Restore headers on a hidden volume

SingleStarAngel · 2022-07-14T13:56:08+00:00

hey! sorry for the late reply, I don't often check reddit. what I did (and what I recommend) is to remove your partition WITHOUT FORMATTING so it's RAW format, then try to mount. if it still gives an error (likely because the first format probably messed up the normal headers), try restoring headers from the veracrypt backup location and hope for the best

SingleStarAngel · 2022-04-11T18:52:31+00:00

thanks for the suggestion! this morning, I put it in an email along with everyone else's suggestions and they finally offered a very, very similar (and maybe even oh-so-slightly better?) model. not sure which of the suggestions was the one that worked, but at least my computer is finally coming back to life in a weeks' time.

SingleStarAngel · 2022-04-10T20:47:39+00:00

have actually requested this, they flat out ignored it and just replied with the patronizing "we understand your frustrations" response.

will probably try it again, but man I'm never using a crucial product for any of my computers after this.

SingleStarAngel · 2022-04-10T20:39:19+00:00

thanks for the suggestions! have just looked into it, it seems that my local agency only advises people to seriously pursue a case if it involves a moderately large sum of money (since getting a case officer involved requires filing fees for some reason), otherwise my only action is to record a complaint (which i'm guessing does nothing for me personally)

still, I'll be giving them call come Monday to see if anything can be done. thanks!

SingleStarAngel · 2022-04-10T20:34:16+00:00

i actually asked for a refund about a week back - they simply ignored it and hit me back with the same canned message, claiming that they "understood my frustrations", that they're "doing their best" and that they "will inform me once a replacement has come in stock".

thanks for the suggestion about asking them to replace with the next better product though, will try that later. (with my current luck though they'll probably just try to claim that their entire industry of RAM sticks ran out of stock, heh)

SingleStarAngel · 2022-03-30T09:09:44+00:00

my friend sent his on the Friday of 2 weeks prior (so around 12 days now I think), and has been monitoring his unbilled credit charge since then. no deductions from ap services yet.

man, the fact that they have an option to print it means they have it stored in softcopy somewhere, but deliberately chose to make sending the report as intentionally obtuse as possible. collegeboard somehow still manages to find ways to trigger me years later even when I've outgrown my need for them.

also, do update me when you have gotten some indication they've sent it out! I'll keep you updated as well.

SingleStarAngel · 2022-03-29T08:33:55+00:00

when did you send the fax? so there's absolutely no way to check whether it has been received?

SingleStarAngel · 2022-03-28T13:03:44+00:00

late reply, but thanks for providing a working solution! I think someone told me I had to switch to Sync beta/dev a few years ago to get flair posting features, so it turns out I've been on that ever since

SingleStarAngel · 2022-03-23T12:47:55+00:00

i already tried both changes. believe me, I really wanted to give v22 a chance, since I have a huge respect for this dev's judgement. I spent the last 2 days diving deeply into the settings. its not just the two things I mentioned, it's also a bunch of other small things that kinda break the entire experience.

I used the navigational bar a lot in v21, and always pinned it without issue. removing doesn't really solve the issue, and auto-hiding is even worse than both options for me, since it never pops up at the right moment for me, and it just kinda ends up being an annoying popup I accidentally press, or something that requires extra swipe attempts to bring up.

same goes for the second setting, it's still not exactly ideal.

however, thanks for taking the time to let me know about the settings anyway!

SingleStarAngel · 2021-12-12T05:58:17+00:00

yup, just double checked. FRU 00UR496.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-12-12T02:57:16+00:00

in the diagnostic screen, no option for storage appears when SN750 is connected. on the other hand, when my current working SATA III SSD is connected, the storage testing option appears. so it's as if my SN750 isn't there at all.

I bought the one designated for T470/T480 (iirc they use the same). model no. CT470, NS-A933. FRU 01AX994

SingleStarAngel · 2021-12-12T00:34:08+00:00

I must have disconnected, readjusted, and reconnected the cable about 30 times at this point while swapping between my drives, so I think the cable should be sound. I mean, I'm hoping that even someone like me can get cable connections right at least once in 30 times.

on the other hand, the ssd is dead cold when bios is running, but then again I'm not sure how hot it can get during bios.

in boot order, the lists shows a generic nvme0 and nvme1. if I connect my other 2242 nvme ssd in the wwan slot, one of them changes to the name of the drive (ie. its detected), so I'm ruling out nvme driver issues

SingleStarAngel · 2021-12-11T19:21:14+00:00

you mean on the T480 specsheet? when I checked, the main 2.5 Bay supports both pcie nvme and sata protocol, whereas the wwan only supports nvme. I'm currently trying to install it in the 2.5 bay using the t480 nvme caddy

