Windows 7 Not Seeing Hard Drive/Disk

Setting up a new computer which is running Windows 7, moved an old SATA drive from my previous system to the new one. BIOS recognized correctly, but Windows did not.

When going into Device Manager, the drive was listed. Going to Properties, Volumes, and clicking "Populate" received error:

"volume information for this disk can not be found"

Solution:

Went to Control Panel->Administrative Tools (search for it, or list items by large/small icon) then selected "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions".

This opened the Disk Management Tools window.

One of the Disks listed had an exclamation mark on it and said "Foreign Disk".

Right-click, select "Import foreign disk", then okay, and there it is! Volumes populated, windows explorer sees it, everything's good.

Weird problem. Hope this helps anybody else!

List of Good Music

Here's an ongoing list of music I dig from listening to PopTron: Electro-pop station on SomaFM.
(http://ice.somafm.com/poptron)

I'll keep adding to it, too (i think). My wife hates it all, but if you like any of these artists, you may wanna check out the others.


Updated 2010-09-20:


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indian electronic?
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Karsh Kale
Midival Punditz
Anoushka Shankar
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PopTron: Electro-Pop SomaFm
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Anderson - Sarah for So Long We've Been Disconnected
*La Roux - Quicksand
-little boots - stuck on repeat
**Lusine - Two Dots
*fol chen - in ruins (keepaway remix) (radio mix?)
**Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (wallpaper. Dio remix)
my first earthquake - clean clean
My First Earthquake - Coolway - lsfremix
miike snow - animal (peter bjorn and john remix)
*Yes Giantess - You We're Young
**Mr. Oizo - Patrick 122
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*black ghosts - any way you choose to give it (boy-8-bit version)
*Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head
*Rosebuds - get up get out
Sugar & Gold - closer
Sugar & Gold - sneek freq
Sugar & Gold - Salty Seraphim
Daft Punk - something about us
Digitalism - zdarlight
Sally Shapiro - i'll be by your side (extended)
Tobacco - truck sweat
U.S.E. - K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
U.S.E - We the People
U.S.E - River of Love
U.S.E - Get That Feeling
Mynx - wolf gang bang
live at [] beach - piano monster
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Junior Senior - Hello
Junior Senior - Happy Rap
*Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Fol Chen - In Ruins (keepaway remix)
Fol Chen - In Ruins (radio mix)
phenomenal handclap band - 15 to 20 (montee remix)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (mstrkrft remix)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Blake Miller Is Ruthless Vs Sickboy edit)
Justice - Tthhee Ppaarrttyy
Justice - The Party
Yacht - We Have All We've Ever Wanted ("protect your eyes!")
woodhands - i wasn't made for fighting (keytar hero remix)
natalie portman's shaved head - sophisticated side ponytail
*Lykke Li - little bit
**Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
cars & trains - the wires from my broken record player (remix by radical face)
white shoes & the couples company - tentang cita
Malbec - it won't feel right
*Malbec - Free
Ernest Gonzales - We can live in the forest
Ladytron - Ghosts
Royksopp - happy up here (breakbot remix)
Miike Snow - Animal (Treasure Fingers Rmx 1.1)
Goldfrapp - Rocket
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance
Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son
tim exile - don't think we're one
Grovesnor - Drive Your Car
Bachelorette - Mind Warp
My Robot Friend - Failure
Does it Offend You - ?
Whip - Save my Soul
Whip - Frustration
?Calvin Harris - The Girls
?Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
Calvin Harris - Limits
(g)Chairlift - Evident Utensil
**Empire of the Sun - Half Mast
*John Vanderslice - D.I.A.L.O.
Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Cut Copy - Saturdays
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Calvin Harris Remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Gt Edit)
Presets - Talk Like That
*Von Iva - Lala
*Yelle - Ce Jeu
(g)Rubies - Stand in Line
(dad) Lcd Soundsystem - Yr City's A Sucker (full version)
?Variety Lab - Money
Bird and the Bee - F-cking Boyfriend (*Peaches remix)
MSTRKRFT - 1,000 Cigarettes
Golden Filter - Solid Gold
?G,L,A,S,S,C,A,N,D,Y - Life After Sundown (sorta like blondie)
?G,L,A,S,S,C,A,N,D,Y - Computer Love
(g)Hey Young Believer - Waking Up On The Floor
*Nurses - Mile After Mile
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
Via Audio - Goldrush
Via Audio - Babies
?school - and suddenly
*Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robot Part 1
**(prog)Big Pink - Dominos
*Royksopp - Happy Up Here
*Blow - Hey Boy
Blow - Pardon Me
Blow - True Affection
*Discovery - So Insane
(g)Metric - Grow Up And Blow Away
Benji Hughes - Why Do These Parties Always End The Same Way
Ratatat - Falcon Jab
?LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow
*Her Space Holiday - Wrapped in Plastic
Her Space Holiday - Wishbone
School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
Annie - I Don't Like Your Band
**Soulwax - Ny Lipps
White Shoes & The Couples Company - Tentang Cita
?Rafter - Fruit
?Peter Bjorn & John - Lay It Down
??Le Tigre - Decaptacon (DFA Remix)
?Dntel - Roll On
?FM Belfast - Synthia
Kings of Leon - The Bucket (Css remix)
?Kindness - Swinging Party
Freelance Whales - Starring
?Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (*Teenagers Remix)
?Digitalism - Pogo
?New Young Pony Club - Grey
New Young Pony Club - Dolls
?Wallpaper - Ddd
?Wallpaper - Indecent
?We Have Band - You Came Out
?Farah - Dancing Girls (Suite 304 demo)
Matias Aguayo - Rollerskate
William Blakes - Science is Religion
