they bumped it back? bah :(... i haven't been watching :\

another email sent... should work for you

oh, and change the drive type back to 0C. i just assumed it was formatted NTFS.

does the unformatted drive happen to have a drive letter assigned to it?

if it does:

go to start - run - CMD

type in chkdsk D: /R

press Y and enter if asked.

update on situation?

Asus Crosshair 250$ USD

or

You should put it off for up to 2 months if possible when the new AMD's come out. (current boards will also drop in price drastically this summer)

this is a very...

email sent

whats your email address?

Ram.

Try using only 1 stick to see how far you get and make sure it's timings are correct in the bios.

Pull off mcafee. (common source of slow down)

Make sure your data HDD is jumpered to be limited to 150/s as that is what the controller is. If you have a 300/s unjumpered you will have substancial issues.

Stellar Phoenix Recovery Suite will be able to access your data

you'll have to find a download for it.. limewire/kazaa/torrent. (or buy it)

if you have access to another computer you can make this very easy -

put your HDD in another system temporarily and copy the contents of YOUR c:\windows\repair into YOUR...

For anyone that may experience this issue -

Creating a new user profile and then copying over your personal documents and such will give you double click access again.