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haute ecole rider |
Apr 14 2014, 04:43 AM
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From: The place where the Witchhorses play
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Sorry to hear of your Mac issues, KOB. Something similar to that happened to me a couple of years ago. Believe me, I know that sinking feeling! Does your MBP have an optical drive, or is it one of the new ones (Retina MBPs have no optical drive)? You do have your data backed up, do you? You may want to try and boot up from a system CD (if the answer is yes) or from the Recovery Mode (for OS X Lion or later). If the computer boots up into the desktop from the CD or Recovery partition, then you likely have a glitch in the update process (i.e. a corrupted download). In that case you'll want to reinstall the system from either the CD or Recovery Partition and get to to the desktop, or restore from a Time Machine backup that predates the update. Then you can try re-downloading and reinstalling the update again. If the computer won't boot up from CD or Recovery partition, then you may have a hardware issue. That requires a visit to the nearest Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Technician. I hope this helps! Do let me know how it goes for you. This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Apr 14 2014, 04:44 AM
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King Of Beasts |
Apr 14 2014, 04:58 AM
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Joined: 15-November 12
From: Imperial City,Cyrodiil
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I'm an idiot so of course I didn't back up my computer lol Thanks for the help I hope I can figure this out Sleep well
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mirocu |
May 22 2014, 10:41 AM
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Joined: 8-February 13
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So yesterday I decided to make some backups of programs on my oldest puter (Win 3.1) in case it drops. I know I shouldnt jinx it but cmon, I have to be able to talk about it... I wanted to transfer them to my Millennium puter because not only do they work on it, from there I can also upload them to my flashdrive. But I can only use 3.5" disks for the first step and fortunately I found one just laying about! I should have more somewhere but one was sufficient for now. I was able to fully transfer Chips Challenge which was my main focus, and then I moved on to copy savegames of CyClones, Duke Nukem 3D and Wolf 3D plus some other stuff. I dont have to bother with the rest of the games because I have those on CDs so I can just install them at any point. Next step is to copy Jezzball and Maxwells Maniac. I did encounter some problems, though. Because many of these programs are not installed in their own folders, the files are scattered all over the place and its sometimes very hard to figure out which file belongs to which program. I wasnt able to copy Paintbrush and some of the images Ive made, but most of them I could transfer and I might even show them here sometime!! What happened earlier with this puter (scroll down a bit)
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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Callidus Thorn |
Sep 28 2014, 05:22 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.
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Had a little trouble earlier in the week. Computer got a virus, though Norton shut it down quickly. The source? The external hard drive I use for backup No idea how it got there. As it turned out, there were in fact four viruses lurking on that hard drive, I'm guessing in amongst the files from my old laptop. *facepalm* My laptop does seem to be a little slower to start up since then though...
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Callidus Thorn |
Sep 28 2014, 05:30 PM
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Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) Regular virus searches is the lesson then.. Norton does that, and I had it on my old laptop, so I'm not really sure how the viruses got there... Still, at least I know they're dealt with. QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:28 PM) QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 28 2014, 06:26 PM) Urk...I need some antivirus on both my Laptop and PC - forgot to add it since I'm finally able to get back online after a year I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! ... You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu. I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter...
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mirocu |
Sep 28 2014, 05:31 PM
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Spam Meister
Joined: 8-February 13
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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Sep 28 2014, 06:30 PM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! ... You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu. I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter... Im not brave, just lazy and cheap
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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mALX |
Sep 28 2014, 06:50 PM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 12:31 PM) QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Sep 28 2014, 06:30 PM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Sep 28 2014, 05:24 PM) I have Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and works for me! ... You're a braver man than I, 'Rocu. I don't trust Microsoft for anything beyond the OS, and that's only because I don't have much choice in the matter... Im not brave, just lazy and cheap I should try it then. I thought they charged for it, not sure why I thought that. My favorite antivirus and firewall (when I could afford to pay) was by Trend-Micro, it was excellent right up until the month it was going to expire, then hounded me with so many dire warnings that I went with Kapersky the next year, then Norton - neither did the job Trend-Micro did - and Thorny - I did get a virus with Norton installed. This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 28 2014, 06:52 PM
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Callidus Thorn |
Sep 29 2014, 10:09 PM
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Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.
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QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 28 2014, 06:50 PM) and Thorny - I did get a virus with Norton installed.
Well, I've had no problem with Norton so far, so I figure between it and Malwarebytes my laptop's pretty well defended. *shrugs*
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Callidus Thorn |
Dec 9 2014, 08:59 PM
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Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.
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Ugh. Trying to download Chrome, since Firefox is giving me issues. But the damn thing's taking forever. Apparently it's going to take four hours to download What on Midgard is it downloading?
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