Computer Issues
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Well this week has been interesting and a bit frustrating. Monday, I was sitting down to work on my computer about noon to get ready for a Tuesday meeting. Started up the computer, started to download my email, walked away for about 5 minutes, came back and my screen saver was frozen.
Wiggled the mouse, wiggled it again . . . nothing. Ctrl-Alt-Delete . . . nothing. Turned off the computer by pulling the battery. Started it back up, sounded normal, but nothing came back up on the monitor.
Got online with HP (on another computer), tried the suggestions they gave me . . . nothing. Early stages of panic. How do I get the info off my hard drive? Apparently, you can buy a special cable to get your info off your hard drive. Only drawback, the closest place I could find that cable was 25 miles away. So, off for a road trip. Got it, came back home. Took the hard drive out of my computer. Cables didn’t fit (or so I thought), got back online with HP. Discovered a part on the hard drive that pulled out. Found the right slots.
Plugged an external hard drive to my kitchen computer, plugged in my hard drive from my laptop, computer found them both. Copied data from laptop hard drive to external hard drive.
Whew. So fortunately, was able to be up and running by about noon Tuesday. Only lost a day, but have been feeling behind all week. I should have my computer back in about a week. It has already been shipped to the repair place. They should have it turned back around in about 5 business days. Good thing I bought the 3 year warranty, so this little episode at least won’t cost me anything.
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