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Why me Bill?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:06 pm
by Deadmeat
I can't for the life of me think of anything I might have done to piss off His Holiness, but it must have been real bad.
For reasons I won't go into, I was reformatting my main rig. Shortly after getting Windows installed I heard a very loud SNAP! One of the Christmas lights around my window? NOPE. Popped a capacitor on the mobo? NOPE. Maybe just something in my sound system. I was playing radio on my other comp.
A little while later I went to open the CD tray. Wouldn't open. Hit the manual release and pried it open.
THIS is what's left of my WinXP disc.
And let the wrath of Mr. Gates fall upon you for your transgressions.
Just hope nothing more happens before I can afford another copy of WinXP. I'll have to go back to 98SE.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:17 pm
by Jeff250
You know, I don't think I've ever seen a legit XP cd before. That's pretty neat.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:37 pm
by TheCope
S P A N G !
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:17 pm
by Krom
Call Microsoft up, you should be able to get a replacement disk for cheap or free.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:21 pm
by AceCombat
DAYYYYYYYYYYYUM!!
i just had my System Mechanic CD do that to me. its a rather old version but its rock solid.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:41 pm
by fyrephlie
errr... wow .. i've seen that happen when a disc was stepped on ... a few times, but ...
AceCombat wrote:DAYYYYYYYYYYYUM!!
x2!
and what Krom said... i think the last time i requested a replacement disc for something it was like $10 + S/H and came in about 2 weeks from the day i sent it back.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:48 pm
by Admiral Thrawn
Kinda sucks, but you gotta admit, that's pretty darn cool
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:13 pm
by CDN_Merlin
d/l a copy of it and use your CD Key, will work fine.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:34 pm
by Aus-RED-5
or if you know anyone who has a copy of it. Burn a copy and use your CD Key.
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:16 pm
by Genghis
Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:50 am
by MD-2389
Genghis wrote:Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.
And be prepared to buy a new microwave.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:05 pm
by Krom
Nope, you would be amazed what a microwave can go through.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:32 pm
by AceCombat
MD-2389 wrote:Genghis wrote:Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.
And be prepared to buy a new microwave.
Krom wrote:Nope, you would be amazed what a microwave can go through.
yup.....
just watch
this video and see for yourself.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:33 pm
by ccb056
goto the local computer repair shop, show them your broken cd, and ask for them to make a copy of one of their shop windows cds
I used to work in a shop, and we had all sorts of cds we used
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:35 pm
by MD-2389
AceCombat wrote:yup.....
just watch
this video and see for yourself.
Sorry, I'm not into cat porn.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:51 pm
by AceCombat
lol, its not cat pron MD. its Sam barrios' powerlabs MTV Microwave safety video.
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:04 pm
by MD-2389
AceCombat wrote:lol, its not cat pron MD. its Sam barrios' powerlabs MTV Microwave safety video.
Thank you Captain Obvious!
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:31 pm
by AceCombat
your welcome
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:01 pm
by BUBBALOU
buy a real drive before you put anything back into it...
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:22 pm
by fyrephlie
BUBBALOU wrote:buy a real drive before you put anything back into it...
would make a great optical disc shredder.... could secure your data so it doesnt get in the hands of zie communists!!!
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:28 pm
by Krom
Don't count on it, better then 99% of the data on the shards of that disk would be recoverable if the commies wanted it.
Wanna dispose of a CD? Incinerate it.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:16 am
by dissent
Nah. Will release too many greenhouse gases. I like the trap shooting method myself.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:21 am
by Top Gun
I just chuck 'em against a concrete/asphalt surface. Shatter-rific!
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:46 am
by Matrix
Top Gun wrote:I just chuck 'em against a concrete/asphalt surface. Shatter-rific!
That is fun to do =D
One time at work I whipped a dead laptop HDD at the concrete floor, let off a real nice spark and the drive was bent to a pretty wicked curve
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:01 am
by fyrephlie
Krom wrote:Don't count on it, better then 99% of the data on the shards of that disk would be recoverable if the commies wanted it.
Wanna dispose of a CD? Incinerate it.
yeah... the nsa can even read cds from space even if they have been microwaved using their sophisticated sattelite network.
lol ... the point is he probably wants to consider replacing the do-er of the damage.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:03 am
by roid
o rly?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:17 am
by JMEaT
You must have a 600x CD-ROM drive?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:39 pm
by fyrephlie
damn this forum and its lack of [SARCASM] tags.
