So, I managed to recover the hard drive, no problems really, other than the usual.
Lets see, I pulled the hard drive, put it in an external drive enclosure, hooked it up to the other computer and voila! I could see the files! Started trying to copy them... then the fun started...
Me: Oh my gosh... its full of... files. Okay, copy files from external drive, to the computer...
Windows: These are not the files you are looking for.
Me: What? Yes they are. Look, right there in the folder!
Windows: I don't see any files.
Me: How can you not see the files! Look, there, in that folder... the one called Photos!
Windows: This folder?
Me: YES! That folder.
*bing*
Windows: What folder? The truth is, there is no spoon... er, file.
Me: WHAT?! Wait! Where did the folder go!
Windows: I told you there was no folder.
Me: GAH! What did you DO?!
Windows: You do not have permissions for that folder. It belongs to user {0ce4991b-e6b3-4b16-b23c-5e0d9250e5d9} .
Me: What?! That user is the user from the OTHER computer... where I took the drive from. Fine, I'll just assume control of the files... *typing furiously*
Windows: Yeti, what are you doing... Yeti?
Me: Nothing.
Windows: Would you like me to sing you a song?
Me: Sure.
Windows: *begins singing* START ME UP!!! If you start me up, I'll never stop! NEVER STOP!!!
Me: ... almost there.
Windows: I'm sorry Yeti, I can not allow you to do that.
*bing*
Me: GAH! What did you do now?! Okay, you know what, forget it Windows. I'm doing this old school! Where is my command prompt!
DOS: Would you like to play a game?
Me: Yes, lets play, "All your files are belong to us".
DOS: Okay... here are your files. You will be the owner of all the files in approximately 42 minutes.
Me: I love you DOS.
DOS: The nukes will be launched in 12 minutes however.
Me: WHAT?!
Fate: Oh, did you need power for your computer right now?
*BAM*
Me: AAAAH!!! Did we just loose power to the whole hou...
*BAM* ... oh, power is back on. We lost power... just... long... enough... to crash... the computer. Oh gosh! MY FILES! *frantic typing*
Windows: There are no files.
Me: I know there are. Stop playing.
Windows: I know I was messing with you before... but now, I'm serious. When you lost power, the ACL list corrupted. So now, I can't even see the files, to tell you there are no files.
Me: Noooo! Dang you, you danged dirty ACL list!
Windows: If it makes you feel any better, DOS says he just isn't that into you.
Me: I hate computers.
Anyway, long story short, eventually I DID recover the files, and yes, it really did go like that. We lost power and the file system really did get corrupted, but hey... now, once I can get the Screaming Wonder to stop screaming and let me have a few minutes, I'll start uploading photos.
Here are some from Taiyuan.
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... octopus |
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BigD really ate that. I think that trumps the Croc me and SeniorK ate. And yes, BigD really did eat it just to "one up" his big brother. |
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Brothers hanging out... |
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Just chill'n at the hotel... |
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Getting ready for the train from Taiyuan (太原) to Beijing (北京). |
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Cool looking trains, a great way to see the country. |