# what the fuck? computer is acting very unsexy **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528 "2008-09-10T11:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/21 "2008-09-11T12:19:52Z")
> [@Mr.Automatic"](#): > > um, power supply, hdd, optical drive;mo board, case… how can a manufacturer fuck that up? its not like they even make any of the components… They do make the motherboard…and then use the cheapest shit components possible…that is all! ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/22 "2008-09-11T16:10:08Z")
> [@Mr.Automatic"](#): > > um, power supply, hdd, optical drive;mo board, case… how can a manufacturer fuck that up? its not like they even make any of the components… > > ok i pulled the hdd out and put it in the other computer. still doing the same shit, except now it says Verifying DRM pool or some shit like that, then i get the blinking cursor. please fucking tell me the hdd isnt fried… I had about 10 western digital hard drives stop at the verifying drm pool data. The drives were fucked. HP, Sony, IBM have pretty high standards for what hardware goes in to their machines. Acer, toshiba, newer dell, etc… will put whatever is cheapest that day into their machines. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/23 "2008-09-12T05:35:49Z")
> [@Optical illusion(s)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/optical-illusion-s/37839/19): > > I had about 10 western digital hard drives stop at the verifying drm pool data. The drives were fucked. > > HP, Sony, IBM have pretty high standards for what hardware goes in to their machines. Acer, toshiba, newer dell, etc… will put whatever is cheapest that day into their machines. well I booted up with the Vista DVD and ran checkdisk from the command prompt. It recognized the disk no prob, did it’s thing and returned zero corruption. The drive is recognized in the BIOS. I was able to run a system restore on the drive, but it didnt fix shit. It is a western digital drive though. please tell me its not fried. I always assumed that the 500gb was twin 250’s, given the C and D drive config, but I am not acutely aware of the fact that it’s a single 500, with two partitions. All of my company data, bids, quickbooks, etc are on there. I was always adamant about backing things up and keeping a copy on the C and on the D drive. Lot of fucking good that did, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/24 "2008-09-12T06:27:52Z")
You need to plug that drive into a working system and backup/recover all your data before proceeding. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/25 "2008-09-12T07:51:00Z")
> [@Not sure how I missed this, Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 GTR](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-sure-how-i-missed-this-mercedes-mclaren-slr-722-gtr/37847/12): > > well I booted up with the Vista DVD and ran checkdisk from the command prompt. It recognized the disk no prob, did it’s thing and returned zero corruption. The drive is recognized in the BIOS. I was able to run a system restore on the drive, but it didnt fix shit. > > It is a western digital drive though. please tell me its not fried. I always assumed that the 500gb was twin 250’s, given the C and D drive config, but I am not acutely aware of the fact that it’s a single 500, with two partitions. All of my company data, bids, quickbooks, etc are on there. I was always adamant about backing things up and keeping a copy on the C and on the D drive. Lot of fucking good that did, eh? Backups for a company should always be kept off-site, or at least on an external drive not always attached to the computer. I support a company who went to a bank and got a lockbox, and they swap out an external hard drive every friday. If something really bad happens at his shop, they only lose up to a week of work. Can you plug that HD into another working computer to pull data off of it? Don’t try to boot to it, just use it as a “slave”. If the vista cd can access the drive, another OS ahould be able to. I fucking hate Western Digital dives. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/26 "2008-09-12T08:16:55Z")
> [@Optical illusion(s)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/optical-illusion-s/37839/27): > > You need to plug that drive into a working system and backup/recover all your data before proceeding. is there something special you have to do to get the OS to recognize it? cause i did try this in the good comp and it didnt seem to find it. ---
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528/27 "2008-09-13T11:50:49Z")
Are these IDE drives or SATA? If they are IDE… Did you make sure the drives were properly set as master and slave? WD drives use different settings for “single” and “master”…unlike most others. Or set both to cable select and use a “cable select” IDE cable. Did the bios recognize them both? Shouldn’t have to do anything special for the OS to see it… Go into Disk Manager and see if it shows up there… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528.md?page=1)