speakin from my secondary computer (named littlebuddy - dell dimension 2300) while the main (Sagitta - custom) tries to fix itself
well folks ive killed vista... and it wasnt a error it was stupidity
i wanted my old copy of XP on the machine again to start creating maps for COD4 and i was setting up the secondary partion and i guess i sent it to the wrong drive and wiped all my data.
dam it...
the good news is winxp pro installed on the machine in about 3 seconds and booted when i blinked and now i have the ability to write COD4 maps
bad news is ill be down for a while getting backups reloaded and figuring out how i made the mistake so when i attempt to reinstall vista i dont do the same thing (this time ill write down the drive letters

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Frick....
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got network connects online! maybe i will be on TRM today!