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Recent content by JaconBacon

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    Aus: Internet Upgrade

    That sounds promising, and I'm already with Optus for mobile; They offered me a great deal if I ever wanted to switch to them for internet too. My problem, as it has been explained to me by various telecoms is that the infrastructure to my house is the limiting factor. If I sign up for a new...
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    External HDD Issues

    My friend is staying with me atm and working on it as we speak. Apparently the issue is more complicated than first diagnosed. Now it appears that the Hard Drive itself seems to intermittently work (on Linux) and then become unmountable randomly, making it impossible to know when we can plug it...
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    Aus: Internet Upgrade

    This is aimed at my fellow Aussies, but anyone in the know about our infrastructure and ISPs would be welcome. Our home internet is unbearably slow (speedtest.com tells me my dl speed is 2.21Mbps) and has been for years. Lately though it seems to fluctuate wildly and never for the better. Not...
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    External HDD Issues

    Sorry about the delays. It's a busy time of year. Apparently the dock thing my friend had was a cheap nasty one and blew out every peripheral port on his computer, effectively bricking it. He's bought a new one and it's on the way, but we're still playing the waiting game. If nothing else...
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    External HDD Issues

    Just an update guys: I've sent the HDD off to my friend. He says he has all the necessary equipment to take the drive outta the case and read it directly. For the cost of postage there and back, he can open it up, make sure it's all still there, confirm that the drive itself is fine, transfer...
  6. J

    External HDD Issues

    I have, but it comes up with the same message. The same friend made a similar suggestion about taking out the drive and working through it like that. My issue is that the point of the drive is to be able to cart it around the house / friend's places and be able to plug it into tvs and have it...
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    External HDD Issues

    Just got back from the shop and they said there's nothing they can do for me, that it has to be formatted now. Putting all their bs behind me for the moment until it's fixed, what's my next step forward? A friend has recommended "Take Ownership" as a program to go in and grab all my files and...
  8. J

    External HDD Issues

    jmarket, it did, yes. When I positioned it just right, the power came back to it for a moment, but left again which is what led me to believe that the HDD itself would be fine. gus, I told them what the issue was. I didn't see what processes they went through while repairing it, but they didn't...
  9. J

    External HDD Issues

    So my big external hard drive that I use for storing all my shows / movies / etc... had been buzzing and sounding generally worn out for a while, but it still functioned just perfectly. However, I lent it to my sister and when I got it back the USB port on the hard drive had become loose and...
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    Thank you very much. I'll visit whenever I need :P

    Thank you very much. I'll visit whenever I need :P
  11. J

    Thanks, appreciate the warm welcome from everyone :)

    Thanks, appreciate the warm welcome from everyone :)
  12. J

    Apparently so! I clicked my old bookmark and found the weird microsoft forum on the old domain...

    Apparently so! I clicked my old bookmark and found the weird microsoft forum on the old domain haha. But seriously, I really appreciate the effort you guys all put in. Definitely always make this my first stop. And I'll be donating as soon as I get paid again.
  13. J

    Solved Lost Files After Update

    Thank you both for the suggestion, but I'm a step ahead of you. We have an external drive that we plug in of a Friday and the computer automatically backs itself up over the weekend. We had a back-up ready, but I didn't want to have to do that unless it was totally necessary. Appreciate...
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    Solved Lost Files After Update

    Weird! I did that and followed the address, and there were the files! They were moved into that folder destination exclusively, and wouldn't show up under back-up options or anything. Strange. At least now I know the data is safe! Thank you for the hint. Any idea what may have cause the location...
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    Solved Lost Files After Update

    I had a look and there's nothing there. The work I had been doing had been saved, after every single session spent on it. There's no unsaved / recovered workbooks to be recovered. Access appears to be unaffected which is what strikes me as so unusual. The work done over the last month for the...