Why me Bill?

Deadmeat · Post by **Deadmeat** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:06 pm

I can't for the life of me think of anything I might have done to piss off His Holiness, but it must have been real bad.

For reasons I won't go into, I was reformatting my main rig. Shortly after getting Windows installed I heard a very loud SNAP! One of the Christmas lights around my window? NOPE. Popped a capacitor on the mobo? NOPE. Maybe just something in my sound system. I was playing radio on my other comp.

A little while later I went to open the CD tray. Wouldn't open. Hit the manual release and pried it open. THIS is what's left of my WinXP disc.

And let the wrath of Mr. Gates fall upon you for your transgressions.

Just hope nothing more happens before I can afford another copy of WinXP. I'll have to go back to 98SE.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:17 pm

You know, I don't think I've ever seen a legit XP cd before. That's pretty neat.

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:37 pm

S P A N G !

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:17 pm

Call Microsoft up, you should be able to get a replacement disk for cheap or free.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:21 pm

DAYYYYYYYYYYYUM!!

i just had my System Mechanic CD do that to me. its a rather old version but its rock solid.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:41 pm

errr... wow .. i've seen that happen when a disc was stepped on ... a few times, but ...

AceCombat wrote:DAYYYYYYYYYYYUM!!

x2!

and what Krom said... i think the last time i requested a replacement disc for something it was like $10 + S/H and came in about 2 weeks from the day i sent it back.

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:48 pm

Kinda sucks, but you gotta admit, that's pretty darn cool

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:13 pm

d/l a copy of it and use your CD Key, will work fine.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:34 pm

or if you know anyone who has a copy of it. Burn a copy and use your CD Key.

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:16 pm

Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:50 am

Genghis wrote:Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.

And be prepared to buy a new microwave.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:05 pm

Nope, you would be amazed what a microwave can go through.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:32 pm

MD-2389 wrote:
Genghis wrote:Want to make a pretty Christmas ornament? Try putting an old CD into the microwave (it only takes about three seconds), and keep your hand over the "cancel" button.
And be prepared to buy a new microwave.

Krom wrote:Nope, you would be amazed what a microwave can go through.

yup.....

just watch this video and see for yourself.

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:33 pm

goto the local computer repair shop, show them your broken cd, and ask for them to make a copy of one of their shop windows cds

I used to work in a shop, and we had all sorts of cds we used

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:35 pm

AceCombat wrote:yup.....

just watch this video and see for yourself.

Sorry, I'm not into cat porn.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:51 pm

lol, its not cat pron MD. its Sam barrios' powerlabs MTV Microwave safety video.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:04 pm

AceCombat wrote:lol, its not cat pron MD. its Sam barrios' powerlabs MTV Microwave safety video.

Thank you Captain Obvious!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:31 pm

your welcome

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:01 pm

buy a real drive before you put anything back into it...

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:22 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:buy a real drive before you put anything back into it...

would make a great optical disc shredder.... could secure your data so it doesnt get in the hands of zie communists!!!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:28 pm

Don't count on it, better then 99% of the data on the shards of that disk would be recoverable if the commies wanted it.

Wanna dispose of a CD? Incinerate it.

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:16 am

Nah. Will release too many greenhouse gases. I like the trap shooting method myself.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:21 am

I just chuck 'em against a concrete/asphalt surface. Shatter-rific!

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:46 am

Top Gun wrote:I just chuck 'em against a concrete/asphalt surface. Shatter-rific!

That is fun to do =D

One time at work I whipped a dead laptop HDD at the concrete floor, let off a real nice spark and the drive was bent to a pretty wicked curve

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:01 am

Krom wrote:Don't count on it, better then 99% of the data on the shards of that disk would be recoverable if the commies wanted it.

Wanna dispose of a CD? Incinerate it.

yeah... the nsa can even read cds from space even if they have been microwaved using their sophisticated sattelite network.

lol ... the point is he probably wants to consider replacing the do-er of the damage.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:03 am

o rly?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:17 am

You must have a 600x CD-ROM drive?

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:39 pm

damn this forum and its lack of [SARCASM] tags.