Recent content by Dane84

It's not elegant, but you can still do cool stuff with it if you're patient. I've written some physics simulations in Matlab that turned out nicely (Not to say they couldn't have been cleaner in another language).

carnageX, Thanks but I was actually able to figure it out! The data I needed was on the hard drive all along, I just needed to change the security settings to access it. Whew! Crisis averted! I seriously would have lost over a month's worth of work! I'm backing up those files RIGHT NOW!

Hey everybody. I have made the mistake of not backing up some important files on a computer at work. This computer was connected to an APC battery unit, which lost power. Now the computer won't start (even when connected to a normal outlet) and I need to recover these files by whatever means...

Hey I'm Dane. I'm still learning the ropes when it comes to working on computer hardware but have picked up quite a bit wrenching at my job. I've got some programming experience (Matlab and Java) but not a lot. I've always been more of a science geek (physics), but I'm very gradually learning to...