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external hard drive not recognized by windows HELP! (don)

FUCK COMPUTERS. Okay. I am on Maxtor's site and it says I...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
You have to partition your internal hard drive? That doesn'...
bossy area
  12/19/05
i dont see any install disk, or any instructions. i looked m...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
What's the model name?
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
see the link at the bottom. M01E100.
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
What is the model of the disk? Go to the site, software dow...
bossy area
  12/19/05
cool i'll try that. i couldnt use a disk anyway cuz this ttt...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
come on people! gimme a hand here please!
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
What kind of external hdd is it?
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
maxtor. this one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
If you have winxp, it should automatically recognize the dri...
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
For some reason XP and Maxtor external HDs don't play well a...
bossy area
  12/19/05
where are they do you know? i see none on their site. only w...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=834825&mc=3&...
Motley aqua tattoo
  07/24/08
powered on? i see no on/off switch on the thing. it's USB...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
Yeah, there should be a power switch on the back.
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
Check this out http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/m...
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
it's all windows 98se drivers. i need windows XP (profession...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
Try the diagnostic utility.
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
okay.
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
xoxo told u to return and waith like 3 days for delivery for...
Fragrant mauve institution
  12/19/05
they also said the maxtor was good. yeah, right.
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
Yeah, for my second drive I got a Western Digital and never ...
bossy area
  12/19/05
scrummie where are these windows XP drivers???
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
I had a different model. Use the diag utiliity
bossy area
  12/19/05
At least you got a sweet deal on it.
buck-toothed deranged pisswyrm
  12/19/05
well 100 bucks for 100 gig, not too bad. if it works.
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
titcr
dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot
  12/19/05
diagnostic didnt work, it just says "there is no maxtor...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
Are you sure the drive is on? Is the power cord plugged in?...
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
it doesnt seem to have a power button on it. not plugged in,...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
It doesn't have a battery dummy. You need to plug it in!
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
It doesn't "pre-charge". Look at the back. There...
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
HE DIDN'T PLUG THE AC POWER IN!!! HAHAHA!
mildly autistic swashbuckling stage
  12/19/05
and now it's working. and i get pwn3d again my electronics.
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
I had a feeling that you were the kind of guy who'd call a c...
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
there really does not appear to be a button. but i plugged i...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
answer: it was not plugged in. please feel free to insul...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
I like how I called it about 30 minutes ago. Chuck Norris...
deep hominid tanning salon
  12/19/05
ahahahaa
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
holy shit don. just, holy shit.
dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot
  12/19/05
you'd think any guy with as much porn as me would have a clu...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
and you work for who? a software company?
poppy supple partner laser beams
  12/19/05
hahahaha yes actually. i can run their software very well cu...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. You are not serious.
180 Space Dog Poop
  12/19/05
i am totally serious. i figured it was precharged or somethi...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
you may want to try restarting your computer, going into you...
Vibrant idea he suggested ceo
  12/19/05
Idiot.
INSANE 80S MUSIC LYRIC GUY
  12/19/05
yes, your way makes much more sense.
Vibrant idea he suggested ceo
  12/19/05
sorry dood it was that it was not plugged in. i wish you had...
rose mad cow disease
  12/19/05
This cannot be for real! I have never laughed this hard in m...
mind-boggling station
  07/21/06
Date: December 19th, 2005 9:50 PM Author: warren buffettzin...
Vivacious fantasy-prone base
  07/21/06
bump, never forget
dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot
  09/06/06
this might be helpful.
smoky gay wizard legend
  04/19/07
lol mine is at least on
Exciting Black Woman Fanboi
  04/19/07
...
Hateful Orange Theater
  05/03/07
anyone need a laugh tonight?
Laughsome Hospital Ape
  12/04/07
Those were good times.
bateful quadroon library
  12/04/07
for the lulz
marvelous sadistic haunted graveyard brunch
  07/24/08
classic
Adventurous saffron love of her life mother
  07/24/08


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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:14 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

FUCK COMPUTERS.

