I lost ALL my music over the weekend. I installed Vista and it thrashed my PC and I had to do a clean reinstall after it corrupted all my external hard drives.
I'm talking over 10 years worth of mp3's I had saved. These things MONEY can't buy. Hard to find stuff I'll never find again. I'm trying to pretend like it didn't happen.
I've downloaded the essentials like the Wilco, Sonic Youth, Van Morrison, Radiohead, Black Keys, Jeff Buckley discographys, as well as some current and all time favorite albums like Fionas Tidal, Animal Collectives Feels, and some prime David Garza stuff pete hooked me up with.
Otherwise, I got nothing. About 10 seconds pass and I remember an album I liked that I make a mental note to look for. I've got literally around a million mental notes right now. I'm on edge.
If anyone knows any good blogs, or open directories that have "classic" (meaning all time great) albums) on it, please send it my way.
i split this thread because it might be good to have some helpful (maybe even life-saving) links for when this inevitably happens to someone else. the solution of course is to back everything up, something i recently started doing.
there's this thread about downloading songs (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=3412.0) but it's not very useful.
distant cousin: I just sold all my dvds (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=7533.0)
i have a lot of stuff you could download from me via soulseek. my name's cutselfnot if you wanna give that a go.
i got some beatles shit, they're pretty good.
Thanks P.
Yeah, the Vista install, I was fine with, cause I had all my IMPORTANT stuff backed up on 2 500 gig external hd's. But I get Vista installed and right away it says it can't recognize the external devices even while I'm looking at the folder of their contents and it's all there.
THEN BAM. Everything deleted.
It happened just like that.
The worst part is just how much music I had. I mean, I had close to 900 gigs of music. And it's not like pack rat stuff, where I just keep everything, I mean, it was ALOT of music I listened to all the time. I mean, hard to find stuff that I anyone mentioned it, I could upload it (and I have on this site) and have it ready in a few minutes.
I mean, SERIOUSLY.
Alot of the really, really good stuff (Radiohead, Pink Floyd, shit that sounds good on headphones) I had in FLAC/complete lossless audio, which is tough to get cause you can only get at invite torrent sites where you need to keep a ratio, and these files are BIG.
I lost alot of other shit too, like pictures from highschool, saved e-mails and other things from high school friends who aernt even alive, hard to find scripts, just tons of shit I'd been collecting over the last 10 + years I've been on the net.
It's like losing your memory, but you CAN remember the memories you USED to have, but can't remember any of them.
hey dude you should write a movie about this it'd probably be pretty sweet.
no soundtrack, of course.
I spent 10 years downloading music that I could write to, then 10 years later I'm finally ready to write a word and lose all that music.
This movies something like 50 years in the making. I don't do math, I write.
i'd be pissed if i lost my advance rip of blues traveler's "straight on till morning"
and that one everclear album, don't get me started
hxxp://www.wehategoodmusic.blogspot.com/
...contributing to the moral decae of xixax :yabbse-undecided:
Well anyway this blog is really nice. Guy has good taste (in my oppinion) and everything is uploaded on mediafire which means you can download more than one file at a time, if you are not a member.
...and Stefen stop being such a homo!
Thanks for that. I'll check it out when I get home.
I've gotten a pretty respectable music folder the last few days.
And I'll stop being a homo when I get the rest of my music back and I can stop sucking dick for it!
Quote from: Stefen on July 06, 2007, 05:23:16 PM
Thanks for that. I'll check it out when I get home.
I've gotten a pretty respectable music folder the last few days.
And I'll stop being a homo when I get the rest of my music back and I can stop sucking dick for it!
You can start sucking my dick, I'm all out of pussy!
Like you have any music I want.
Not a big fan of Abba.
SORRY.
Quote from: Stefen on July 06, 2007, 06:08:39 PM
Like you have any music I want.
Not a big fan of Abba.
SORRY.
And I'm not a big fan of Garth Brooks...We will never form a band :yabbse-sad:
haha.
That blog you sent was very good. I liked how they had every band alphabetized. I downloaded 10 + albums from it last night.
