Dec
15
Entitled - Notepad
Filed Under Data recovery, Ranting, Stupid, djlizard | 10 Comments
Welcome to part 1 of 1 of Self-entitlement for dummies: hunting and escaping.
When I left you last I was blathering on about my history and crap. Now I'll tell you what happened that SNAPPED me right back into reality.
Tits McGee entered the shop at 4:00 and was all like "here's the laptop and keyboard for the keyboard replacement" and one of our receptionists was all like "oh hey Mike there's a keyboard replacement" and I was all like "not to mention the keyboard replacement"
But seriously...
(Remember, naughty language ahead. This time I fucking mean it.)
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Aug
30
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*
Filed Under Data recovery, Microsoft, Technical, Windows 2000, XP | 2 Comments
Perform a registry hive recovery using the information in my System Volume Information article for the hive mentioned after CONFIG\ (typically SYSTEM).
Sorry, Windows 2000 users, Microsoft hath cursed thee without an enabled-by-default automatic registry hive backup facility. Try ERUNT, though, and perform similar steps to roll back your failed SYSTEM hive when it inevitably fails.
Jul
29
Data recovery article / Dial-a-fix
Filed Under Data recovery, Delphi, Dial-a-fix, Linux, Technical | 1 Comment
I have put up the beginning of my data recovery article on my wiki. It focuses on using Linux and various free tools (ddrescue, smartctl, badblocks, testdisk) to recover data at the software level. It is not really complete, probably contains errors, and is highly opinionated.
If you are an intermediate end-user or a beginner technician, this is a good article for you.
If you see any problems in the article or have constructive criticisms, please email me using the link at the top of the data recovery article.
If you wish to link to my article, link to it using the words "data recovery" to give me some pagerank boost for that phrase :)
If you find it very helpful, send me a donation!
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Now I'll work on Dial-a-fix again. Oh yeah - I can't do the C version right now, it's too much for me. But I will be giving the Delphi version some organ transplants and you should see a new version of old Dial-a-fix soon. After I get that patch out, I will get back to doing it in C. I will be leveraging the things I've learned about Win32 and C into the Delphi version though, so it hasn't been all for naught.
Also, I won't be writing new Dial-a-fix in C++; it will be written in C, which is more up my alley.