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08Jan2 17:00
A server failure has occurred (this effects Ed's Room, and other sites running on my machine). When I try to remote it I'm greeted with "The file or directory c:\WINNT\Registration\R0000000000e9.clb is corrupt or unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility."

08Jan2 18:16
I've been working on but the OS won't boot. It gets half-way through "Starting Windows 2000" and then blows with a BSoD. I've tried recovering the OS with the installation disk but it can't even find the OS on the drive. :(
I'm going to try some more recovery techniques (doubtful) and then I'll pull the drive and try it in another computer. (FYI: all the system data (email, databases) are on the D drive which, as far as I know, is fine.)

08Jan2 18:31
I got in via the Recovery Console only to find that there are no files on the C drive. I'm currently waiting on a chkdsk to see if the drive is physically bad. I hope it is because the alternative scenario is disturbing.
(BTW, the D drive looked okay, though the Recovery Console didn't have access to any of the folders.)

08Jan2 18:48
"Good news, everybody!" Chkdsk found some errors, apparently fixed them and the machine now boots. Everything else should fall into place, soon.
BTW, the first event log message of Jan 2 at 1p was "The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort0, did not respond within the timeout period." followed by "The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume C:." four hours later. I have no idea what caused the "corruption" but it seems that it wasn't very severe after all.

08Jan2 19:34
The OS seems stable; but IIS is non-responsive. Trying the 2k "Repair" tool didn't do anything so I'm reinstalling IIS (hopefully I won't have to recreate all the virtual web sites).

08Jan2 23:22
No such luck. I couldn't get IIS working properly (there must have been some severe file corrupage that a repair couldn't fix). Now I'm reinstalling the OS. I'm not reformatting the drive in the hopes that most of the software will just continue to work.

08Jan3 00:24
I'm much too tired to keep fucking with this shit tonight. I've reinstalled the OS and it looks like I've got to also reinstall all the apps. This all takes time and I don't want to fuck with it anymore. I'll probably get it done tomorrow morning.

08Jan3 10:21
The struggle to make Windows do something useful continues. The onslaught of never-ending reboots is at hand. The first two priorities are edsroom and my web mail client. Having done that, everything else should be relatively straight-forward.

08Jan3 12:03
Straight-forward, perhaps, but nevertheless very time consuming. I foolishly left a fresh installation of Windows exposed to the internet for nearly twelve hours. Predictably it now has at least one bit of malware on it. By the time I've downloaded and installed the remained of the critical patches (and the anti-viral software) who knows how many might show up? I don't want to have to reinstall the OS again but this is the kind of activity I expect when using M$ shit. "If I had paid for this, I'd be pissed."

08Jan3 14:42
OhGod this is taking forever. I'm trying to find a free (or trial) anti-viral program that will both run on 2000 Server and can identify and eliminate whatever bit of malware that's trying to send out thousands and thousands of pieces of spam. Of course, I have the computer disconnected from the internet to prevent its payload - but this means that I can't use any anti-viral software's "update" features. And the concept of offline update downloading seems to be completely foreign to all anti-virus companies.
I thought I would be done by noon. It looks unlikely that I'll be able to anything else today aside from sit in front of this shitty computer.

08Jan3 14:56
ClamWin found Worm.Allaple-2. Dammit, worm, it's your fault!
Maybe I can finally move forward, now.

08Jan4 09:11
I'm stunned. After running for approximately twenty hours, ClamWin reported finding some six-hundred infected files. And then: nothing. All it did was report. There was no cleaning, disinfecting, deleting or quarantining. I wasted an entire day with this software only to discover that its default setting was "Report Only". If I had known I would have just reinstalled the OS again and been done by with it all by now.
This is the most infuriating downtime I've ever experienced. Another day of this and I might not bother rebuilding this machine at all.

08Jan4 13:51
Comodo anti-virus worked beautifully. ClamWin can suck it. As of this moment I believe the server to be at 90% correctfulness. At this point I'm going to stop futzing with the machine. If something appears borken drop me an email and I'll see what I can do.

Comments:

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:00 AM from blinkier
thanks!

