Topic: Formatting Help
started by: SHOUTcasterPat
Posted by SHOUTcasterPat on Mar. 22 2002,21:40
I need to reformat my master hard drive, but will I be able to access my media files on my slave drive when the format is complete? I installed the hard drive after I got the computer, so I was wondering if it would recognize it...Please help me!
Posted by incubus on Mar. 23 2002,00:31
yup.
Posted by SHOUTcasterPat on Mar. 23 2002,14:25
I see how it is...next time you little script kiddies need help running your Linux boxes, I will remember this.
Posted by liquid metal on Mar. 23 2002,16:54
I don't know if you're being sarcastic or just blind, but incubus answered your question quite clearly.
Posted by Spydir on Mar. 23 2002,18:12
no offensive, but if you don't know if your harddirves are even installed right, I don't think I'd be accepting help from you with my linux boxes, that I rarely have questions about anyways...
Posted by incubus on Mar. 25 2002,01:52
gah. linux is one big lesson, like life is 
ShoutCasterPAT, what part of 'yup' did you not understand?
I'll not post next time, jeeeeeeez
Posted by editor on Mar. 25 2002,04:01
Hi, Inky, go easy on the young feller. Break him in e a s y.Besides, it's too much fun to read your posts.
So, um, *pat*, how did it work out?
Posted by SHOUTcasterPat on Mar. 26 2002,18:18
I'm sorry for not understanding your one-word post, and it's okay with me if you post again. 
And "editor", I don't need to be broken in unless you are talking about the new detnet, because I have been familiar with this site since January of last year and joined the forums in September. And no, this isn't a flame so please don't get mad. edit: Oh yeah, the format worked great...thanks again
Posted by kuru on Mar. 26 2002,18:22
Yes, it will work. And as long as you do not format the drive with all the music/movies/whatever on it, those will all still be there.If you have installed a Promise card or something like that, you will have to reinstall the drivers for it after you reinstall your OS after you have formatted your main drive to get it to show up, but it is still going to be there.
The only way the data won't be there is if you format the drive it's on, and the only way the drive itself won't physically be there is if you unplug it.
Posted by just_dave on Apr. 01 2002,23:26
| Quote (kuru @ 26 Mar. 2002,01:22) |
| Yes, it will work. And as long as you do not format the drive with all the music/movies/whatever on it, those will all still be there. If you have installed a Promise card or something like that, you will have to reinstall the drivers for it after you reinstall your OS after you have formatted your main drive to get it to show up, but it is still going to be there. The only way the data won't be there is if you format the drive it's on, and the only way the drive itself won't physically be there is if you unplug it. |
I know flames for bringing back an old thread but ..
::sigh::
gotta love a computer chick geek!! -dave
Posted by BlackFlag on Apr. 02 2002,10:37
........ as if she said something astoundingly geekish. Quit chasing the digital poo-tang, cause you're never gonna catch it; electrons travel fast4r than you do.
Pat: the only problem i've ever had with drives is moving them from one computer to another (which does wierd things sometimes....), and incorrectly connecting/jumper-ing the master and slave after routine maintance in da box.
remember:
Heat kills your CPU.
Insufficient RAM kills your HDD.
Wrong refresh rate kills your CRT.
Cigerette smoke kills your CDR.
Posted by kbreak on Apr. 02 2002,10:47
That has to be one of BF's best posts ever. That was elegant.
Short and sweet, and the spelling is almost perfect, 'cept for he wrote "poo-tang"
< poon-tang >
Posted by DELUDED_BIPED on Apr. 02 2002,14:04
What is a "promise" card? I am not familiar with this term.
Posted by Wiley on Apr. 02 2002,16:10
| Quote (DELUDED_BIPED @ 02 April 2002,05:04) |
| What is a "promise" card? I am not familiar with this term. |
Promise is a company that makes low end IDE/RAID controllers. They are most know for their UltraDMA IDE cards (to get faster performance then your onboad IDE when using newer drives) and their IDE RAID controllers that let you mirror and stripe your IDE drives.
Posted by veistran on Apr. 04 2002,08:10
| Quote (Wiley @ 02 April 2002,09:10) | ||
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Promise is a company that makes low end IDE/RAID controllers. They are most know for their UltraDMA IDE cards (to get faster performance then your onboad IDE when using newer drives) and their IDE RAID controllers that let you mirror and stripe your IDE drives. |
that's the nice way of putting it... I like to say, promise makes ghetto IDE/RAID controllers.
Posted by Wiley on Apr. 04 2002,18:19
| Quote (veistran @ 03 April 2002,23:10) |
| that's the nice way of putting it... I like to say, promise makes ghetto IDE/RAID controllers. |
<ghetto>
Yo Yo Yo! Peep dis IDE contollin biatch. Dis muthafucka gots yoo hook'd up wif da dope transfa rate, dig? Sheeeit, it's tighta den a jimmy-hat all up on my shit.