Okay. I am on Maxtor's site and it says I must partition the hard drive of my computer to make Windows (XP) recognize this fucking external harddrive. I am not comfortable doing that. I hear that can fuck up your computer.

Is there another way?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612773)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:29 PM
Author: bossy area

You have to partition your internal hard drive? That doesn't make any sense.

I have a Maxtor external and it does require drivers...isn't plug-n-play. I have the driver on all three of my systems though (1 XP Home, 2 XP Pro) and they all recognize it. I assume you already tried the install disk/downloading new drivers?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612884)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:30 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

i dont see any install disk, or any instructions. i looked many times.

i dunno wtf. it's not refurbished or anything, brand new from best buy a few hours ago. is there somewhere else i can download these drivers?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612902)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:31 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

What's the model name?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612913)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:33 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

see the link at the bottom. M01E100.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612942)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:32 PM
Author: bossy area

What is the model of the disk? Go to the site, software downloads, and download the driver before you plug in the hard drive (or unplug it). It'll tell you when to plug it in. That's what worked for me

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612921)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:34 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

cool i'll try that. i couldnt use a disk anyway cuz this ttt laptop has no cd drive.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612951)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:18 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

come on people! gimme a hand here please!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612800)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:31 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

What kind of external hdd is it?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612911)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:33 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

maxtor. this one:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7366691&type=product&id=1122653260185

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612933)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:34 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

If you have winxp, it should automatically recognize the drive. Is it powered on? Is it physically connected to the computer?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612955)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:36 PM
Author: bossy area

For some reason XP and Maxtor external HDs don't play well automatically. He'll still need drivers. I ran into the same problem with mine.

I think it might have something to do with FAT32 and NTFS not allowing formating of drives over 40GB, and thus the OS starts calling for you to partition the thing into smaller drives to read/utilize it. I ran into a similar problem trying to use my 60GB iPod as an external HD

EDIT: Huh, the thing does say it's supposed to work just plugging it in (mine didn't). Download the diagnositc utility on the same page and try that

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612966)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:36 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

where are they do you know? i see none on their site. only windows 98se drivers.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612970)



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(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#10006386)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:36 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

powered on? i see no on/off switch on the thing.

it's USB connected yep.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612968)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:51 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

Yeah, there should be a power switch on the back.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613113)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:34 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

Check this out

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.8db0c3d6932ced37294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/View%20By%20Category/External%20Storage/Personal%20Storage%20Family

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612949)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:35 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

it's all windows 98se drivers. i need windows XP (professional). christ fuck maxtor.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612961)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:39 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

Try the diagnostic utility.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612997)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:39 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

okay.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612999)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:38 PM
Author: Fragrant mauve institution

xoxo told u to return and waith like 3 days for delivery for better deal

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612985)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:40 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

they also said the maxtor was good. yeah, right.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613006)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:42 PM
Author: bossy area

Yeah, for my second drive I got a Western Digital and never had any problems with it

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613026)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:47 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

scrummie where are these windows XP drivers???

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613081)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:58 PM
Author: bossy area

I had a different model. Use the diag utiliity

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613174)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:38 PM
Author: buck-toothed deranged pisswyrm

At least you got a sweet deal on it.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4612987)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:40 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

well 100 bucks for 100 gig, not too bad. if it works.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613009)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:48 PM
Author: dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot

titcr

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613088)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:47 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

diagnostic didnt work, it just says "there is no maxtor device," even though the damn thing is plugged right into the fucking computer.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613077)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:48 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

Are you sure the drive is on? Is the power cord plugged in? Is it actually spinning up? Can you hear it?

