had so pull an all-nighter fixing CCP's utter wreckage to get the computer running for the folks.
This is s massive black eye on you, CCP. I love your efforts and your work, but maybe this is an area you need betetr help with, in terms of released pacthes and install packages. This whole thing is bringing back memories of the RMR patch that crapped out my uber AGP video card, only to hear most people saying "no way" could a patch do such a thing. Go figure, I knew my suspicious weren't wildly off-base.
Anyways thats my whine and FFS I'm entitled to it.
People who aer looking for a way to access NTFS files from a C: prompt, please look into (google) NTFS4DOS, its one way to bypass the lock that file system puts down on files without proper windows login credentials. However, be aware that alot of the suggestion people are giving about writing or editting or otehrwise manipulating thosefiles may not be available to you as a range of commands will be absent, or require a different operating environment. Its likely Linux in some form could help you mount the drives/files, but its not certain it will help anyways. If you're like me and have a very specific boot.ini file, guessing at a working one will be problematic.
But with a little research on the NTSF4DOS abilities and using copy commands, you ought to be able to make emergency backups of your important files to oterh media. And then, yah, perform a complete OS reinstall, normally with the cntrl-f11 keys at boot in the case of Dell computers.
That was the only way I could do it, givin what i had at hand and the amount of time there was to do the work.
GL fellow players. Black eye on you CCP, I'm sorry the uberness of Trinity ended up being overshadowed by this disgusting mess.
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