Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> On 16/04/10 18:06, Steve wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:32:25 +0100, Kris Douglas
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 16 April 2010 17:27, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>> i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and box
On 16 Apr at 15:58, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 15:47, Adam Bagnall wrote:
> > and presumably a release party somewhere soon...
> >
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties
>
> 3 in the UK so far. One in London, one Scotland, one IoM.
Plus one in Banbury, complete with deliciou
David King wrote:
> I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recently. They are even nicknamed
> DeathStar due to a high failure rate years ago when the brand was still
> owned by IBM.
>
> Samsung drives have so far been good for me.
>
>
> david
>
>
>
Sorry, I was looking at the wrong drive, it
On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King wrote:
>
>
> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> >
> > I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
> > years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly
> backups)
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recen
On 16/04/10 18:06, Steve wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:32:25 +0100, Kris Douglas
> wrote:
>
>
>> On 16 April 2010 17:27, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>>
> i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do
> they all work or are some better than others? t
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:32:25 +0100, Kris Douglas
wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 17:27, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>> > i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do
>>> > they all work or are some better than others? tia richard
>>> >
>>> If you enable the http server within XB
On 16 April 2010 17:27, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
>> > i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do
>> > they all work or are some better than others? tia richard
>> >
>> If you enable the http server within XBMC you can use any cellphone with
>> Wifi and a browser...
>>
>> Ca
> > i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do
> they all work or are some better than others? tia richard
> >
> If you enable the http server within XBMC you can use any cellphone with
> Wifi and a browser...
>
> Can't comment on using an *actual* remote as never felt th
On 16 April 2010 15:47, Adam Bagnall wrote:
> and presumably a release party somewhere soon...
>
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseParties
3 in the UK so far. One in London, one Scotland, one IoM.
Cheers,
Al.
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Les Pounder wrote:
> There's also barcamp blackpool on the 3rd july barcampblackpool.com
>
> On Apr 16, 2010 1:45 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote:
>
> On 16 April 2010 13:40, Dave Smith wrote: > Are
> there any similar meets for U...
> Not on that scale. There is oggcamp t
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Thomas Ibbotson
wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King wrote:
> > Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> >>
> >> I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
> >> years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly
> backups)
> >>
On 16 April 2010 15:26, David King wrote:
> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>>
>> I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
>> years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly backups)
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
> I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recently. They are
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
> I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
> years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still take nightly backups)
>
> Al
>
>
I have had a Hitachi DeskStar go bad recently. They are even nicknamed
DeathStar due to a high failure
On 16/04/10 14:46, David King wrote:
> Western Digital hard drives are not known for reliability. I avoid them
> due to the bad experiences I have read about these drives.
I have tended toward Samsung (1st choice) or Hitachi (2nd) for HDDs for
years now. Not had one every fail - yet. (But I still
javadayaz wrote:
> the hard drive is only a few months old btw
>
>
Western Digital hard drives are not known for reliability. I avoid them
due to the bad experiences I have read about these drives.
David
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Adam Bagnall wrote:
> As a true last resort you can try putting the drive in a sealed bag
> (to prevent condensation) and then in the freezer for a few hours. A
> quick google shows there are many reports of this working, although
> I've never tried it and hope I never have to...
>
> Regards,
There's also barcamp blackpool on the 3rd july barcampblackpool.com
On Apr 16, 2010 1:45 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote:
On 16 April 2010 13:40, Dave Smith wrote: > Are there
any similar meets for U...
Not on that scale. There is oggcamp though :)
1st/2nd May in Liverpool. Should be a great weekend!
h
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:38 PM, javadayaz wrote:
> the hard drive is only a few months old btw
Please try to put your replies /below/ the text you're quoting.
Does your brother tend to treat his disks roughly? That kind of
failure rate implies it's the user, not the hardware.
Hard disks are ul
On 16 April 2010 13:40, Dave Smith wrote:
> Are there any similar meets for Ubuntu/Linux enthusiasts that are more
> accessible to amateur Linux tinkerers?
>
Not on that scale. There is oggcamp though :)
1st/2nd May in Liverpool. Should be a great weekend!
http://oggcamp.org/
Cheers,
Al.
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I helped out a friend at an Amateur Radio Enthusiast rally last weekend.