Thieves Like Us - Drugs in my Body
?Art of Walking - Max Weber
(g)Sal Zaratte - Cross the Line (sounds like doors)
*jj - Into the Light
Bird and the Bee - Rich Girl
**Plushgun - Dancing in a Minefield
knife - silent shout
?Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Grand Lake - She's a Hater
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
?Presets - My People (D.I.M. Remix)
Chromatics - running up that hill
Anavan - up or down(?)
Anavan - Not Sure
Handsome Furs - Handsome Furst Hate This City
Buddy Akai - Cut Me Up (Villains Remix)
*CSS - Patins
CSS - Alala
Holy Ghost - I Will Come Back (Radio Edit)
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*Kings of Leon - The Bucket (CSS Remix)
*Lo-fi-fnk - Unighted
*Lo-fi-fnk - Change Channel
**Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist
*Paul Johnson - Get Get Down (Extended Mix)
Consulate General - Lonesome Sunday
?Sissy Wish - Dwts
*Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
*Ian Fays - The Woo Woo Song (Remix)
*Sugar & Gold - Sneek Freq
*Sugar & Gold - Closer
*Sugar & Gold - On Time
**Phantogram - Turn it Off
?Mary Onettes - Puzzles
Single - Perrito Librepensador
**Chromeo - Needy Girl (lifelike edit)
Chromeo - Call Me Up (Kill the Noise Remix)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
**Yuksek - So Down (ft Chromeo)
HeartsRevolution - C.Y.O.A. (Lauren Flax Remix?)
*Arman Bohn - Warlords
?Discovery - I Wanna be your Boyfriend
Discovery - I Want You Back
*Presets - Talk Like That
Rosebuds - I Better Run
Rosebuds - Silja Line
**LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House
*Sissy Wish - YaYaYa
*Nurses - Mile After Mile
Royksopp - Vision One
?Peter Bjorn & John - Blue Period Picasso
*Peter Bjorn & John - Lay it Down [hey, shut the fuck up boy]
Owl City - The Airway
?Blip Blip Bleep - Ctrl-Alt-Del
New Young Pony Club - Grey
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (Van She Remix)
New Young Pony Club - Dolls
(dad)Fujiya & Miyagi - Uh
Fujiya & Miyagi - Pussyfooting
?D'N'D - Love Come Down
*John Vanderslice - D.I.A.L.O.
*Rapture - The Devil (Alex Metric, Metricity Bootleg)
Her Space Holiday - Wrapped in Plastic
?D Damage Ink 808
Passion Pit - To Kingdom Come
FM Belfast - Lotus
FM Belfast - Frequency
*Freelance Whales - Starring
Freelance Whales - Kilojoules
?Metronomy - Radio Ladio
Plushgun - Dancing in a Minefield
Anderson - Srah for so long we've been disconnected
*Crystal Castles - Crimewave
**School - And Suddenly
*My Robot Friend - Failure
***Empire of the Sun - Half Mast
Malbec - Free
Malbec - Something Wicked This Way Comes
*Santogold - L.E.S Artistes
*My Tiger My Timing - I am the Sound
*Soulwax - NY Excuse
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?*Knife - Na Na Na
**Combo - Just Change (Loose Shus Remix)
CSS - Music is my Hot, Hot Sex (Kill the Noise Remix)
La Roux - In for the Kill
Wallpaper - ddd
Wallpaper - Pool Party
Wallpaper - Gettin Drip
David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix)
?Yacht - The Afterlife
Hexes & Ohs - Wildfire
Dragonette - Fixin to Thrill
*Goldfrapp - Rocket (album: Head First)
*Via Audio - Digital
?Moving Units - Going for Adds
G,L,A,S,S,C,A,N,D,Y - Etheric Device
G,L,A,S,S,C,A,N,D,Y - Life After Sundown
My First Earthquake - Forest with Frenemies
?Snowden - Black Eyes (le castle vania remix)
?Delorean - Deli
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
**White Shoes & The Couples Company - Tentang Cita
?Boys Noize - Arcade Robot
?Boys Noize - LavaLava
*Ruby Suns - Haunted House
*?Digitalism - Pogo
*Digitalism - Zdarlight (album: Idealism)
*Butterfly Bones - XOXO
*Yes Giantess - You We're Young
From Bubblegum to Sky - Even the Sunbeams
*Tim Exile - Don't Think We're One
*Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
*Cut Copy - Saturdays
Chromatics - Mask
Northend - Tee's Happy
*Phoenix - Everything is Everything
Phoenix - Long Distance Call
David Rubato - Circuit (Aeroplane Remix)
*Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
*Justice - Phantom Pt. II [soulwax remix]
*Justice - Tthhee Ppaarttyy
*Cassius - Toop Toop
Lifelike - Adventure
?Maus Haus - Reaction
(g)*Loquat - Sit Sideways
?D'N'D - Love Come Down
**Blow - True Affection
Ratatat - Nostrand
**Ratatat - Falcon Jab
*Ratatat - Shempi
Ratatat - Brulee'
Kill the Noise - Hey You (Paparazzi Remix)
*Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat
?Ladytron - Ghosts
MillionYoung - Hammock
??Slushco - When I Met the Boss of Nova
*School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise
School of Seven Bells - Prince of Peace
*Calvin Harris - Vegas
*Pretty Good Dance Moves - Leave Me Alone (Infernal Device mix)
El Perro Del Mar - Let Me In
*Tegan and Sara - Back in your Head (Tyler Fedchuk's 1, 2alive Disco Remix)
*Alka - Subset Sixteen
Lo-Fi-Fnk - Want U
*Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (Teenagers Remix)
My First Eartquake - CoolWayLSFremix
Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.
*Ben Hughes - Why Do These Parties Always End the Same Way
?Does it Offend You -
We Are Enfant Terrible - I Can't Help Myself
Hndsome Furs - Handsome Furs Hate This City
Raveonettes - Suicide
?Tigarah - Let Me Plus Usb Stick In
?Klaxons - Gravitys Rainbow
*Pony Pony Run Run - Hey You
?Junior Senior - Take My Time
*Rafter - Fruit
*Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side (Extended Mix)
We Have Band - You Came Out
Woodhands - I Wasn't Made for Fighting
?Owl City - Swimming in Miami
?World of Science - You're So Handsome
Bird and the Bee - album: Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1
Sybastien Tellier - Kilometer (A-trak Main)
Rafter - No Fucking Around
*Faunts - Parler De La Pluie Et Du Beau Temps (Copy Remix) (like i am robot and proud)
*Hey Wilpower - Double Fantasy li
Grovesnor - Drive Your Car
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away
Whip - Save My Soul
Yelle - Ce Jeu
Frail - Floated Away
Lemonade - Lifted
Rosebuds - Cemetery Lawn
*Blue Scholars - Tako



