Soon to be Simless :(
Jul 6, 2011 1:31:16 GMT
Post by CharlieChomper on Jul 6, 2011 1:31:16 GMT
It's odd as now that I have time to play, this had to happen. 
About a week ago, my external hard drive began making noises (it does not appear to point to a hard drive failure, however--that's the good news. The noise appears to be pointing more toward an issue with the enclosure it's in, possibly a fan). So, as it's still under warranty, I may have to send it in for repairs (once the company finally finishes moving facilities and their support resumes requests and such). This also means looking into having to reformat and possibly wipe the drive before sending it in.
The really bad news is that because I had to install many of my Sims 3 packs onto it, I will soon have to say farewell to them all until it gets home, hopefully safe and sound and working again.
In the meantime, it looks like I may not be able to play Sims 2 either for related reasons.
However, I fully intended on backing up everything on that drive onto a backup drive I have on order (as backing it up onto DVD I don't honestly consider to be much of a viable option--the drive going in for repairs is about 1TB, or roughly 170+ DVDs...).
So, once it does arrive home again and I can reinstall, I hope to be able to complete the Constructo challenge and just play again.
About a week ago, my external hard drive began making noises (it does not appear to point to a hard drive failure, however--that's the good news. The noise appears to be pointing more toward an issue with the enclosure it's in, possibly a fan). So, as it's still under warranty, I may have to send it in for repairs (once the company finally finishes moving facilities and their support resumes requests and such). This also means looking into having to reformat and possibly wipe the drive before sending it in.
The really bad news is that because I had to install many of my Sims 3 packs onto it, I will soon have to say farewell to them all until it gets home, hopefully safe and sound and working again.
In the meantime, it looks like I may not be able to play Sims 2 either for related reasons.
However, I fully intended on backing up everything on that drive onto a backup drive I have on order (as backing it up onto DVD I don't honestly consider to be much of a viable option--the drive going in for repairs is about 1TB, or roughly 170+ DVDs...).
So, once it does arrive home again and I can reinstall, I hope to be able to complete the Constructo challenge and just play again.
I hope it goes quickly. 1TB worth of data is such a pain to have to backup. 
