Thursday, February 10, 2005

computers suck

So I have had my computer since May of 2002. For almost 3 years I have installed the updates, removed the viruses, cleaned the spyware, and just loved my machine. It has gone to many a LAN party, survived being overclocked the hell out of, not to mention the RMA on the motherboard and a few upgrades (processor, ram, video card...)
I guess it all started when I got my new video card. The ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. Out of nowhere I started getting the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) and had to restart my computer. After fighting with it for a long time, disabling hardware, driver updates from ATI, flashing the BIOS on my motherboard, etc... I just learned to live with it, and my roommate learned to live with me yelling obscenities every few hours when I was working.

But that's all over now. Yesterday I started getting error messages about files being corrupted, including such loved ones as firefox.exe and then on to explorer.exe. I restarted the computer, and lo and behold it crashed before I even got to the logon screen. I tried safe mode, same thing. Basically, my commputer will not start. I have tried everything in my power, including a full system restore off the CD, manually editing registry keys from boot disks, EVERYTHING! I wish I could just start fresh, but I have soooo terribly much data on that computer that I just can't lose. All of my files are there and in tact, but some of the system files are completely corrupted. What I am doing even as I type this (on my LINUX server, mind you) is installing windows on a separate hard drive (always good to have a 4-gig around) and I plan on transfering all of my files that I need to save on to my iPod's 40 gig hard drive and hope it holds everything.

If that doesn't work, I am most likely going to have to buy a new hard drive (a good idea anyway) and probably a new motherboard while I'm at it, all with money I really don't have right now (can you say ... books?)

posted @ 1:31 PM

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chels said:

yeah, i havent had the best luck with computers...seeing as how last time i took my computer into AC, i had over 180 viruses on it...ahh oh well...i had a very odd dream about you last night....yeah...lol..it was really random...nothing bad tho, i mean, you didnt die or anything just weird bc i never talk to you or anything but yeah. sorry to hear about the comp. probs.

i was yelled at on thu, february 10 @ 9:52 pm

kathy d. said:

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Did I forget to tell you about the "curse of the redhead?"

i was yelled at on fri, february 11 @ 8:55 am

Richard said:

Hey dave, I havent talked to you in a while. Last time windows crapped out on me, I took out the hard drive and put it in my dads computer. Then I transferred the files to the hard drive that was already in there, removed the hard drive, put it back in my machine, reinstalled windows (the way that also formats the hard drive) and networked all the info back to my computer. It worked out for me. I only transferred stuff I needed to save, like music, and homework and stuff, and reinstalled all my games later. I figured I'd pipe in just in case you hadnt thought of that. It took me three or four hard drive crashes to figure out I could do it that way and not lose everything. ttyl. we need to go snowboarding sometime soon. I have money to go whenever. email me.

-Rich Dogg

i was yelled at on sun, february 13 @ 7:33 pm

dave said:

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i was yelled at on tue, february 15 @ 9:50 pm