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Tala · 02-09-2003, 11:35 AM

*sigh*

Turned on the computer this morning to discover that I no longer could get to any of my stuff because this stinkin virus destroyed the bios and whatnot, not sure what the hell it was or I'd share.

Here's the problem: I lost EVERYTHING. All of it. Photoshop, games, CONTENT, EVERYTHING.

Including the email program. Which had my receipts from the purchase of my content. *sigh*

Yes, I know I'm an idiot. I had made a backup disk, but (lo and behold), the disk doesn't work,

Would someone from Fetish Brokers please contact me? I'd like to talk to youabout maybe getting my content back.

cetntala AT frontiernet DOT net

Va2k · 02-09-2003, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by Tala
*sigh*

Turned on the computer this morning to discover that I no longer could get to any of my stuff because this stinkin virus destroyed the bios and whatnot, not sure what the hell it was or I'd share.

Here's the problem: I lost EVERYTHING. All of it. Photoshop, games, CONTENT, EVERYTHING.

Including the email program. Which had my receipts from the purchase of my content. *sigh*

Yes, I know I'm an idiot. I had made a backup disk, but (lo and behold), the disk doesn't work,

Would someone from Fetish Brokers please contact me? I'd like to talk to youabout maybe getting my content back.

cetntala AT frontiernet DOT net

That sucks shit, Im on xp and the other day wanted to look for fonts so I downloaded kaza well two damn virus avg caught but didnt catch the 3rd one untill it was two late. this was 2 days ago took me 40 hours to get rid of it and reinstall alot of shit. I first noticed it when photoshop would die on me then other programs etc.. it was called win32/horsance something cant remember the right spelling. Good luck

TOM

Tala · 02-09-2003, 12:17 PM

BUMP

~sigh~

iroc409 · 02-09-2003, 12:20 PM

that really, really sucks. never had that happen, but i did lose a bunch of shit once due to a misinformed usage of ntfs file encryption. yay education!

and now, for all you kazaa users:

download SwatIt off zdnet. it's a trojan scanner. supposed to work pretty good, and it's free.

KRL · 02-09-2003, 12:21 PM

Hey don't give up hope. Had something like that once. Though it wasn't from a virus. The master FAT got fucked up and it looked like everything was gone. I bought a hard drive recovery program and though the directories were all fucked up, I was able to recover about 95% of the files ok.

The data is probably still there and there are some programs that can grab it for you.

Tala · 02-09-2003, 12:21 PM

Thanks Tom. AVG apparently didn't catch this one, and I have no idea what it's called or I'd share with everyone else.

Matter of fact, Norton and McAfee didn't catch it either.

It sucks major ass.

Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else.

Tala · 02-09-2003, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
Hey don't give up hope. Had something like that once. Though it wasn't from a virus. The master FAT got fucked up and it looked like everything was gone. I bought a hard drive recovery program and though the directories were all fucked up, I was able to recover about 95% of the files ok.

The data is probably still there and there are some programs that can grab it for you.

Where to get recovery programs, then? Please? Had to reinstall Winblows, tho. Any help would be appreciated.

iroc409 · 02-09-2003, 12:26 PM

yeah, you need something like a trojan scanner. also, if you don't do it already, something that i subscribe to like clockwork and does very well. i use a seperate drive for all my important data stuffs. anything i need stays on there, including regular email backups. that way, if the OS dies, i can reinstall without losing anything, and it seems to be pretty well protected that way from viruses. all my OS and program files and such are stored on the main drive. works well for me, and doesn't hose me if the OS goes down. just something to think about for those who don't do this. it's better than a backup in a sense, because it's a snapshot of current. (but still do the backup thing)

KRL, and others:
for those of you running w2k sp1, this version does have a known quirk of fucking up the FAT. had that happen once, thought the drive died, nope, just windows. so make sure you're using pre-sp1 or post-sp1 with w2k.

directfiesta · 02-09-2003, 12:26 PM

Just in case you have XP, choose "last known good configuration" when booting.

Otherwise, your disk is still there and the content also. So get a new drive , install it instead of the old one ( leaving the old in the computer ), load your OS, install your programs. Then also connect your old drive on the second ide channel as a master and reboot. Your new drive will boot, and you will see your olkd drive as e or F or whatever letter.

You can than copy from the old drive to the new dribve some or all of your info. Programs tough will not work.

For your email, if OE, copie your wab file, etc... or use Outlook Express Backup to do an exe file and install it on new drive.

Viruses are so shitty that I have a computer just for mail, newsgroups and sharing file systems....

PS: use ghost from now on,....

Tala · 02-09-2003, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by iroc409
yeah, you need something like a trojan scanner. also, if you don't do it already, something that i subscribe to like clockwork and does very well. i use a seperate drive for all my important data stuffs. anything i need stays on there, including regular email backups. that way, if the OS dies, i can reinstall without losing anything, and it seems to be pretty well protected that way from viruses. all my OS and program files and such are stored on the main drive. works well for me, and doesn't hose me if the OS goes down. just something to think about for those who don't do this. it's better than a backup in a sense, because it's a snapshot of current. (but still do the backup thing)

KRL, and others:
for those of you running w2k sp1, this version does have a known quirk of fucking up the FAT. had that happen once, thought the drive died, nope, just windows. so make sure you're using pre-sp1 or post-sp1 with w2k.

