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Ya know, almost losing your hard drive is a scary thing. When I was at work yesterday, we had a really bad thunderstorm. Like Lightning!Boom! My dumbass self didn't unplug my computer though. No, I figured I would be safe. Think again... The lighning knocked out the power, sending my computer to a grinding halt. When I went to reboot, Windows wouldn't start. Luckily I was able to boot into Linux, so I knew that not everything was lost. I was about to reinstall Windows, which I'm sure we all know is not a fun experience, when I thought that maybe I should try Spinrite, which has saved at least 3 other hard drives of mine and my friends. After an hour of waiting (and playing xbox to pass the time), Spinrite was done on the 12 gigs where Windows sat idly by, and it did show that there were some problems. I booted it up again, and it worked like a charm. I was in SUCH a good mood last night after that. Nothing like having everything work out the way that you want it to. Unfortunately, after I got all that done, it was almost 7:00, and the rest of the night went by so fast. Freakin didn't get to bed until 2:00 (although it was on my own accord of watching Kyle XY and reading Company), so I'm paying for it today. Oh man, am I paying for it.