I inserted a floppy disk, which was slightly damaged, so I ripped off the metal cover, into the drive of a WinXP machine at school. Due to some corrupt sectors, the computer crashed. Geez some corrupt sectors on a floppy should not be able to crash a machine.
Nothing really happened on my linux machine when it happened, it merely was not able to access the file. Then again I was using command line only since my graphical apps are not installed yet. GUIs have a tendency to crash. I've now been addicted to the command line. Actually that's because my monitor on my linux box has a max res of 800x600 , so GUI does not look good and is unusable, while vga=8 setting makes the command line actually pleasing to the eye when you get used to it.
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
I can see you're a real lamer from your location, your post isn't that annoying but coupling it with your location, you just really look like a fucking moron going on some pointless whine.
*inserts damaged floppy in computer with XP, nothing happens*
Looks like you have bad hardware or bad installation or some fucked up software, and I have Beta drivers and software running on mine.
The OS is apparently fine, and it's likely some driver or crappy software thats responsible.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who did not.
If you manage to crash your computer with a corrupted floppy, you have other things badly wrong with your system.
At worst, Explorer will lock up for ~30 seconds while it tries to access the disk. After it fails, it'll pop up one of a couple different errors, at which point you pop the floppy out of the drive and break it in half (I find it odd that people still seem shocked when I destroy a corrupted disk in front of them).
Shadowhawk
Eric from ASVS
"Sufficiently advanced technology is often indistinguishable from magic." -- Clarke's Third Law
"Then, from sea to shining sea, the God-King sang the praises of teflon, and with his face to the sunshine, he churned lots of butter." -- Body of a pharmacy spam email
not my comp, teacher's comp . Hope all the grades get lost and hard copies destroyed
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
let me rephrase that. I hope the hard on that comp gets corrupted some time in the future, not that the floppy damages the computer. Oh and it's an HP Vectra. Do they have known problems?
ah.....the path to happiness is revision of dreams and not fulfillment... -SWPIGWANG
Sufficient Googling is indistinguishable from knowledge -somebody
Anything worth the cost of a missile, which can be located on the battlefield, will be shot at with missiles. If the US military is involved, then things, which are not worth the cost if a missile will also be shot at with missiles. -Sea Skimmer
George Bush makes freedom sound like a giant robot that breaks down a lot. -Darth Raptor
Pu-239 wrote:let me rephrase that. I hope the hard on that comp gets corrupted some time in the future, not that the floppy damages the computer. Oh and it's an HP Vectra. Do they have known problems?
HPs are generally taken as pieces of shit. But I have seen some good ones.
Formerly the artist known as Captain Lennox
"To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me." - Sir Isaac Newton
I've had XP running for more than a year without the slightest hic-up. But I've been very lucky when it comes to computers. Never lost a HD, never had a virus, never had to reformat at start from scratch.
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-revprez, with yet another brilliant rebuttal.
Johnny Pham there is a real Microsoft hater, so much so that he's tried to trick Windows users by posting DOS commands to nuke their computers. I think it's a bit dickish.
To Absent Friends
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"y = mx + bro" - Surlethe
"You try THAT shit again, kid, and I will mod you. I will
mod you so hard, you'll wish I were Dalton." - Lagmonster
, so GUI does not look good and is unusable, while vga=8 setting makes the command line actually pleasing to the eye when you get used to it.
