I wake up friday morning to see that my lovely computer is on a looping boot sequence. It reaches the end of the boot sequence and plays 2 rounds of the XPPro loading screen, then goes back to the beginning of the boot sequence. I do everything I can manage from the BIOS menu, and a few things with my fist, and nothing worked.
So I called around. I already knew what the problem was: The Boot sector of the hard drive was obviously dead, but I didn't have my own hard drive to test that theory with, so I had to get someone else.
One guy tried to tell me I needed a whole new PC, and that the whole thing needed to be scrapped. His company name was "The Computer Guy" and I told him that he was Fing crazy. He apparently agreed by screeming at me for 5 minutes. I'm sure he screamed longer, but didn't realize I'd already hung up.
I finally found a place that'd fix that problem for 25 bucks, the cheapest out of everyone.
I bring it in on monday, because I had no means of bringing it in on friday. This happens to be the same weekend my girlfriend is gone, so I basically have NOTHING to do, and it's at least 100 degrees out (This is the hottest weekend of the the summer) each day, and I have overheating problems. I DID shoot a wedding on saturday for free (Charity for my boss who's trying to get a new lighting system. I wasn't editing, and camera operation is easy peasy.) but that's ALL I did constructively.
[tmi]You'd be AMAZING what you think about without something to do. I discovered a new hobbie: Bonzai Balls . I haven't jammed my razor like that since I shaved after 3 months without.[/tmi]
Anyway, they fix it, but tell me the obvious: I need a new HD. They offer to put in a new HDD (200 vs my 120 gig) and ghost over my files for 180 bucks. I didn't know of any ghosting software myself, and really didn't want to deal with worrying about plugging a computer in and whatnot. Best Buy had a 120 gig offer for 50 bucks, and I wanted to get 2, but I remembered that the expansion bay on my box is crappy, and I'd need to get a new plate for the outside to make it all work.
To add insult to injury, JSM is tomorrow, so I was desperate. I felt like I was paying someone to whipe my *** for me, something I myself could do just as well as they could. I know people with ghosting software that I could have used. But it all would have taken time. Hmph.
Anyway, I'm back. Someone fill me in on all of the juicy celebrity gossip!
So I called around. I already knew what the problem was: The Boot sector of the hard drive was obviously dead, but I didn't have my own hard drive to test that theory with, so I had to get someone else.
One guy tried to tell me I needed a whole new PC, and that the whole thing needed to be scrapped. His company name was "The Computer Guy" and I told him that he was Fing crazy. He apparently agreed by screeming at me for 5 minutes. I'm sure he screamed longer, but didn't realize I'd already hung up.
I finally found a place that'd fix that problem for 25 bucks, the cheapest out of everyone.
I bring it in on monday, because I had no means of bringing it in on friday. This happens to be the same weekend my girlfriend is gone, so I basically have NOTHING to do, and it's at least 100 degrees out (This is the hottest weekend of the the summer) each day, and I have overheating problems. I DID shoot a wedding on saturday for free (Charity for my boss who's trying to get a new lighting system. I wasn't editing, and camera operation is easy peasy.) but that's ALL I did constructively.
[tmi]You'd be AMAZING what you think about without something to do. I discovered a new hobbie: Bonzai Balls . I haven't jammed my razor like that since I shaved after 3 months without.[/tmi]
Anyway, they fix it, but tell me the obvious: I need a new HD. They offer to put in a new HDD (200 vs my 120 gig) and ghost over my files for 180 bucks. I didn't know of any ghosting software myself, and really didn't want to deal with worrying about plugging a computer in and whatnot. Best Buy had a 120 gig offer for 50 bucks, and I wanted to get 2, but I remembered that the expansion bay on my box is crappy, and I'd need to get a new plate for the outside to make it all work.
To add insult to injury, JSM is tomorrow, so I was desperate. I felt like I was paying someone to whipe my *** for me, something I myself could do just as well as they could. I know people with ghosting software that I could have used. But it all would have taken time. Hmph.
Anyway, I'm back. Someone fill me in on all of the juicy celebrity gossip!
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