computer confusion
On Tuesday night, my laptop asked to push a system update from HP (the manufacturer; I have an HP Envy). I looked it over, insofar as I was able, and it seemed reasonable. So I gave it permission to install, my computer restarted, and everything seemed fine.
On Wednesday, I unplugged my laptop and hauled it around all day so I'd have it with me at the Board of Trustees meeting in the evening. Since I am both the Clerk and the scribe, I need a way to access documents and take minutes! It woke up as normal, ran a slightly dimmer screen to save battery life, and general seemed fine.
When I got home after the meeting, however, and plugged my laptop back in to recharge, it utterly failed to start.
It bluescreened me and insisted I had A) no hard drive and B) no BIOS.
I ran a few of the checks I could access via the F2 menu, but they came back either fine or "Sorry, I can't check that because your hard drive doesn't exist," which was both frustrating and discouraging. So I turned it off, did some chores and read part of a hardcover book, and went to bed.
Today I scheduled an appointment to drop my laptop off with Geek Squad Friday afternoon, to look it over and see if they could resolve the problem.
But!
I decided to try turning the laptop on again to see if the problem reproduced itself... and everything is once again fine???
I mean, I'm not complaining! But that was a very strange incident.
I am also backing up all my data onto my external hard drive and I'll test the computer again in the morning to see if the issue has recurred. If things still seem fine, I will cancel the Geek Squad appointment... but not quite yet. *wry* If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
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On Wednesday, I unplugged my laptop and hauled it around all day so I'd have it with me at the Board of Trustees meeting in the evening. Since I am both the Clerk and the scribe, I need a way to access documents and take minutes! It woke up as normal, ran a slightly dimmer screen to save battery life, and general seemed fine.
When I got home after the meeting, however, and plugged my laptop back in to recharge, it utterly failed to start.
It bluescreened me and insisted I had A) no hard drive and B) no BIOS.
I ran a few of the checks I could access via the F2 menu, but they came back either fine or "Sorry, I can't check that because your hard drive doesn't exist," which was both frustrating and discouraging. So I turned it off, did some chores and read part of a hardcover book, and went to bed.
Today I scheduled an appointment to drop my laptop off with Geek Squad Friday afternoon, to look it over and see if they could resolve the problem.
But!
I decided to try turning the laptop on again to see if the problem reproduced itself... and everything is once again fine???
I mean, I'm not complaining! But that was a very strange incident.
I am also backing up all my data onto my external hard drive and I'll test the computer again in the morning to see if the issue has recurred. If things still seem fine, I will cancel the Geek Squad appointment... but not quite yet. *wry* If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)