The event was heaving, over the six hours it was opened, they had around
5-6 k visitors. They hired a huge area of a massive hotel in Blackpool.
Are there any similar meets for Ubuntu/Linux enthusiasts that are more
acces
the hard drive is only a few months old btw
On 16 April 2010 13:30, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 13:19, javadayaz wrote:
> > quote : "The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all..
> or
> > even read any data off it"
> >
>
> Unlikely to be the mbr then. More likely the ci
thank you again. will forward your advice.
On 16 April 2010 13:30, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 13:19, javadayaz wrote:
> > quote : "The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all..
> or
> > even read any data off it"
> >
>
> Unlikely to be the mbr then. More likely the cir
On 16 April 2010 13:19, javadayaz wrote:
> quote : "The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all.. or
> even read any data off it"
>
Unlikely to be the mbr then. More likely the circuitry, controller on
the motherboard or disk itself. All of which are hardware issues. if
it were m
quote : "The problem is that testdisk cant find any partitions at all.. or
even read any data off it"
On 16 April 2010 13:00, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz wrote:
> > Quote my brother:
> > "I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible
> for
> > ev
thank you...i will forward this to him
On 16 April 2010 13:00, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz wrote:
> > Quote my brother:
> > "I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible
> for
> > every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think th
On 16 April 2010 12:54, javadayaz wrote:
> Quote my brother:
> "I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for
> every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may
> have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud need to wipe
> th
Quote my brother:
"I don't think it's a sector issue because its practically impossible for
every sector to have become corrupt overnight. Rather, I think the mbr may
have got corrupted somehow and needs to be rebuilt but that wud need to wipe
the whole thing. Is there a recover utility that coul
I've done the freezer trick before on a failing hard drive and it does work.
I found it best to wrap the drive up and give it half an hour in the freezer
and then when you take it out balance it circuit board down on a pack of
frozen sausages to keep it cooler for longer.
However I don't think thi
its a hard drive attached to the netbook. Funnily enough this is his third
HD...and is a western digital HD as well.
On 16 April 2010 12:20, John Stevenson wrote:
>
> On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz wrote:
>>
>>> i dont think
On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz wrote:
>
>> i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
>> netbook
>>
>> but i will forward this option to him as well.
>>
>> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
On 16 April 2010 11:23, javadayaz wrote:
> i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
> netbook
>
> but i will forward this option to him as well.
>
> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
>>
>>> My brother
cool will forward this as well
On 16 April 2010 11:44, Adam Bagnall wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz wrote:
>
>> i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
>> netbook
>>
>> but i will forward this option to him as well.
>>
>> On 16 April 2010
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, javadayaz wrote:
> i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
> netbook
>
> but i will forward this option to him as well.
>
> On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
>>
>>>
On 16/04/10 11:19, richard wrote:
> i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do they
> all work or are some better than others? tia richard
>
If you enable the http server within XBMC you can use any cellphone with
Wifi and a browser...
Can't comment on using an *ac
i dont think he has another machine. He is using ubuntu one on his
netbook
but i will forward this option to him as well.
On 16 April 2010 11:21, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>
> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
>
>> My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All
On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
> My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All bad
> sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data?
>
If he (or you) have another machine, it could be removed and put in that
either directly or with a USB hard d
i dont think there is a backup :)
i will recommend spinrite to him.
On 16 April 2010 11:17, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
> > My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All bad
> > sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the
i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do they all
work or are some better than others? tia richard
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On 16 April 2010 11:08, javadayaz wrote:
> My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All bad
> sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data?
Restore from backup?
People say spinrite is good, never tried it myself.
Cheers,
Al.
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My brother has just had his hard drive fail. Testdisk is saying "All bad
sectors". Is there anything that can be done to rescue the data?
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On 16 April 2010 09:28, Ciarán Mooney wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> Keeping an IRC client (irssi) and other stuff open 24/7 in an instance
>>> of screen.
>>
>> Ah, so you are able to install stuff?
>>
>
> Apart from the fact their Terms and Conditions explicitly state that
> don't allow that
>
> "(Our) defin
Hi,
>> Keeping an IRC client (irssi) and other stuff open 24/7 in an instance
>> of screen.
>
> Ah, so you are able to install stuff?
>
Apart from the fact their Terms and Conditions explicitly state that
don't allow that
"(Our) definition of a background process would be any process that is
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