Chalking this up to "Live and Learn." Thanks for the advice. Now I just need to get my programs again and try to regain some of my content. This sucks ass.

iroc409 · 02-09-2003, 12:34 PM

yeah, best of luck to you with your content. i hope you can get it worked out.

unfortunately my best computing lessons have been learned by mishap

. although the seperate drive thing was just because i was lazy. i didn't want to have to always move things around when i reinstall 3 times a month.

it has ended up saving me tho, spend the $150 on a bigass drive. my next step is to make a fully raided lan server so i don't have to fuck with backups

02-09-2003, 11:35 AM	#1
Tala Fucked if I know Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Do you have a flag? Posts: 23,368	Fucking boot sector virus! sigh Turned on the computer this morning to discover that I no longer could get to any of my stuff because this stinkin virus destroyed the bios and whatnot, not sure what the hell it was or I'd share. Here's the problem: I lost EVERYTHING. All of it. Photoshop, games, CONTENT, EVERYTHING. Including the email program. Which had my receipts from the purchase of my content. sigh Yes, I know I'm an idiot. I had made a backup disk, but (lo and behold), the disk doesn't work, Would someone from Fetish Brokers please contact me? I'd like to talk to youabout maybe getting my content back. cetntala AT frontiernet DOT net __________________ ICQ: 11120676 \| Google: mindcrime \| Skype: suitemindcrime\|E-Mail: mindcrime AT gmail.com\|PR girl with great writing skills for hire!!!! Contact me to work for YOU!\|TECHIEMEDIA? 24/7 support from some of the best techs in the biz. Tell Jim that I sent you.

02-09-2003, 12:17 PM	#3
Tala Fucked if I know Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Do you have a flag? Posts: 23,368	BUMP ~sigh~ __________________ ICQ: 11120676 \| Google: mindcrime \| Skype: suitemindcrime\|E-Mail: mindcrime AT gmail.com\|PR girl with great writing skills for hire!!!! Contact me to work for YOU!\|TECHIEMEDIA? 24/7 support from some of the best techs in the biz. Tell Jim that I sent you.

02-09-2003, 12:20 PM	#4
iroc409 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 4,728	that really, really sucks. never had that happen, but i did lose a bunch of shit once due to a misinformed usage of ntfs file encryption. yay education! and now, for all you kazaa users: download SwatIt off zdnet. it's a trojan scanner. supposed to work pretty good, and it's free. __________________ <a href="http://www.iroc409.com/"><img src="http://www.iroc409.com/adv/120x60.gif" border=0></a> icq: 1 7 6 4 2 0 9 6 0 Gallery templates for ONLY $25! w00t!

02-09-2003, 12:21 PM	#5
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Hey don't give up hope. Had something like that once. Though it wasn't from a virus. The master FAT got fucked up and it looked like everything was gone. I bought a hard drive recovery program and though the directories were all fucked up, I was able to recover about 95% of the files ok. The data is probably still there and there are some programs that can grab it for you. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

02-09-2003, 12:21 PM	#6
Tala Fucked if I know Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Do you have a flag? Posts: 23,368	Thanks Tom. AVG apparently didn't catch this one, and I have no idea what it's called or I'd share with everyone else. Matter of fact, Norton and McAfee didn't catch it either. It sucks major ass. Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else. __________________ ICQ: 11120676 \| Google: mindcrime \| Skype: suitemindcrime\|E-Mail: mindcrime AT gmail.com\|PR girl with great writing skills for hire!!!! Contact me to work for YOU!\|TECHIEMEDIA? 24/7 support from some of the best techs in the biz. Tell Jim that I sent you.

02-09-2003, 12:26 PM	#8
iroc409 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 4,728	yeah, you need something like a trojan scanner. also, if you don't do it already, something that i subscribe to like clockwork and does very well. i use a seperate drive for all my important data stuffs. anything i need stays on there, including regular email backups. that way, if the OS dies, i can reinstall without losing anything, and it seems to be pretty well protected that way from viruses. all my OS and program files and such are stored on the main drive. works well for me, and doesn't hose me if the OS goes down. just something to think about for those who don't do this. it's better than a backup in a sense, because it's a snapshot of current. (but still do the backup thing) KRL, and others: for those of you running w2k sp1, this version does have a known quirk of fucking up the FAT. had that happen once, thought the drive died, nope, just windows. so make sure you're using pre-sp1 or post-sp1 with w2k. __________________ <a href="http://www.iroc409.com/"><img src="http://www.iroc409.com/adv/120x60.gif" border=0></a> icq: 1 7 6 4 2 0 9 6 0 Gallery templates for ONLY $25! w00t!

02-09-2003, 12:26 PM	#9
directfiesta Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 29,701	Just in case you have XP, choose "last known good configuration" when booting. Otherwise, your disk is still there and the content also. So get a new drive , install it instead of the old one ( leaving the old in the computer ), load your OS, install your programs. Then also connect your old drive on the second ide channel as a master and reboot. Your new drive will boot, and you will see your olkd drive as e or F or whatever letter. You can than copy from the old drive to the new dribve some or all of your info. Programs tough will not work. For your email, if OE, copie your wab file, etc... or use Outlook Express Backup to do an exe file and install it on new drive. Viruses are so shitty that I have a computer just for mail, newsgroups and sharing file systems.... PS: use ghost from now on,....

02-09-2003, 12:34 PM	#11
iroc409 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 4,728	yeah, best of luck to you with your content. i hope you can get it worked out. unfortunately my best computing lessons have been learned by mishap . although the seperate drive thing was just because i was lazy. i didn't want to have to always move things around when i reinstall 3 times a month. it has ended up saving me tho, spend the $150 on a bigass drive. my next step is to make a fully raided lan server so i don't have to fuck with backups __________________ <a href="http://www.iroc409.com/"><img src="http://www.iroc409.com/adv/120x60.gif" border=0></a> icq: 1 7 6 4 2 0 9 6 0 Gallery templates for ONLY $25! w00t!