This was part of a two day chat I had with a friend about his dying HDD (It was really a bad reg file). He lost EVERYTHING he had.
Him: I hate my computer
Me: deja vu.
Him: hdd is toast.
Him: had to replace it and start over.
Me: How do you mean "toast"?
Him: Blackout while I was out reset everything.
Him: It was back to where things were yesterday.
Him: Only worse.
Me: But the drive still reads?
Him: Slightly.
Him: Just enough to tell me it refuses to boot.
Him: Oh well, got a 111g hdd now.
Me: Not toast, just browned.
Me: After you get your computer set up on the new HDD (With a anti-Virus) plug in the old drive as a slave and see if you can read it.
Me: I bet 80% of your files will still read just fine.
Me: Trust me, I had to deal with this all the time while working as a tech.
Me: Nothing is lost, you just can't find it at the moment.
Him: Well after the format everything's shot.
Me: You formated the drive?
Him: Yes.
Me: Why?
Him: Only way to get the registry fixed.
Him: Nothing else was working.
Me: Ooooh, Dan.
Me: Well, have you put anything on the drive since formating it?
.....
Me: Please tell me you aren't loading windows on it right now...
Him: I reformatted it last night, loaded windows, and it crapped out again during a blackout today.
Him: I'd gotten firefox and a couple instant messengers installed.
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Me: Oh, Dan.
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