things have been a little rough the past 3 days. my beloved laptop contracted a virus or two. there was a big angry message that replaced my desktop background, and then my computer started slowing down and restarting after certain periods of time.
and so i took it in to fry's (where i bought it) and the guy there was such an asshole, (unlike the guy who tried to help me when i brought it in last summer when my CD drive started doing funky things, he was really nice, and in hindsight, maybe a little too nice? @__@) this asshole was like, you have to restart it, that's the best way. we charge $99 to restart it. you want to restart it? you'll lose everything. and i was like, fuck! i'm not spending that much for something i can do myself. i figured, with that money, i could do some other things...so i bought an external hard drive and mcaffee virus scan, and went home to tinker. my plan was to first try and install mcaffee in vain hopes of getting rid of the virus without losing anything. i popped the CD in, and instantly remembered that my CD drive doesn't work. shitballs. so i took it out, and tried the external drive. after a few failed attempts at saving whatever i could salvage due to some silly messages about partition failures, which i can only assume was due to the virus, i decided to forego the external drive and just save the most important docs onto my gmail account as well as some pictures, and then totally wipe my computer and start from scratch. luckily for me, i have a recovery drive...silver lining!
so here we are...my computer is newly reformatted, and i am procrastinating installing things like microsoft office, itunes, and skype. tomorrow, i shall start the slow, maddening process of downloading things. the thing i'm just a little upset about is how much music i lost!!! that was basically why i got the external...but i guess we can't win them all. i'm just grateful that my computer is working again, and without too much tussle...especially since this is the first time (apart from temperamental CD drive) my computer has had a major issue.
if you're reading this: let me steal your music! XD
6 comments:
uh oh! i hope i didn't curse ur laptop! I just asked u if you had any problem with ur computer!!! sowwi~
u can totally steal my music! tho mine's a lil old hahaha~ i have some current music recorded illegally too, if u like em hahahahah~well, glad you're laptop's alive again :D
i've got music, yes i do!
Poor, poor Bessie. If only you would've done it through iTunes, you'd still have your files...... What the hell am I saying? I do the same thing too, I'm just too scared of getting caught, so I use iTunes.....
But seriously, that sucks, and it looks like my laptop is heading in that direction with the 8 deadpixel lines down my screen..... We should start a charity fund.
oh no! poor bessie :( it really sucks balls that you have to start from scratch again. booooo! but, you can steal some music from me if you want :D
what were you going to say?
what are you referring to?
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