# what the fuck? computer is acting very unsexy **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528 **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:** 1 **Showing post:** 25
### 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-the-fuck-computer-is-acting-very-unsexy/199528)._