Legend:
* = plus 1 - like it a lot
? = like it right now, but might just be my mood
(g),(dad): things G might like or my dad.

"vwl.exe" Virus, Anti-virus Not Updating

Just had a heck of a time cleaning a virus on my Windows Vista laptop.

Symptoms:

- Pop-Up ads
- Norton anti-virus not live-update updating
- Ad-aware giving an error on attempts for update
- "power archiver 2010" coming up
- vwl.exe launching (and others starting with v)
- google searches going to power-search.com or redirecting otherwise
- liveupdate.symantec.com resolves to 127.0.0.1

Turns out the virus changed the DNS entries to its own DNS in the tcp/ip properties. Changing the DNS back to "obtain automatically" allowed Norton to update

Vwl.exe and other files were being added to C:\users\[user]\appdata\local\temp

After deleting all the files in \appdata\local\temp and rebooting in safemode, nothing would happen as if it was fixed. Booting in safemode with networking support though, an .exe like "602.exe" would launch, and then download vwl.exe and others back to the appdata\local\temp.

FIX:

- Was able to update antviruses, specifically Ad-Aware.
- Killed all odd processes beginning V
- Deleted all files in the \appdata\local\temp directory
- ran Ad-aware full scan in safe mode - it found lots of cookies and some other trojan files
- then (*KEY*) booted into safe mode (without networking) and went to Run->"cmd", typed "sfc /scannow"

System file checker found corrupted system files and corrected them. I think something had infected winlogon.exe which is how it would run at each startup and download all the virus files again.

So, try all these steps if you have the previous issues.

Bought a House, A/C Doesn't Come On

After buying our house, we couldn't get the air conditioning unit to turn on at all. Previous owners swore that it worked when they left.

Just paid $55 to have a guy come out and look at it. Turns out, all that was missing was the wire in the thermostat (red loop on the right):



Apparently it's common for people to do renovations on a house before selling it (like new thermostat) and not hook up the AC correctly.

So, if you bought a house and are having troubles with the A/C, check the wires in your thermostat.

These flowers smell horrible, and they're all over campus. Never noticed before.

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Spring is on the way!

test for mpg attachment

This might be a movie of my first test of a gravitational computational model. it's a single particle revolving around a central mass.

Happy Valentines Day!

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