*In mourning*
I am aghast. I woke up this morning, to find that my computer would not switch on. All attempts only resulted in a black screen saying, 'Windows was unable to switch on successfully' and lines of programming.
*sniff* Dad says this may be the end for poor Compy, as it was six years old, and computers are only really supposed to have a three-four year lifespan, especially if they were in as much use as this one was. He doesn't think there is much he can do. *sniff*
The one thing really worrying me is that I might lose all the VAST amounts of music, pictures, and documents stored on it. Most of the music I had backed up, along with all my important documents (coursework files, etc). But it's things like the Gimp brushes that I've painstakingly collected or created over three years, Mozilla links, random photos, important (sentimental!) messenger conversation transcripts saved over five years, that I am most upset over. My iTunes library! The songs I'd bought, I will have to buy again!
Dad says he will 'rebuild' it, as in basically put all new stuff into the CPU case (the monitor, etc, are all fine), and he'd only need to change the random memory drive, or whatever it's called, which controls the speed. The good news is that he thinks the hard disk may be completely salavageable (it doesn't come up with the message 'beginning dump of physical memory' or anything). And he says once he fixes everything else, I can copy everything from that hard disk onto an external hard disk (they can be plugged into any computer, I believe), and THEN he will update the hard disk to something with LOTS of memory. I suppose this is as good an excuse as any to update Compy, and he'd been saying for weeks that he wanted to put in new parts. I just hope I haven't lost all that data for good.
*sniff* Meanwhile, I am making full use of our new downstairs computer, which has impressed me very much. It's all shiny and widescreen (it gives out blue light!). And Compy hadn't shut down or start up in under thirty seconds for years now, with all the junk stored on it. But it doesn't have a name yet, for I have not christened it! 'Compy II' is not particularly impressive...
Good bye, Compy. You served us well.
*sniff* Dad says this may be the end for poor Compy, as it was six years old, and computers are only really supposed to have a three-four year lifespan, especially if they were in as much use as this one was. He doesn't think there is much he can do. *sniff*
The one thing really worrying me is that I might lose all the VAST amounts of music, pictures, and documents stored on it. Most of the music I had backed up, along with all my important documents (coursework files, etc). But it's things like the Gimp brushes that I've painstakingly collected or created over three years, Mozilla links, random photos, important (sentimental!) messenger conversation transcripts saved over five years, that I am most upset over. My iTunes library! The songs I'd bought, I will have to buy again!
Dad says he will 'rebuild' it, as in basically put all new stuff into the CPU case (the monitor, etc, are all fine), and he'd only need to change the random memory drive, or whatever it's called, which controls the speed. The good news is that he thinks the hard disk may be completely salavageable (it doesn't come up with the message 'beginning dump of physical memory' or anything). And he says once he fixes everything else, I can copy everything from that hard disk onto an external hard disk (they can be plugged into any computer, I believe), and THEN he will update the hard disk to something with LOTS of memory. I suppose this is as good an excuse as any to update Compy, and he'd been saying for weeks that he wanted to put in new parts. I just hope I haven't lost all that data for good.
*sniff* Meanwhile, I am making full use of our new downstairs computer, which has impressed me very much. It's all shiny and widescreen (it gives out blue light!). And Compy hadn't shut down or start up in under thirty seconds for years now, with all the junk stored on it. But it doesn't have a name yet, for I have not christened it! 'Compy II' is not particularly impressive...
Good bye, Compy. You served us well.