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System Name | Rocinante |
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Processor | I9 14900KS |
Motherboard | EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS) |
Cooling | EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB |
Memory | 64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400 |
Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
Storage | 1x 500GB 980 Pro | 1x 1TB 980 Pro | 1x 8TB Corsair MP400 |
Display(s) | Philips Evnia 49M2C8900 |
Case | Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White |
Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e |
Power Supply | Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w |
Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
VR HMD | Quest 3 |
Software | Windows 11 |
Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
ok so i got the girl friends laptop. her hard drive is fucked ok?....so i can do a low level format using xp (ntfs (quick)) however ntfs long or normal format hangs at 49%.....same w/ windows 2000 (same format system only long format is avalible) so i do a quicjk low level format ntrfs(quick) and i proceed to install the install gets about half way through than an error happens saying something bout broken cylinders...at this point i knew it was the HDD you see she gave it to me because it would hang at the boot screen the bar would keep going until it restarted.......so iv been running diagnostics currently its on a level 5 run of spinrite6 (amazing program) but if the recovery doesnt work and its been a tad successful...is their any way i can partition around the bad spot? so i can aleast get an OS on her?...i mean ill buy my GF a new HDD but i want the comp to work for her for now till i can buy one any ideas?