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indi
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Posted: 7th Jun 2005 12:58
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primary drive crashes on my older pc a few nights before i back up!

have to restart DT2 from the oldest build, dam that sucks let this be a lesson, back up your stuff more often then month by month.

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Jess T
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Posted: 7th Jun 2005 13:20
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damn, man!

At least you had a backup and don't have to start from scratch like I've seen a few people here have too!

Good luck!

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Van B
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Posted: 7th Jun 2005 17:25
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Look on the bright side Indi - when you re-code, you make it better than it ever was, so you always end up with better code than if you had no crashes .

That's what I tell myself anyway, I'm notoriously sloppy when it comes to taking backups.


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indi
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Posted: 7th Jun 2005 18:07
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yah im trying to convince myself to get restarted on it once my new hd arrives

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Ian T
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 00:58
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Funny coincidence. I just lost my main hard drive due to a head sector crash yesterday.

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indi
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 10:40
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thank god, I copied a lot of data to the 120 gig hard drive, Ive recovered the other drive to a point where i can copy it all to dvds, fun fun fun NOT. this means all the work ive created and the new build of the game is still safe.

still however i have lost a lot of data

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Mason
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 15:25
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Well I feel awkward being the only non-mod here, but what is DT2?

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indi
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 15:45
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its a game im building in the rpg genre

www.lunarpixel.net/dt/tmp


try version 0011

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Mason
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Wow, thats the best attempt I've seen on an rpg in Dark Basic. As far as I know, rpg's and rts' seem to be the hardest to make. Looks good, sucks that you lost some data though. Is this an older version, or did you save it using the Dvd's? Btw, never played an rpg that has right click for a walk backwards, It makes things easier.

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indi
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 18:27 Edited at: 8th Jun 2005 18:30
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ive managed to save it but the system i was on has fallen over so i have to rebuild it and reinstall a myriad of applications(programs)


btw that was the same install of win98se for over 6 years

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Eric T
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Posted: 8th Jun 2005 18:29
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Aww man, that sucks. Good luck getting it (it being both the PC and DT) back together.

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Posted: 9th Jun 2005 04:17
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Quote: "btw that was the same install of win98se for over 6 years
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I c that you take care of your computers very well Mine lasted around 6 years but it had been rebooted and xp added to it. Unfortunately, something went wong with the computer and it took a permanent crap

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Posted: 9th Jun 2005 12:47
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Quote: "Wow, thats the best attempt I've seen on an rpg in Dark Basic."


This could change in a couple months

Just kidding Indi You > Me any day Im sure youll rebuild DT2 greater then it ever was before, youve had speed bumps in the past, and youve overcome them, Im sure youll make it past this one too Long live DT!!!!111one.

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Posted: 11th Jun 2005 22:43
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lol ok its rpg coding wars as it seems

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Posted: 11th Jun 2005 22:48
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I've just lost my HDD to the hard disk crashing fairy too. Oddly enough, when I phoned up a local store to find out some prices he said he'd heard of a lot of FAT table corruptions lately. Could be a virus of some kind ...

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Posted: 11th Jun 2005 22:55
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interesting observation re FAT32.

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Why does no-one ever backup more regularly than once month ??
It should be at least once a week, preferably at least once a day.


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indi
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Posted: 11th Jun 2005 23:10
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I have too many computers, too little time, and had bad backing up practises.
Ive moved my backing up to sundays but when you have a lot of computers to back up each week it can take the latter half of a full day.

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I bought a DVD Writer recently to use for backing up, and was midway through finding a half decent brand/dye of DVDR. Up until the crash, I was only getting about 1/5 good burns....

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Posted: 11th Jun 2005 23:18 Edited at: 11th Jun 2005 23:19
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i swear by the pioneer series of burners
I have an A05 in my g4
an OEM107(just means it came with software but its a A07 model)
and im about to buy a A09 for dual layer madness


I prefer the TDK brand as i find them the most reliable for the actual discs

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