LordXeb

Another trick you can try is use RoadKil's unstoppable copier and try to copy the user folder when running as administrator. Also, try running as admin, open browse in the program and see if you can see through your user folder. If you do you can copy the account. otherwise, r-studio is always a good thing to have. It ain't free but it is very handy for recovery.

That is good to hear. Also good on backups!

You beat me to it.

I think this a great idea as well. Going to throw my hat in the ring if you need help I am on board.

Hey I would be happy to joint he podcast jk. I just found out you guys had one.

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Sounds like the file system got damaged somehow. BTW, it likely was still recoverable. R-Studio is an awesome piece of software.

Dude I know what you mean. I went to a techsupport forum and people are just idiots there too. There is no "experts" on OCN anymore. Just people spewing *. I went over to TechPowerUp and LinusTechTips afterward.

I left sometime in 2018 and haven't really been back since. The new forum is great and all but I barely see any staff there. I see old faces but the place is not the same. And god what a mess with everything. Enterpise, how have you managed to stay as admin for all this time? I would have been so frustrated and said fuckit.

Hello everyone. I am Lord Xeb of OCN. Been around on OCN since 2009 and was rather active for a time. Then I got old and lurk more these days. But hey, good to see a lot of old faces around here. This place is small but there is an ass ton of experience amongst everyone (including myself :D). Anyways, glad to be around. Also, if you see Pickles Von Brine on TechPowerUp or Linus Tech Tips that is me. There is a bit of a long story on that name.

Here is another thing I would probably end up trying to understand if I went back to college. transient luminous events.

You have no idea. I went through 3 VHS tapes as a kid. Been fascinated and sometimes obsessed with weather since I was a kid.

My other hobby would be weather. If things had worked out I would be a weatherman right now. Like seriously, there are very few things in this world that make me as excited as weather, particularly extreme weather like tornadoes, super cells, hurricanes, derechos, large hail or extreme amounts of lightning, etc. I would honestly have stayed in school long enough to get a PhD with a focus on tornadogenesis and exactly how they form. Ground up or top down. Especially since one of the biggest things you need for tornadoes are large amounts of shear and enough energy to create a super cell. Though they can also form along squall lines like an MCS (mesoscale convective system) or a QLCS (quasi linear convective system). Particularly during derecho events. Though most of those are not strong and short lived. I digress. You can get tornadoes from events like in low CAPE (convective available potential energy) high shear event, or during very high cape events with moderate shear. You can even get it when there is a * ton of cape but not a lot of shear. The explosive updrafts from the extremely buoyant air make up for the lack of shear. a note on cape. CAPE is how much energy the atmosphere has per kg of air measured in Joules/kg. You need good amount of shear and around 1000-1500 cape for a super cell that can produce a tornado. Maybe 500-1000 in a low cape high shear event. Though during a high cape event (2000+ cape though I have seen cape as high as 7000-8000 which is an absolutely stupid amount of energy. Like seriously, the difference between 1500 cape and 7000 is like an engine with 250hp vs a dragster and over 3000hp) you can get a situation where there are very high dew points, lots of daytime heating and a cap event (basically a layer of stable air over top of unstable air keeping the bottom layer from rising/convetcting) can keep things stable. However, as the daytime heating and updrafts form you can get a cap inversion to occur as the updrafts upset the “cap”. Though in this situation the cap is very strong. Basically like putting a cork into a champagne bottle. However, as daytime heating occurs and then things approach night you can eroding of this cap layer causing an inversion. With a little shear, bit of helicity and a cold cold front or some other upper air current and boom, explosive thunderstorm developement. Though these kinds situations can also lead to a dreaded derecho event too. Derechos are scary as hell and can do a hell of a lot more damage. helicity in the atmosphere is the amount of spin in an updraft. anyways yeah. Weather

Those can get pricy that is for sure! It was a good plan and I hear ya on the price. Though getting 4 2TB BX500 for that price is a no brainer. My board doesn't have an adapter I just ordered a PCIe to u.2 adapter. Works well no issues. Though I could have gotten a PCIe to an 8468 or whatever adapter, ran the cable to a my U.2 in a drive cage or something. Simplier to just plug it in a slot. But meh. Startech makes adapters >:D Honestly it is kinda silly having one but it was a good price and cheaper than getting a 4TB nvme drive at the time. Now you can get 8TB NVME u.2 drives for about 500 on ebay so not bad.

They are pretty good. I think it is 3200/2400 for performance and 1DWPD endurance. Not bad for 500

I just placed an order.

Hey everyone, Has anyone used these drives for mass storage? I bought a sandisk skyhawk a couple of years ago and it has served me well. Plus, they have awesome endurance. I just saw some 8tbs u.2 drives for about 500 on eBay. They also have pretty good performance. I paid that 2-3 years ago for my 4tb. the only downside is they need a pcie slot or an adapter and take up more space than a traditional 2.5.

Hey thanks man! Enterprise told me about this place. Been over on OCN for a long time (over a decade). And yes that is what I am talking about! Hey pioneer! Good to see you here! Long time no see. Yeah that is what I was thinkingZ also I have gotten into the making my system as quiet as possible. The stock cooler on the ultra is.. a little loud for my taste. That said I do like the aio and easily expandable nature of their systems. Though if I go full into water I would get a 360 and a 420 rad. Overkill but why not? Oh I forgot to put that in my bios. I have an evga 3080 ti ftw3 ultra. I was thinking the same. Also it isn’t like I can’t reuse their rads and stuff. Thanks for letting me know! Also, how you been pook? Haven’t been on OCN in a bit.

Hey everyone, New to this community but not new to the scene. Does anyone know anything about these? Are they any good? Card I am using is a 3080Ti FTW Ultra Edit: Please see post later in thread for results: For anyone else looking for details.