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Thanks for the help. I'll do that. I'm currently trying to remove the write protection in reg, we will see how this goes. I figure, if this drive is done, can't hurt it too much more lol. I'm on a Windows OS that I don't care much about so not too worried if I mess it up too bad.

Side note, I did try to remove write protection using diskpart in cmd prompt. Can't remove it because I lack the proper permissions.

I woke up a few days ago after mistakenly leaving my pc on over night. The pc had, I assume, tried to do a Windows update and got hung. When I got to it, the screen was black and pc was unresponsive. After tring to get the system to respond, I went ahead and turned it off and back on understanding that this could mess up the os. However, when I went into the bios after, it was no longer recognized as a bookable device, so I couldn't do a system repair, restore, or any use of the other Windows tools to repair the disk. All that to say, when I tried to move, edit, or anything else to the files on that drive, an error pops up saying the drive is write protected and I can't take ownership of the files due to this so I can't move and edit them. I've tried several avenues to take ownership of the file in the security settings and in the CMF takeown cmd. Running out of ideas and wanting to know if you all have and advice. The only thing I really want off the drive is the Minecraft world my daughter and I play on. So any help is appreciated. TLDR: OS got corrupted, can't access the folder the holds my daughter and I Minecraft world to move it to a new OS due to ownership and write protection issues.

That really isn't too bad, probably about double current prices. I halfway figured it would be like when SSDs started hitting the market. But I guess that was different than an upgrade to an existing product.

Hey, yea you're right about feeling left out lol. Been there with computer upgrades before. In my experience, when new architecture comes out, it's either prohibitively expensive or kinda buggy. So I think I'm willing to take the risk, thanks again for the input!

Thanks for the advice guys. The reason I upgraded gpus is I went to 1440p and my 980 just can't do it well. Plus more and more games are requiring more than 4gig vram. I'm currently leaning towards the upgrade now. It's a gamble either way but the 5800x should last me a while. Thanks again!

Budget (including currency): $2400 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, a little bit of everything, not streaming/video editing or mining. Other details Gaming at 1440p So I got lucky with Best Buy a couple of days ago and nabbed a LHR 3080. I'm currently running my old 6800k and am wondering, do I upgrade now and grab a 5800x or do I wait to see Intel's offering at the end of the year and upgrade then. Just looking for opinions as I've not been following the tech space very closely this year. I usually keep my computer about 5 or 6 years if not more. Thanks in advance!

The hospital began training doctors and nurses how to don and dof tyvek suits since we have a bunch left over from Ebola. Couldn't help but get a picture of my 10mil subscriber shirt from Lttstore.com

Oh cool I'll check that out too!

Cool, I'll do that! Thanks for the link!

Hey, I've thought about that too. I've looked at 6950x on eBay. Unfortunately the best prices I come across feel sketchy or go for $400-600 used. For that I could grab a couple semi decent cpus and mobos. Thanks though!

Hey, yea I've looked at unraid because I've seen LTT use it and that's all I'm really familiar with. I've also watched a couple of their videos using it and it doesn't seem to bad. I've also considered selling it. I guess I'm a little sentimental as I'm still using my i5 750 on a p55 board from a literal decade ago in my htpc lol.

Hey guys! So, the wife has okayed a new pc. My kids are getting old enough to use their own and instead of building 2 new pcs for them, I want to take my old one and set up a few virtual machines (two for them and potentially a nas/host). Current build: 6800k (6 core 12 thread) Asus Strix x99 32GB Ram Corsair Dominator 3000mHz Gigabyte GTX 980 Windforce x2 I'll need some more storage and a UPS but that should be it? The kids won't do a whole lot in the machines aside from playing the occasional minecraft and homework. Also, I haven't messed around with virtualized machines at all and I only have a vague idea how it should go down. Is this a feasible idea? Which software is steady enough for kids to muck around on while being new user friendly? Are there any tips you would like to impart on a newb? Do I need to enable virtualization in the bios? Or should I just build them 2 newer cheap computers? Thanks very much as I have no idea what I'm doing!

Our family's first computer was a Windows 3.1 machine. We had all kinds of fun on that machine. One thing I remember was a Jurassic Park game. My very first addition to a computer was adding a CD-Rom to it. It came with Return to Zork i think. Knowing my mother, I'm sure she's got it stashed away somewhere. Next time I take that 7 hour drive, I'll post some pics.

Just for completeness sake, ASUS sent me a new board today. All in all the turn around in the repair was like 6 days including shipping back and forth and a weekend. All in all, I'm very pleased with Asus's RMA process. Quick turn around is nice, good communication. Would RMA again.