UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted June 9, 2012 Damn and blast it!...HDD failure, with all my downloads on it! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redpiano 6 Posted June 9, 2012 Can't you just find the download link in the old email or something? You shouldn't have to repurchase the game, if so then that's messed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted June 9, 2012 Can't you just find the download link in the old email or something? You shouldn't have to repurchase the game, if so then that's messed up. probs long since gone..I don't mind too much, it's only $9.99 I spose Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tranquillo 10 Posted June 9, 2012 Get yourself an external HD for backups, UK. Well worth it in the long run. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herr Prop-Wasche 7 Posted June 9, 2012 It's no fun when your computer goes wonky. Are you sure the HD is unrecoverable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptSopwith 26 Posted June 9, 2012 Damn and blast it!...HDD failure, with all my downloads on it! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH Not that this does you a damn bit of good now but... I too keep my game downloads backed up in multiple locations. Really need to invest in a new external HDD though so I can flat out image my gaming desktop computer. Makes life so much easier in the event of a crash. Perhaps there's a subconscious desire to donate to the cause - that it might hasten the release of WOFF and, with it, the beloved Sopwith Snipe! At any rate - my sympathies, Widow. It sucks to lose data... and it's happened to me far too many times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) Get yourself an external HD for backups, UK. Well worth it in the long run. It was the external one! never realised until I've come to reinstall it It's just not showing up in the BIOS or in Windows Explorer Edited June 9, 2012 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tranquillo 10 Posted June 9, 2012 Now that is a bummer. It doesn't help you now but My downloads are on 2 HDDs, 1 in the PC the other external. Was it working OK last time you used it? If it's USB try plugging it in on another socket if you've got one. There are various HDD diagnostic tools on the 'net and some are collected together on the Ultimate Boot CD. Of course, I've just remembered this was your line of work, Doh............I'll just be of now as I've got to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted June 9, 2012 Now that is a bummer. It doesn't help you now but My downloads are on 2 HDDs, 1 in the PC the other external. Was it working OK last time you used it? If it's USB try plugging it in on another socket if you've got one. There are various HDD diagnostic tools on the 'net and some are collected together on the Ultimate Boot CD. Of course, I've just remembered this was your line of work, Doh............I'll just be of now as I've got to teach my grandmother to suck eggs. lol Appreciated m8...yeah, did all the usual...it's as dead as a dodo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corsaire31 7 Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) May be I am over cautious, but I had so many surprises in the last 25 years that I always have 3 copies of important stuff... 1 on a second PC HD, 1 on external HD and 1 CD or DVD depending of size. For OFF I have a CD with BHaH patches, HitR and 1.47 patch that is stored with my game DVD. For RoF and IL2 1946 I have whole folder copy of the games last version on external HD ( 24 Gigs for my IL2 install) so I just have to reinstall from the original DVD and make a copy of the whole folder on top. Edited June 9, 2012 by corsaire31 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
