Hallelujah! My Baby Has Come Back to Life!!!

[rusty_armour]

Just as I was beginning to fear the worse, my beautiful baby was resurrected from the dead! In other words, with the aid of the poor tech support guy from Dell, I was able to fix the problem with my computer. Actually, the poor tech support guy from Dell had given up and was suggesting new hard drives I could buy. After barely taking in what he had said, I thanked him for his help and hung up the phone. Then I went back and gave it a go myself. You see, I think the guy was leading me in the right direction, but I was missing certain steps along the way (like "Hit any key to boot"). You see, the problem was that I couldn't get on to Windows. I was just getting this black screen with various error messages. The tech guy got me to load in the Windows XP disk and was telling me to hit certain keys repeatedly (such as F12 and F8) to bypass the error messages and reach system menus. In other words, he was trying to help me re-install Windows. Once I got off the phone, I tried to repeat his steps and found a way to re-install Windows successfully. Not only that but the re-installation fixed this recurring problem I was having with my Internet access! Well, at least for now.

I'm definitely going to look into getting one of those portable external hard drives in case something like this happens again. I've been playing with the idea for a while because I only have 40 GB and more space would be wonderful.

I'm pretty sure that simmfaninmexico is the only person on my flist who will appreciate this, but I'm going to post the national anthem from Human Traffic to celebrate the re-birth of my computer! Take it away, Jip!:

"Techno Generation Anthem (Human Traffic Soundtrack, 1999)" (Watch on YouTube)

Yes, I know. I still need help. However, right now I don't care because my baby's BACK! :-)

Comments

[inkscribe.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the recovery! Will you be naming your computer Lazarus now in honour of the event? ;-)

External drives are dirt-cheap these days and I heartily recommend them, though just as with whatever you've got on your computer's HD that is irreplaceable (fic, pics, essays, whatever ...) you should have a secondary backup for the HD, too.

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

Hey! Glad to see you back *properly*.

[radiogaga80.livejournal.com]

You know, when my brother was still working in a computer shop, his boss refused to sell Dell computers because they gave so many problems. *g* Am glad to hear yours is resurrected - and I fully support the idea of an external harddrive. I have an 80GB one and all my photos, website backups, and lord knows what else is on it. :)

Phoenix rises from the ashes....

[njc2007.livejournal.com]

I am very happy to welcome you back. An external drive is a good idea if you do backups. Multiple USB keys also work wonders for backups when you don't have a CD burner or external drive.

For some reason "We are the Champions" is running through my head. *g*

[tazzles.livejournal.com]

Yay! Nothing like having your computer broken to realise you do know a bit about them and boy, don't we rely on them something chronic!

Congrats!

Yay You!

[jackycomelately.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a great feeling when you manage to fix things? You be the woMan! I've just upgraded to a DVD burner, so anytime you want to back up... I noticed The Source had externals on sale in their last flyer. It's so sad that I know that offhand. They also have memory sticks for dead cheap.