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Bohandas

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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #30 on: January 17, 2016, 10:33:16 am »
If all else fails you could always Reinstall the steam client

EDIT:
Before you do that. Try bringing up the shortcut's rigt-click menu, and click to go to the shortcut location. Then try starting it directly from the executable; and also, see if the executable is still there
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #31 on: January 17, 2016, 11:33:19 am »
The executable still existing is pretty important, yes.
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #32 on: January 17, 2016, 11:38:34 am »
I had that happen once, it just went away without cause the next day.
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Re: ME AM FAIL STEAM
« Reply #33 on: January 17, 2016, 11:39:30 am »
Quote from: Toaster on November 26, 2015, 05:49:09 pm
Quote from: miauw62 on November 25, 2015, 04:53:14 pm
Physically damaging a drive by rebooting is very possible. I once completely broke a drive because an unfortunate hard reboot broke the read/write head.

I killed two hard drives in two weeks by power outages.  I've used a UPS ever since; do recommend.

What the...my secondary HDD is like 10y old [samsung sp2004], and it's still in perfect condition. It is slower now than years ago of course, but hell knows that how much data I stored on it in this 10 years. I used it for gaming as well for many years. I am going to buy a new PC in a couple of months, but one thing is for sure: It will have a Samsung/Seagate HDD. These are the best HDDs imo.
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #34 on: January 17, 2016, 11:43:30 am »
Hard drive lifespan varies wildly on quality and condition. I once had one quit on me after only six months for no reason, I suspect the retailer just sold me a refab.
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2016, 11:46:16 am »
PTW.
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #36 on: January 17, 2016, 11:59:30 am »
Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on January 17, 2016, 11:43:30 am
Hard drive lifespan varies wildly on quality and condition.

That's why I buy "top quality" HW only. Heh, but you need to be lucky as well. ~ 5-6 years ago I purchased a top rated ASUS video card, and it had a 1 year warranty. I am not kidding...it threw in the towel 1 day after the warranty has ended. I was like......OMFG OMFG OMFG.
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Re: ME AM FAIL STEAM
« Reply #37 on: January 17, 2016, 12:36:58 pm »
Quote from: Toaster on November 26, 2015, 05:49:09 pm
Quote from: miauw62 on November 25, 2015, 04:53:14 pm
Physically damaging a drive by rebooting is very possible. I once completely broke a drive because an unfortunate hard reboot broke the read/write head.

I killed two hard drives in two weeks by power outages.  I've used a UPS ever since; do recommend.

That's why I use flash sticks set for quick removal now
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #38 on: January 17, 2016, 02:09:44 pm »
Quote from: Akura on January 17, 2016, 08:00:25 am
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Task Manager -> Steam.exe -> RMB -> End Process -> ??? -> Profit?!
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                              No Steam.exe? -> Reboot -> Try again -> ??? -> Profit?!
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                                                                       No working? -> ??? -> PROFIT! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re: ME AM FAIL STEAM
« Reply #39 on: January 18, 2016, 01:26:21 am »
Quote from: Bohandas on November 23, 2015, 08:36:53 pm
I've problems that have gotten worse from rebooting.

The other day I was updating a laptops BIOS and walked away for a bit. A co-worker decided to fix the blank screen by rebooting...
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #40 on: January 18, 2016, 09:25:33 am »
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #41 on: January 18, 2016, 10:23:12 am »
Thirty lashes, at least.
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Re: OK, I think Steam actually failed me this time
« Reply #42 on: January 18, 2016, 11:00:23 am »
Quote from: MasterFancyPants on January 18, 2016, 01:26:21 am
Quote from: Bohandas on November 23, 2015, 08:36:53 pm
I've problems that have gotten worse from rebooting.

The other day I was updating a laptops BIOS and walked away for a bit. A co-worker decided to fix the blank screen by rebooting...
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