Comments | hylandr: I should have expect the other shoe

hylandr

I should have expect the other shoe

Nov 04, 2005 08:17

Yesterday went too well. I should have known something was wrong. I woke up this morning and go to my laptop to check my e-mail only to find out that the hard drive is now failing. I've lost everything on had on there and that was my primary computer as I had gotten into using the tower for gaming. Then my aunt came over and we ended up finding ( Read more... )

health, computer, life sucks

Comments 7

orangecrush206 November 4 2005, 14:12:00 UTC

*hug*

allamericanbear November 4 2005, 14:31:12 UTC

First...

Don, your choice of video last night ROCKED. I'm glad I was part of the good part of your day.

Second...

You didn't see it coming (the hard drive) and it's seeming to be a lot more frequent a problem with laptops, from what I hear. A lot of the doctors here are bringing in their Dells to get the drives replaced because of problems.

Is it still under warranty, and *might* there (crossing fingers) be a recall on the hard drives? Investigate into it, and maybe some good fortune may fall your way from it.

I hope the drainage is nothing. Might be because you were a little more active than at home, usually?

TRY to keep a positive attitude on today, and just remember the good time you had last night. I remember I did.+

*hugs*

:)

hylandr November 4 2005, 14:44:43 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed the show. I thought you guys might enjoy it. And the laptop is over 2 years old so I think the warranty is over but that doesn't change the fact that I'd still lose the info on the hard drive. I'm having my co-worker Mike make a copy of this CD that I'm going to try to use to see if I can still access anything on the hard drive if I boot from elsewhere. Guess I'll have to save to buy a new one. No extra spending for me for a LONG time. :(

allamericanbear November 4 2005, 15:42:42 UTC

Are hard drives for laptops that much more expensive?

hylandr November 4 2005, 15:47:03 UTC

I'm not sure how to replace it or how much they cost or how proprietary they are. It's not like with towers where I could just easily swap parts. Plus, I'm not 100% sure it's the HDD itselve that's causing the failure. Just hoping if I can get the ultimate CD thing that Mike uses that I'll be able to salvage some stuff.

hanover November 4 2005, 17:52:47 UTC

You've been hanging out with friends, joining in on the bear events out there...you have a lot going for you. Stop letting these little setbacks topple over everything else that's good in your life ( ... )

hylandr November 4 2005, 18:02:15 UTC

Thanks. Sometimes things just overwelm me. Today, I upped the dossage on my Welbutrin just to help make it through this weekend because I could feel things getting to me already. The doc said it was ok if I needed to do it occasionally as long as I don't exceed what I took today.