Heres some other great blogs I've found in my pursuit to get my music back.
http://www.nodatta.blogspot.com/
http://igetdrunkoffmusic.blogspot.com/
http://www.openyourarmsandwelcome.blogspot.com/
http://wearethebrainwashers.blogspot.com/
have you taken your drives anywhere or downloaded/bought anything to see if the data can be recovered?
I already reinstalled Windows so everything is gone.
I've built up a pretty good music folder since it happened so slowly but surely I'm getting everything back.
i joined demonoid today. would you like an invite?
Yeah, sure. Let me check it out.
I'll send you an oink or indietorrents invite as soon as I get some if you haven't gotten one yet.
you'd be my personal jesus if you could get me into oink. it won't let me invite you to demonoid just yet because i'm so new but i'll keep checking up on that.
i have, like, 10 oink invites. if anybody wants one, let me know...
Quote from: Reinhold on July 30, 2007, 06:53:35 PM
you'd be my personal jesus if you could get me into oink. it won't let me invite you to demonoid just yet because i'm so new but i'll keep checking up on that.
Sounds good. Thanks.
Quote from: bonanzataz on July 30, 2007, 07:44:29 PM
i have, like, 10 oink invites. if anybody wants one, let me know...
Oh, would love one of those!
Let's turn the now playing thread into a thread about oink too!!
I'll start.
Quote from: Stefen on July 10, 2007, 11:36:02 PM
Heres some other great blogs I've found in my pursuit to get my music back.
http://bolachasgratis.blogspot.com/
http://www.regnyouth.com/
I've been going to Regynouth since Mod showed it to me a couple years ago, but what's the deal with the site now? Whenever I bring it up, my virus scan/anti spyware goes nuts quarantining crap, and then regynouth will just direct me to some spyblocker website. Is this just me or is it happening to anyone else?
no, it happens to me too. it sucks so i've really slowed down visiting. but you just hit SKIP TO SITE and can get there ok. i think the guy who runs it actually got robbed right after he cashed a paycheck and then didn't have money to keep the site up because he didn't collect enough donations. so, that sucks.
I know the one you can just click skip ad at the top, that one doesn't bother me very much, and I shouldn't complain because beggars can't be choosers, but there is another one that says something like would you like to install spydoctor? And when you click no it takes you to the spy doctor webpage and tries to install anyways. The worst part is the fact that it makes your browser full screen and I hate that.
Like I said, beggars can't be choosers so I shouldn't complain.
This is a great thread. I've found so much of my music because of it. I'd like to thank everyone for helping me out including the admins who stickied it.
I SO wanna try installing vista again because it looked so crisp and clean but it didn't work for shit. Maybe when the new service pack is released it will work better.
Most of these still work.
http://lastbench.livejournal.com/689.html
Quote from: Stefen on August 28, 2007, 03:11:32 PM
I SO wanna try installing vista again because it looked so crisp and clean but it didn't work for shit. Maybe when the new service pack is released it will work better.
Don't misconstrue what I'm about to say as support for Vista, but I got a new laptop with Vista on it, and I'm yet to really have my music raped by it. I think it's probably because I selected that I didn't want to install Windows Defender, but I don't know. You should be fine.
I think it's probably better to have Vista pre-installed on a new computer instead of upgrading from Windows XP.
I really should just leave it alone, but I really like the way Vista looks. Maybe I'll wait a few more months.
Maybe trying snagging a Vista skin for XP?
Yeah, I should try that first. Thanks for the suggestion, Walrus.
Demonoid has been taken down by the RIAA and the MPAA.
With torrentspy and isohunt now blocking American users, our choices for pirated crap is getting slim. I hope we don't have to start paying or shit again.
fuck! i just recently got an invite for demonoid and they got so much amazing shit in there...
Quote from: Stefen on July 10, 2007, 11:36:02 PM
Heres some other great blogs I've found in my pursuit to get my music back.
http://www.nodatta.blogspot.com/
Fuck me!!!
Not So Fast...
THANKS TO ALL NODATTA'S FRIENDS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT A JOKE. AFTER 1 YEAR AND 6 MONTHS THE RIAA HAS CLOSED OUR WEB SITE.
BUT WE WON´T STOP OF SHARING MUSIC, AND WE WILL COME BACK.
