... This should tide you over.
I'm still getting everything setup on the newly restored computer. When I get back to work, I'll update you.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Not Dead...
Don't pack up your bags and move on to the next blog just yet! I'm actually not dead. I've just been having a few computer problems.
It started with the infamous UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME message accompanied by everbodys' favorite Blue Screen of Death. After swapping out hard drives countless times, I got every file backed up. How well they all survived remains to be seen.
After jacking around with all of that, I attempted a system restore:
"System restore has failed because a mass storage device was not detected."
It turns out that I had the wrong restore disc. I own a Gateway and apparently the restore disc was for Dell computers only. Gee, do you think it might have been helpful if the label would have said that? So anyway, I called Gateway and asked about their restore disc. They were going to charge me $20 and shipping. I had to explain that the disc wasn't packaged with the computer (like they should be.) After about an hour of telling them exactly what happened, they finally told me they would send it out for free but I would still need to pay shipping. That's fine. I'll gladly pay shipping. But I wasn't going to pay for a disc that was supposed to come for free.
So I get the disc in the mail and go through the whole bit. Now I'm here writing this. Nothing is wrong so far. We'll see how this goes.
It started with the infamous UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME message accompanied by everbodys' favorite Blue Screen of Death. After swapping out hard drives countless times, I got every file backed up. How well they all survived remains to be seen.
After jacking around with all of that, I attempted a system restore:
"System restore has failed because a mass storage device was not detected."
It turns out that I had the wrong restore disc. I own a Gateway and apparently the restore disc was for Dell computers only. Gee, do you think it might have been helpful if the label would have said that? So anyway, I called Gateway and asked about their restore disc. They were going to charge me $20 and shipping. I had to explain that the disc wasn't packaged with the computer (like they should be.) After about an hour of telling them exactly what happened, they finally told me they would send it out for free but I would still need to pay shipping. That's fine. I'll gladly pay shipping. But I wasn't going to pay for a disc that was supposed to come for free.
So I get the disc in the mail and go through the whole bit. Now I'm here writing this. Nothing is wrong so far. We'll see how this goes.
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