My Nightmare ..Getting Better

I go out a buy an ssd Hd about 6 weeks ago,  A few days ago I installed W7 64bit onto that hd. after about 1 day I notice my start up was taking forever.. I figured , either my bios needed to be flashed or something in the bios it self needed to set. Instead of doing it myself , I brought it to someone who's been the business for years, I really didn't want to mess with flashing my bios, Well I just went to pick up my computer only to find out he said the the ssd went bad, Ok np I'll return it , well Microcenter only has a 30 day return policy , Ok worst case scenario I'm out 1 ssd.. 
 Well here's the fun part .. The asswipe decided to install W7 64bit Ultimate over my good running Xp 32bit which had 100's of plugins/software. And no image was made at all..      I do have the .cwp files as I do back ups but I don't see an easy solution as all the .exe are all gone. 
 The installation of w7 64 bit was only done because I was told repeatedly Xp is ending it's life cycle along with my audio device, which I ended up ordering the Roland Oct this morning . Just So that I can have the best possible experience. 
 I am so sick to my stomach right now.. I should of never bought X1... since December I been fighting with this software to get it to work .. And drinking won't work on this one.. I think I need some of that new Mexican Tar floating around Via an IV drip.  OH what a nightmare its going to be to install all those programs .ahhh NI Komplete will take all day..  Sorry for my post.. As I know alot are complaining about whiners dont mean to be one.. But I needed to vent a bit...
 

Been there...done that, ol pal.  My extreme condolences.  But, like my grandmom used to say, "when there's no way back...walk on".  Not much help but the only option any of us have.  Stay strong.  Rock on.

D00d! That is a terrible story. I'm assuming you've already absorbed the appropriate lessons (backups backups backups)(don't let anyone frak with your DAW)

Assuming you, er, own all that software reinstalling everything shouldn't be the total meltdown, but I bet it'll take a while. Tracking down all the freebz VSTs can take a while, but look at it this way, you'll have a fresh clean install.

Invest thee in a good imaging program and make some image captures at various states and tell the computer guy he owes you literally thousands of dollars in the lost software. At the very least maybe he'll chuck some free gear your way or something.

yorolpal


Been there...done that, ol pal.  My extreme condolences.  But, like my grandmom used to say, "when there's no way back...walk on".  Not much help but the only option any of us have.  Stay strong.  Rock on.

> Im wondering if the new M-audio drivers fix'd your issue

Did ya ever try running off USB power olpal?

Bub


Did ya ever try running off USB power olpal?

thanks. his issue should be fixable.. no matter..

don't want to hijack , but with acronis , is it possible to recover an active system partition ?

 Bitman : I tip my hatt to ya..chit happens !!

Yes the serial numbers can be a real pain.   I try and keep them in two places at least.  I have a separate mail file for them (online)

djjhart@aol.com


I go out a buy an ssd Hd about 6 weeks ago,  A few days ago I installed W7 64bit onto that hd. after about 1 day I notice my start up was taking forever.. I figured , either my bios needed to be flashed or something in the bios it self needed to set. Instead of doing it myself , I brought it to someone who's been the business for years, I really didn't want to mess with flashing my bios, Well I just went to pick up my computer only to find out he said the the ssd went bad, Ok np I'll return it , well Microcenter only has a 30 day return policy , Ok worst case scenario I'm out 1 ssd.. 
Well here's the fun part .. The asswipe decided to install W7 64bit Ultimate over my good running Xp 32bit which had 100's of plugins/software. And no image was made at all..      I do have the .cwp files as I do back ups but I don't see an easy solution as all the .exe are all gone. 
The installation of w7 64 bit was only done because I was told repeatedly Xp is ending it's life cycle along with my audio device, which I ended up ordering the Roland Oct this morning . Just So that I can have the best possible experience. 
I am so sick to my stomach right now.. I should of never bought X1... since December I been fighting with this software to get it to work .. And drinking won't work on this one.. I think I need some of that new Mexican Tar floating around Via an IV drip.  OH what a nightmare its going to be to install all those programs .ahhh NI Komplete will take all day..  Sorry for my post.. As I know alot are complaining about whiners dont mean to be one.. But I needed to vent a bit...

Back it up B...lol, too funny.  Not to say I told you so, but "I told you so."

Ohhh Thank God I have back ups of everything.  ..and thank the lord I have all my Kontack sample files on a different drive. I just realized that wooo hoo .. 

Are you trying to imply that this had something to do with Sonar X1? I don't follow that at all. 

That's what a good "Serialz" label in Gmail is for!

...wicked


That's what a good "Serialz" label in Gmail is for!

Absolutely.  I keep copies on two separate drives, as well as a hard copy in a small notebook.

Of course, my main safety net is a regular backup image of my C: drive.

Sadly, there are folks out there who've spent big $$ on their setups -- even to the point of sound- treating their rooms--- but who balk at the thought of spending $40 on imaging software like Acronis True Image.  (Which, though I recommend it, isn't absolutely necessary since both Vista and Win7 have basic backup apps built-in). 

To those folks, I say, respectfully:  Get a clue, and backup your stuff! 

djjhart@aol.com


. The asswipe decided to install W7 64bit Ultimate over my good running Xp 32bit which had 100's of plugins/software. And no image was made at all..   

Sue the bastard