[quote post=”2371″]When finally Ubuntu installed, it fixed windows some how…[/quote]

Your previous install probably messed up the windows boot loader. Ubuntu installed GRUB which solved the issue. Makes sense now. :)

[quote post=”2371″]That and I am still looking to transfer hosts because my old new host (the one i just got that is) pulled out from under me and took my money[/quote]

Ouch! DH fucks up every once in a while and it is slower than slowpoke but when it took my money, they gave it back. :P

Just so you can see that i am indeed using ubuntu :)

and since you wrote that while i was writing my bulleted list i would like to point out that my computer came with XP Media edition, it DOES have an SATA hard drive, although it has never caused me any issues…
and I have Vista Ultiment because my friend has this college course and all you have to do is burn the CD and the college was given unlimited product keys, because i think its beta edition.

Like i said, if i hear the word “partition” or “windows” or any word for that matter I am going to throw something… I think its time for me to go to bed.

We will work on my multipul partition thing tomorrow…

That and I am still looking to transfer hosts because my old new host (the one i just got that is) pulled out from under me and took my money (the only money i have saved that i get for my birthday, that i use for my website) so I have to find a web hosting friend so I can bum off him for a while.
Just more and more stress… why did I ever get intrested in computers? I should have taken football.. then i would be so dumb important things wouldn’t matter to me anyway. :)

After a long night here is the break down:

* I have been able to spam your blog so much Akismet thought I was a spammer.

* I fucked up my windows

* I now have for some reason 6 partitions on my hard drive

* When finally Ubuntu installed, it fixed windows some how…

* I have to figure a way to delete all my extra partitions, and make one giant partition thats FAT32 so then i can share; because currently i have one 60 GB partition, and one 5GB partition usable, out of a 160 GB hard drive.

* I am really tired, I hate everything, and I am lame enough to summerize my night with a bulleted list (an unordered list go figure ;) )

DUdglkdfjalfkdjalf j

[quote post=”2371″]Don’t you just hate when you have a friend or realitive who trys to put you in touch with someone because “they are a computer person” or “this person does this and that with computers so obviously you guys will just hit it off”[/quote]

That actually doesn’t happen that often to me. Usually people try to introduce me to their friends who need free tech support – as in: “I have this friend, and she is having all these problems with her computer. Maybe you can check it out.” Ugh…

[quote post=”2371″]For some reason Ubuntu isn’t even installing, it says there might be an error with the hard drive (i sure hope not) I will just run on the CD untill I can figure out a solution. [/quote]

Odd… I never had a problem like that. Try formating the drive clean, make a single partition and install windows.

Also, if your computer came with Vista, you might have one of these SATA drives. XP install disks do not have SATA drivers on them so this is why you are having problems installing it. I think you can load SATA drivers from a USB/floppy drive by pressing F6 at some point during the install, but it is a hassle. Just try to roll out Vista from scratch and see how it works for you. Better to have Vista than nothing. :)

[quote post=”2371″]So is it worth it to go vista, or should i stick with XP?[/quote]

I’d stick with XP, but if you are feeling adventurous you can check out Vista. Or you could try dual booting the two – simply install XP on the same drive, just in WINDOWSXP folder or something like that. It will work just fine because both store user data in different places Documents and Setings vs Users :P

@ths – yeah, I noticed that too. This usually pops up when discussing worst professors ever. I always tell the story about my horrible calc 3 teacher at which point people seem to be amazed that I voluntarily took Calc 3 and then then proceed to tell me how they changed their major just to avoid taking Calc, and how they are horrible at math. Sigh…

A few things:
1) in reply to above:
Don’t you just hate when you have a friend or realitive who trys to put you in touch with someone because “they are a computer person” or “this person does this and that with computers so obviously you guys will just hit it off”
I hate this, mainly because they have NOTHING to do with ANYTHING i am intrested in… (ignoring the fact that i hate being “set up” with friends) its like oh thats cool that guy develops microchips for NASA… that doesn’t mean we have the same interests… I develop websites and am a graphics designer… I don’t go to some “punk kid” and some “preppy kid” and put them togeather and say “hey you guys will make great friends because you both go to the mall” lol why would we have the same thing?

Next: For some reason Ubuntu isn’t even installing, it says there might be an error with the hard drive (i sure hope not) I will just run on the CD untill I can figure out a solution. If I kill another hard drive I am going to cry… like… just sit down… and let myself cry… I might not stop crying for an hour… and you know what… that will be okay, I will have earned that right and I will take it.
I. HATE. ME.

Maybe this is why people just ask for help before they go about doing stuff all willy nilly… they don’t want to be failures at life like I am. Anyway… Thought I would keep you updated on the progress.

this kind of self-deprecation occurs equally often when talking about mathematics. all kinds of people like to tell they are “bad at math” when we talk about university (I studied math and CS). I still don’t understand that. There are so many fields and topics within math, I cannot believe that all the people who are so eager to tell me this are really bad at all those topics. Did they never try? Are they incapable of leading a normal life? I don’t know.

Might be that people just are too lazy to think about the multitude of options. Same for computers and my job: all my neighbours think just because I work for a major computer company (with funny stripes in the name’s font) I can “fix their PC” when they screw it up by applying some weird registry fixes from a magazine which promises to speed up their computer by some 1000 percent. No one cares that my professional jobs never involved M$ windows ;), and noone believes me there …

(sorry for all the comments tonight)
I just noticed that i haven’t totally screwed myself over, because the files are still intact in the hard drive, i just screwed up windows… so I will backup all my BIG files, and my images and invaluble stuff, and then just put it back onto the windows install after I finnish reinstalling. If you have a better idea please tell me. :)

(btw, mon-key allways fools me i always think the “-” is just there for show)

its not written in RoR

and I also just want to say all this has given me the thought to finnally install ubuntu again. (i haven’t not because of what happened last time but more in part because i was lazy, and it seems ubuntu is bad luck)

well just so happens, me and ubuntu IS badluck

I went to install it, and then realized i clicked the wrong partition after about .1 seconds of pressing go.

So i thought “ah i will just exit out and all will be good”

So i get a “error loading operating system” when i try to reboot into windows….

I fucked my partition over, and will now have to reinstall windows, which is a pain in the ass and so I will probably just run this for a while. Now here is my question:

I have Vista Ultiment and i have XP Media

Last time i rolled back vista because it didn’t allow me to run my favorite programs, but now all my favorite programs have updated with vista support. So is it worth it to go vista, or should i stick with XP?