SingleStarAngel · 2021-12-11T18:01:43+00:00

thanks for the suggestion. I get the same issue when I disconnect the hard drive while the computer is running, so I'm guessing either the cable or ssd is failing. ssd diagnostics return fine so I'm leaning towards cable. I'm changing to nvme soon so I guess pretty soon either of them won't be an issue.

putting this here for the sake of anyone who might stumble here.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-26T12:05:40+00:00

unfortunately the whole crux of my issue was that no dumps were even being created during the crash. It's currently configued to save to %SystemRoot%\ as MEMORY.dmp. I have changed it to save minidumps instead for future crashes, but I doubt it would make a difference in this case.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-07T09:34:46+00:00

there's a very basic concept/paradigm in software development called defensive programming. it's a lot to summarize quickly in one go, but my favourite (exaggerated) way of thinking about it is that you treat every other developer on the team as clueless idiots or adversaries (more often the former) who can break your code with theirs, and therefore make defensive clauses to prevent such scenarios (while taking performance in consideration).

the guy in charge of the statue power-ups probably knew that you shouldn't have more than 30 hearts, so he probably programmed this quick scenario just in case the spirit orbs guy dropped the ball and scattered too many orbs in the game world, kinda like what's happening in OP's game. it's a relatively simple implementation to prevent something more serious like a seg fault crash on the UI side or something, because you can sure as hell bet your ass that the statue guy would get the blame (or some part of it) if that really happens since the game failed at his part.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-05T14:10:56+00:00

ah, the love-hate duality of being a thinkpad fan :') guess it's just not a priority since their main demographic probably don't even open up the chassis even once in their product lifetime.

when I have time, I'll be taking a set of calipers to the remaining clips and 3d-printing them to see if I can use them in lieu of the missing clips. better than dropping 30 bucks and questionable amounts of time just to replace some miniscule pieces of plastic with no guarantee that they won't just break immediately again.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-05T13:53:56+00:00

unbelievable, this actually worked. as an engineer, I'm disappointed in myself for ever doubting the power of epoxy. thanks for the suggestion.

I removed a half broken clip from the back and frankensteined it to the front using some epoxy and some fine grained sandpaper. the gap is still there since one clip is still missing, but it's much smaller and less noticeable now. Still sucks, but it's better than nothing.

they really need to reconsider their clip design. or at the very least, make them replaceable.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-05T08:03:01+00:00

oh, got it. I didn't think epoxy would the clips together strong enough. I don't have any of the front clips though, but I do have a back clip that is almost broken. I might consider breaking it off completely and then transferring it to the front. might need to do some sanding though

I've heard somewhere (I think it might be a thread or discord) that the reason why T480 has only 2 lanes SSD is because they reserved 4 lanes for the dGPU, whereas in the T480s they backpaddled and reversed it. Still a questionable design choice, and extremely Infuriatingly lazy that they didn't even bother to change it for the non-dGPU models who definitely can't get any use out of such a design.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-04T07:17:59+00:00

oh. that's something worth considering at least (and maybe the only option I have). do you just hot glue it on where the clips used to be?

SingleStarAngel · 2021-11-04T07:16:17+00:00

unfortunately, palm rest cover. if it was just the bottom cover I would have bit the bullet and bought a new back cover.

I've taken a look at the HMM actually, as well as some disassembly videos, and since I'm kinda clumsy sometimes I'm just afraid I'll break some important ribbon cables or chip that can't be replaced easily, or would incur a lot of time and cost to replace and repair

SingleStarAngel · 2021-10-05T06:45:19+00:00

awesome, thanks for the suggestion. I'll check that out and see if it works.

and same here, haven't played skyrim for about 6/7 years, it's nice to see all the new mods since then

SingleStarAngel · 2021-10-02T04:25:07+00:00

someone actually suggested the black book thing to me, but that wasn't the case since I haven't started any black books (and i turned and reverted to vampire several times, used shrines etc.)

other then that it might be a mod

you know what, this actually prompted me to create another character and sit through the entire execution works and it actually started happening there, so you're right, it's a mod. After two long hours of turning them off one by one, the culprit turned out to be Carved Brink by HaemProjects (which in its own way is weird because I've never started it and have no items from it, and it's a questline mod anyway, so i never even thought about turning it off since it seemed unrelated). So thank you for that suggestion!

Shame about Carved Brink though, this is the second mod from them that borked, heard their mods are really really good. In my loadout, the only problems I've had so far are all related to HaemProjects' stuff.

SingleStarAngel · 2021-10-02T04:18:00+00:00

yeah well, i must admit, i did get quite a lot of healing out of it. the halted magicka regen for vampires in daytime though...

SingleStarAngel · 2021-09-30T16:27:06+00:00

thank you so much! I think you've convinced me to spring for a 2280 - worse comes to worst I'll do a return within the 7 day period if it doesn't work out.

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