On Thursday evening I was in a good mood. Then, it happened.
I had been at my computer, but I decided to rest on the bed for a few minutes. 3-year-old Jason walked by and switched off the power to the computer. Where did he learn that? It's like he's trying to stop global warming or something; they brainwash 'em early these days.
No problem, except when I rebooted: the dreaded blue screen of death! The computer would not reboot--everything was lost!
I don't know where the blue screen of death ranks; I don't know if it's better or worse than the black screen of death, or the white screen of death, but believe me, it's pretty bad.
I spent a day and a half farting around with BIOS and Safe Mode but I couldn't get it back. In the end, I wiped the disk clean. Yesterday, I replaced the operating system on my computer THREE times, and that's not including the two failed installations. First, I decided to swear off Microsoft products forever, so I installed Ubuntu; then I worried that I wouldn't be able to see Arsenal TV online, so I wiped out Ubuntu and installed Vista. Finally, I decided I wanted both, so I partitioned the disk and I have dual operating systems. Two and a half days of messing around, and I still don't have internet.
I'm getting like my mother--I'm about ready to swear off computers forever, go to the Himalayas, and meditate.
I had been at my computer, but I decided to rest on the bed for a few minutes. 3-year-old Jason walked by and switched off the power to the computer. Where did he learn that? It's like he's trying to stop global warming or something; they brainwash 'em early these days.
No problem, except when I rebooted: the dreaded blue screen of death! The computer would not reboot--everything was lost!
I don't know where the blue screen of death ranks; I don't know if it's better or worse than the black screen of death, or the white screen of death, but believe me, it's pretty bad.
I spent a day and a half farting around with BIOS and Safe Mode but I couldn't get it back. In the end, I wiped the disk clean. Yesterday, I replaced the operating system on my computer THREE times, and that's not including the two failed installations. First, I decided to swear off Microsoft products forever, so I installed Ubuntu; then I worried that I wouldn't be able to see Arsenal TV online, so I wiped out Ubuntu and installed Vista. Finally, I decided I wanted both, so I partitioned the disk and I have dual operating systems. Two and a half days of messing around, and I still don't have internet.
I'm getting like my mother--I'm about ready to swear off computers forever, go to the Himalayas, and meditate.
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