</ghetto>
Thank you, I'll be here all week ...try the veal.
Posted by Beldurin on Apr. 04 2002,18:53
| Quote (Wiley @ 04 April 2002,09:19) |
| Thank you, I'll be here all week ...try the veal. |
Don't you mean "try the viz-eal?"
word.
Posted by liquid metal on Apr. 05 2002,00:20
HOLLAi have just decided i need to learn about RAID stacks, or maybe it's better i don't??
Posted by chmod on Apr. 05 2002,01:49
If it's ghett0 hardware that you're after, look no further.< Afrotech. >
Posted by Wiley on Apr. 05 2002,02:30
| Quote (chmod @ 04 April 2002,16:49) |
| If it's ghett0 hardware that you're after, look no further. < Afrotech. > |
hehe ...I just spent an hour on that site. That is some funny shiznitz.
RAID=Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives
RAID is not always redundant (striping without parity) and not typically inexpensive. The acronym doesn't really fit ...kinda like TWAIN. For 50 points, what does TWAIN stand for?
Posted by Beldurin on Apr. 05 2002,03:10
| Quote (Wiley @ 04 April 2002,17:30) |
| For 50 points, what does TWAIN stand for? |
< TWAIN >
Is that what you were implying?
Posted by incubus on Apr. 05 2002,13:49
TWAIN = Technology Without An Interesting NameRAID = Redundant Array of Independant Disks
*bows*
Posted by incubus on Apr. 05 2002,13:50
| Quote (Beldurin @ 04 April 2002,18:10) | ||
< TWAIN > Is that what you were implying? |
moo. didnt see it was a link!
Posted by Beldurin on Apr. 05 2002,16:02
| Quote (incubus @ 05 April 2002,04:49) |
| TWAIN = Technology Without An Interesting Name RAID = Redundant Array of Independant Disks |
Um, I'm pretty sure RAID is Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, not Independent Disks since RAID drives are, by definition, related to one another. And apparently, the link says that that is not what TWAIN stands for although, personally, I prefer the funny definition to the real one.
Posted by Wiley on Apr. 05 2002,23:00
What is RAID? RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks. A RAID array is a collection of drives which collectively act as a single storage system, which can tolerate the failure of a drive without losing data, and which can operate independently of each other.
I think the latter (Independant) was added because Inexpensive is kinda misleading ....but then again Independant is too.
TWAIN is Technology Without An Interesting Name ...I don't buy the other definition. It was actually on a test I have taken before.
Posted by just_dave on Apr. 06 2002,00:47
| Quote (BlackFlag @ 01 April 2002,16:37) |
| ........ as if she said something astoundingly geekish. Quit chasing the digital poo-tang, cause you're never gonna catch it; electrons travel fast4r than you do. Pat: the only problem i've ever had with drives is moving them from one computer to another (which does wierd things sometimes....), and incorrectly connecting/jumper-ing the master and slave after routine maintance in da box. remember: Heat kills your CPU. Insufficient RAM kills your HDD. Wrong refresh rate kills your CRT. Cigerette smoke kills your CDR. |
Its not the fact that she said anything geekish, or that im chasing digital poon-tang... hehe ... Im being stupid and goofing off with kuru because I find her personality funny. Its called having fun..... I mean heck shes on my icq if I want to talk to her and make jokes I can icq her its much more fun when you all seem them and add comments
-dave
Posted by ic0n0 on Apr. 07 2002,02:50
Fun is evil! Idle hands are satans playground! 
Posted by editor on Apr. 08 2002,12:23
Hey JD; it is *most excellent* if you can have fun with Kuru.
Posted by just_dave on Apr. 08 2002,15:32
Kuru is a great person ... shes funny, and she loves guns what better way to spend hours on the net talking to peeps with great personalities... hey, what can I say im a sucker for a geek chick. 
-dave
Posted by ic0n0 on Apr. 10 2002,19:29
Guns scare me; I think I am going to cap myself accidentally, I am pretty inept with mechanical things. 
Posted by Wiley on Apr. 11 2002,00:02
| Quote (ic0n0 @ 10 April 2002,11:29) |
| Guns scare me; I think I am going to cap myself accidentally, I am pretty inept with mechanical things. |
You'll shoot your eye out ...you'll shoot your eye out
Posted by Beldurin on Apr. 11 2002,04:26
| Quote (Wiley @ 10 April 2002,18:02) |
| You'll shoot your eye out ...you'll shoot your eye out |
Naaaaahhhh....go ahead and play with guns...I triple dog dare you...
Posted by kuru on Apr. 11 2002,16:56
It's always cute when someone digs me because I'm a geek and a chick and that pisses someone else off.How... heartwarming to hear 'Quit chasing after digital poontang'.
Just reminds me of how much I really do kick ass.