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:17 AM from alisgray
what a pain this must be. thanks for making it go, Dr. Buffer.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:06 AM from Hanoi Xan
Your dedication is admirable. Thanks!

Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:24 AM from
I told you this would happen if you let anonymous comments!

Oops.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:40 AM from Eriker
Thank you. For all of it.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:42 AM from
Thanks for all the hard work, dr.b. no eds is really really sad.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:58 AM from Arvo
You're doing Nobel Prize-worthy work, dude.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:49 AM from skwormy
woah hey, it's cool to like edsroom now.

some links to fill your unoccupied time:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/03/foliage-covered-building-in-seoul-by-mass-studies-architects/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/garden/03punk.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13136-randy-flies-reveal-how-booze-affects-inhibitions.html

Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:57 AM from hedgie
worm, you never understood the girls who hit you on the playground in elementary school, did you?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:58 AM from skwormy
woah hey, it's cool to like edsroom now.

some links to fill your unoccupied time:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/03/foliage-covered-building-in-seoul-by-mass-studies-architects/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/garden/03punk.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13136-randy-flies-reveal-how-booze-affects-inhibitions.html

Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:33 PM from
jeez, I've been SAVING my errata, worm. don't distract the man.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:46 PM from DGB
He's so chinese he crashed his own site.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:59 PM from
jeez, I've been SAVING my errata, worm. don't distract the man.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:06 PM from pygmy
Hey! Ed's went down, and I went out and socialized and* watched a movie. Do you think there's a link?

Anyhoo, thanks for workin' on it.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:23 PM from
IPsec is your friend...

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:29 PM from Arvo
Yeah, somehow I picture all these Ed's Room people walking out blinking into the sun rediscovering the joys of the outdoors now that Ed's Room is down.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:54 PM from wormus maximus
i at least did wander into the outside, but discovered yet again that the world is really difficult. i guess the shop next door won't be able to work on my car until monday and my school continues to surprise me with what is open and working and what is closed and inaccessible. oh wait, edsroom is up now so nobody is going to read this.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:04 PM from Arvo
It is?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:19 PM from
sadness... I could really use the diversion of edsroom right now. This has been a rough day so far and it's not getting any better.

Good luck in your battle Dr B. We're cheering for you!

Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:58 PM from jarrin
Webadel is working - as soon as I can clear of this virus problem I can get it back online. There may still be numerous interruptions (because that's just how Windows administration is) but it'll settle down in a few hours, I think.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:20 PM from Hanoi Xan
Yay for ClamWin, boo for viruses.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:20 PM from worm
so the problem seems to have been purely software at this point?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:30 PM from
IPsec is your friend...

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:30 PM from worm
so the problem seems to have been purely software at this point?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:38 PM from eriker
is worm being redundant on purpose?

Remember to come to my thing tomorrow night at the Lanes.

i miss Ed's...I am getting far too much work done.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:55 PM from worm
so the problem seems to have been purely software at this point?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:57 PM from dumb worm
sorry, i just realized i'm resending post data when i refresh.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:03 PM from worm
so the problem seems to have been purely software at this point?

Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:23 PM from dumb worm
sorry, i just realized i'm resending post data when i refresh.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:42 PM from
Maybe you should stop doing that, then.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:33 PM from echoegami
ha! reading jarrin.net is almost as much fun as reading edsroom!

Friday, January 04, 2008 8:18 AM from Eriker
Remember the Lanes tonight. (remember the alamo)
www.minnehahalanes.com for directions

My reply to the girl who asked if I wanted the bagels that I purchased for my co-workers this morning, "They can cut them their damnselves."

I am in a great mood.

Friday, January 04, 2008 10:27 AM from Anonymous
"Another day of this and I might not bother rebuilding this machine at all."

:-(

Friday, January 04, 2008 1:13 PM from
is there anything I can do to help?

Friday, January 04, 2008 1:22 PM from Eriker
Me too. I would pitch in for just about anything to save ed's room.

Friday, January 04, 2008 2:15 PM from jarrin
Give me Bill Gates home address. Me n' Wreckie will solve all the problems.

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