Try restarting your computer.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613095)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:50 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

it doesnt seem to have a power button on it. not plugged in, maybe i'll try that. i assumed it would just work for a while. but maybe it isnt precharged.

it is making no noise at all.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613109)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:51 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

It doesn't have a battery dummy. You need to plug it in!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613116)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:52 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

It doesn't "pre-charge". Look at the back. There is probably a little switch that looks like [0 -]

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613119)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:53 PM
Author: mildly autistic swashbuckling stage

HE DIDN'T PLUG THE AC POWER IN!!! HAHAHA!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613128)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:55 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

and now it's working. and i get pwn3d again my electronics.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613149)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:57 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

I had a feeling that you were the kind of guy who'd call a computer help-line bitching about how the system didn't work when you simply hadn't hit the power button.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613155)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:57 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

there really does not appear to be a button. but i plugged it in, and now all is well. :)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613163)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:56 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

answer: it was not plugged in.

please feel free to insult me now.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613154)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:58 PM
Author: deep hominid tanning salon

I like how I called it about 30 minutes ago.

Chuck Norris' insight strikes again!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613165)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:00 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

ahahahaa

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613192)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 9:58 PM
Author: dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot

holy shit don. just, holy shit.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613173)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:01 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

you'd think any guy with as much porn as me would have a clue about computers. but no.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613196)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:06 PM
Author: poppy supple partner laser beams

and you work for who? a software company?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613239)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:07 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

hahahaha yes actually. i can run their software very well cuz we were trained like crazy. but when it comes to general computer stuff, forget it.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613249)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:09 PM
Author: 180 Space Dog Poop

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. You are not serious.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613272)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:11 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

i am totally serious. i figured it was precharged or something, or that windows would at least recognize it even if it wasn't powered up, just by virtue of the usb connection.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613291)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:03 PM
Author: Vibrant idea he suggested ceo

you may want to try restarting your computer, going into your cmos and setting your computer to boot off the external hard drive. If you have the bootdisk it should be able to run from that. Otherwise at the comand prompt (of the external drive) type: format X: (where X is the drive). Reboot and f-disk and partition to fat-32. reboot and go from there (look in the bootdisk dir and there should be a file like startup of setup; I can't remember what the exact command is).

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613216)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:03 PM
Author: INSANE 80S MUSIC LYRIC GUY

Idiot.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613220)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:09 PM
Author: Vibrant idea he suggested ceo

yes, your way makes much more sense.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613267)



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Date: December 19th, 2005 10:04 PM
Author: rose mad cow disease

sorry dood it was that it was not plugged in. i wish you had seen what i wrote above before you typed all that.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#4613223)



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Date: July 21st, 2006 4:01 AM
Author: mind-boggling station

This cannot be for real! I have never laughed this hard in my life. All this coming from a tech guy with crazy knowlege of something as complicated as the stock market! just nuts!

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#6264174)



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Date: July 21st, 2006 4:09 AM
Author: Vivacious fantasy-prone base

Date: December 19th, 2005 9:50 PM

Author: warren buffettzini ("Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Lois, this is *not* my Batman glass.")

...not plugged in, maybe i'll try that. i assumed it would just work for a while. but maybe it isnt precharged...

(external hard drive not recognized by windows HELP! (don) )



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#6264195)



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Date: September 6th, 2006 9:42 AM
Author: dull concupiscible parlour coffee pot

bump, never forget

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#6566280)



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Date: April 19th, 2007 2:42 AM
Author: smoky gay wizard legend

this might be helpful.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#7961629)



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Date: April 19th, 2007 2:47 AM
Author: Exciting Black Woman Fanboi

lol mine is at least on

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#7961661)



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Date: May 3rd, 2007 3:02 PM
Author: Hateful Orange Theater



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Date: December 4th, 2007 10:12 PM
Author: Laughsome Hospital Ape

anyone need a laugh tonight?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#8978958)



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Date: December 4th, 2007 10:16 PM
Author: bateful quadroon library

Those were good times.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#8978977)



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Date: July 24th, 2008 11:08 AM
Author: marvelous sadistic haunted graveyard brunch

for the lulz

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#10004533)



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Date: July 24th, 2008 11:08 AM
Author: Adventurous saffron love of her life mother

classic

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=323685&forum_id=2#10004535)