YOU MUST WAIT FOR NEWS IN
http://www.lastfm.es/group/●●●+no+data+●●●
THANKS AGAIN
WEBMASTERS: NELSSON & GABRIELAnyone know of other good sharing sites? Looking for Deerhoof and Arcade Fire links.
Well, that sucks. I would always DL random stuff from there so I didn't waste my ratio on oink.
Mac, are you a member of waffles or what.cd? I don't have any invites now since I've handed most of them to people here, but I'll send you one once I get some if you wanna PM me your e-mail.
I guess copyright is for losers...so let's not beat around the bush.... here is my collection of super cool links!
http://no-datta.blogspot.com/
http://partofthequeue.blogspot.com/
http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com/
http://mandarkzilla.blogspot.com/
http://wearethebrainwashers.blogspot.com/
http://wedrinkoldgold.blogspot.com/
http://www.soundfeverz.blogspot.com/
http://www.soundfeverz.blogspot.com/
http://indiehitlist.blogspot.com/
http://theeta-backtoschool.blogspot.com/
http://mp3zzz.blogspot.com/
http://mp3daily.blogspot.com/
http://theeta-musictherapy.blogspot.com/
http://robinhoodofindiemusic.blogspot.com/
http://robinhoodofindiemusic2.blogspot.com/
is there another Vista (doesn't let customers use their own PC's the way they want to) Thread?
Microsoft warns on Vista update
Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.
The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.
Most of the software hit by the upgrade are security programs that prevent Windows users falling prey to viruses, trojans and booby-trapped webpages.
The Windows Vista update will be released to the public in mid-March.
Update loop
Service Packs are among the biggest updates Microsoft issues for its various operating systems. The software firm said SP1 makes Vista more secure and reliable and introduces some new features.
The list of programs affected by SP1 is divided into three. Some will be blocked by the update, some will not run and others will lose some of their functions.
PROGRAMS HIT BY SP1
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend Micro Internet Security
Zone Alarm Security Suite
Iron Speed Designer
Xheo Licensing
Free Allegiance
NYT Reader
Rising Personal Firewall
Novell ZCM Agent
Of the 12 programs mentioned, six block viruses or keep an eye on the places someone visits online.
Microsoft warned that its list was not "comprehensive" and asked people to get in touch with the maker of any affected software to fix problems.
Although the update will become widely available in March, Microsoft is releasing it to business customers in February.
Microsoft has also been forced to withdraw an update to Vista that was required before Service Pack 1 could be applied.
Writing on the Windows Vista blog, Nick White, Microsoft product manager, said the company had withdrawn the preparatory update while it investigated.
Isolated reports suggest that some machines on which the preliminary update has been applied go into an update loop.
He wrote: "We are working to identify possible solutions and will make the update available again shortly after we address the issue."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/7205059.stm
Published: 2008/02/22 10:45:18 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
This isn't so much about Vista, as it is about losing all my music to my external hard drive, but does anyone know of a cheap alternative for having data recovered from a faulty hard drive?
The prices are looking steep, and I'm not sure what exactly instigated the trauma. I haven't dropped it or anything, it's just ceasing to be recognized by the computer and the light that it has is blinking now instead of staying steady, like normal.
Well, my external harddrive died today. It's working, I just can't get my computer to recognize it. I plug it in and nothing comes up and nothing is shown in device manager or my computer.
Fuck it.
I'm just going to start buying CD's again. What's a good place to purchase cd's online? Preferably something indie or not too corporate and not too expensive.
I'm open to suggestions.
insound.com
emusic.com is great.
Quote from: Stefen on May 08, 2008, 09:21:10 PMPreferably something indie or not too corporate and not too expensive.
elitist...
Theres alot of good searchable albums here.
http://www.sordomusic.com/db/
Awesome, thanks for sharing.
Quote from: Stefen on August 16, 2008, 07:44:12 PM
Theres alot of good searchable albums here.
http://www.sordomusic.com/db/
Thanks. This one is proving to be a great source; lots of rarities too.
Quote from: Stefen on August 16, 2008, 07:44:12 PM
Theres alot of good searchable albums here.
http://www.sordomusic.com/db/
I love you Stefen.