Comment Re:Windows lock-in? (Score 1) 120
BSOD anyone? :)
Submission + - Recovering data from a broken external hard disk
mutu310 writes: Last November, I won a nice 1TB external hard disk in a lottery and I had filled up half of it with data, when Windows gave me a horrifying "delayed write failed" error. Indeed, a few reboots later and tesing on xubuntu gave the same results: the hard drive takes a long while to be detected and makes a grinding sound every 5 seconds or so. Xubuntu can't mount it, and XP tells me (after it freezes up my machine for a few mins) that the disk is not formatted.
Should I throw the box off the roof, or do I have any options for data recovery and/or hardware repair?
Should I throw the box off the roof, or do I have any options for data recovery and/or hardware repair?
Submission + - Out of control windmill closes California highway (turnto23.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The California Highway Patrol has closed HWY. 58 near windy Tehachapi due to a windmill that has lost it's power braking system. They fear a failure could send debris as far as one mile.
