The **OFFICIAL** GMAIL Thread

[DMage]

Can someone send me an invite? I'll post more back one I get them. Thanks.

 

[Kenny0829]

Sorry no more left for right now, but since I got rid of what I had I know I'll get more maybe soon

 

[RDMustang1]

I would love an invite if someone is kind enough to share

 

[Jagg]

Originally posted by: Loxias

Originally posted by: Jagg
If someone can help me solve my HD problem, i'll send you a Gmail invite:

I installed a new seagate ultra-ide 200gb hd (as a second drive and purchased as an AT HD) in my p4 3.0 system with a 120gb SATA boot drive and 1GB of ram (it's the new Dell XPS). The seagate is jumpered as a primary master since that is the only way i got it to work. The SATA is the boot drive with windows. It worked great for about 2 months, but the other day i was gaming from it and the whole system locked and i got an 'exception' error.

When i rebooted, i got a blue screen message from WinXP that the new HD drive volume was 'dirty' and it used a dos-like chkdsk to run a diagnostic which was returning bad sectors from 1500-67000. After the chkdsk ran (and said it couldn't fix the sectors due to insufficient drive space , even though i had 150GB free), the pc booted normally, but the drive was not there anymore. Now every time I boot, i get that chkdsk screen or a drive error from the bios if i change the setting. I now have the drive disabled in the bios. I have some really important home movies on the drive that i need to recover.

Any ideas or good website/forums to use to recover my files? I tried using ontrack recovery software, but since the drive is not recognized by windows, the program would not recognize it.

When you say that the drive isn't recognized by Windows do you mean you don't have a drive letter? If it's running a chkdsk everytime it boots, Windows is seeing it. Check that the drive is listed in Device Manager. If it is and there isn't an exclamation mark check out Disk Management and make sure it's listed in there. I'd agree that it's a hardware problem, but if you weren't using Dynamic Disks or have anything other than a Basic Disk then you still at least have a possibility of recovering the data.

The chkdsk is run PRIOR to windows running, its almost DOS-like, but once it gets into windows, nothing recognizes that another drive is installed, not device manager, disk management or even the seagate tools for windows can locate a second drive.

 

[ZowieHowie]

Originally posted by: luckytree

Originally posted by: justme
:frown: I give up. For two days I have tried to snag one of the many generous offers for a gmail account and continually get beat to the draw. Would some kind sole please consider sending me an invite in PM? Thanks

Same here!

They have been trying for 2 days?!?!? They both joined today.

 

[kevman]

The chkdsk is run PRIOR to windows running, its almost DOS-like, but once it gets into windows, nothing recognizes that another drive is installed, not device manager, disk management or even the seagate tools for windows can locate a second drive.

does it show anything in Xp's Disk Manager?

Control Panel --> Admin Tools --> Comp Management --> Storage ---> disk manager


check it out and let us know if that hd comes up there.

 

[imported_Bruin711]

Could I get an invite from someone please? Thanks in advance.

 

[leggysoe]

I would love to get an invite if someone is kind enough to share..

if you'd like, I can co-share my picture storage account(villagephotos) as a return. =]

 

[gof]

Originally posted by: ZowieHowie
They have been trying for 2 days?!?!? They both joined today.

Maybe they are counting their time as lurkers and missed the codes that people were posting in the open (probably snagged by other lurkers).

Not that I blame them for trying to get a code. I'm glad they signed up. Hopefully they will post some good deals.

That said, I'm still looking for an invite too. And I signed up over three years ago. :laugh:

 

[Kraeji]

Originally posted by: ZowieHowie

Originally posted by: luckytree

Originally posted by: justme
:frown: I give up. For two days I have tried to snag one of the many generous offers for a gmail account and continually get beat to the draw. Would some kind sole please consider sending me an invite in PM? Thanks

Same here!

They have been trying for 2 days?!?!? They both joined today.

they were trying yesterday in lurker mode

 

[gof]

Originally posted by: Kraeji
they were trying yesterday in lurker mode

I like the way you think

 

[Kraeji]

Now give me an invite because I am homeless.. and I lost my legs in vietnam...and am an orphan and I eat dogfood

 

[RayEarth]

please send an invite this way when available.

 

[leggysoe]

got mine, THANK YOU SO MUCH, John!

 

[Schadenfreudex]

I would love an invite.
Thank you !

 

[Jhill]

For those that recieved invites through their gmail account, how long did it take to recieve invites after you opened your email account?

 

[gof]

Originally posted by: Jhill
For those that recieved invites through their gmail account, how long did it take to recieve invites after you opened your email account?

From reading other posts, it seems to take about 11 days or so. One poster also mentioned that after he didn't get any invites, he emailed support asking about it. Apparently support responded by sending some invites!

Still looking for an invite for myself. Please PM if you have one to give. It would be much appreciated!

 

[manno]

I'll mooch, and return the favor

 

[randadore]

ATHD forum has been good to me over the years. I'd like to give back too.

5 gmail invites to the first 5 PMs. You know the drill. PM me your name and email.

Good luck! I'll bring more here if I get more invites later.

 

[Adam8281]

ooh, I hope I'm in time!

 

[randadore]

Holy cow, that was fast! I'll bring more when I get them again. For those with yahoo emails, don't forget to check your spam folder. Sneeky how they filter the invites as spam!

 

[Kraeji]

PM sent!

 

[Adam8281]

Woo hoo! Thanks, Randadore, for the invite!

 

[TitanDiddly]

If you have 2k posts or more, and are one of the first three to quote this message, you will get Gmail.

1 left.

 

[gof]

Sigh... Missed that one too

But, I'm up to 100 posts. WooHoo! (looking on the bright side of things)