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Journal Entry: Sat Jun 6, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Edit: I got my computer back. Wiped clean. The guy said it *might* have been a hardware issue with overheating, so if it continues to crash I'm going to have to bring it BACK. Won't see my hard drive or my printer. *sigh* But I remembered the apartment's password and I'm back online. :XD: It only took me three tries!

Won't know the damage until I get my external hard drive back online.

I also got this awesome email which made my day SO much better. Aytheria (from FFN) drew this stellar picture of Real Life Danny. It's still in progress, but I was just floored by it. I wish I could all send you a link to drool over, because it's AWESOME, but she says it's not done. :) Y'all will have to wait.

Back to struggling with my computer. /Edit

It is. I think it's karma. *cries*

My computer is being 'fixed'. Meaning:

I had something go wrong with my OS. Chaos told me to bring my computer in to the compute place and now my computer is being wiped. Again. This is the fifth time I've had to reinstall Windows Vista and I officially HATE IT. I wish I could go back to XP. I'm definitely contemplating jumping ship to Linux right now. I'm not the kind of person that can handle this kind of stress.

Besides, I haven't a CLUE how many of my files got backed up last night before the whole thing crashed for good. I was about half-way thought the backup before it all went blue.

Blue is not good.

I'm sitting at an internet cafe right now, and I'm a bit terrified. All that work...

I'm having a tough time not dwelling. I'm, like, how stupid do I feel right now? It's just my computer. They're just a bunch of files - a list of silly 1s and 0s in digital dust. But I'm almost in tears.

I think I'm more attached to my computer than I am to my family...

Is that sad?

And now I'm going to have to reinstall EVERYTHING. It's not like I had a lot of stuff on my computer, but I'm still frustrated and angry about it. I'm going to have to dig up my printer drivers and *attempt* to get Vista to see my external hard drive again. *sigh* That sucked last time. Vista doesn't get along with my hd. And I'll have to get GIMP again and Picasa and Messanger and my mail program and PainterX and... the list goes on and on.

The rest of my day will be TRASHED. *so frustrated*

And it wasn't even a virus. It was just my computer being stupid and the OS glitching. It wasn't even something I DID! It just... broke. *sigh* That's the worst part. If it were a virus and it was my fault, I would have just sucked it up and lived with it because it was the consequence to me downloading something stupid. But I DIDN'T do anything wrong.

I'm not going to cry. Not in this internet cafe.

But I feel like I want to. :cries: This sucks majorly.

Those pictures I was working on are probably gone for good. I really REALLY hope that my RL story is fine - it should be, it was one of the first things I backed up, but I'm still worried. Chapter 14 is definitely OK since it's uploaded on FFN, just not posted. And 15 is fine since I printed it out to edit at work yesterday. But the rest is on my external HD and if I can't get my computer to see it, I can't get it back.

Oh, and I'm positive I won't know the password to log in to the internet at my apartment complex. There's no way I wrote it down someplace. My computer just logs me in automatically. Now it won't. I may have to wait until Monday to ask for the password again. No internet for a whole weekend.

I might die. :faint:

I need to go get some happy ice cream. Something chock-full of calories and chocolate and not-good-for-you-diet-breaking stuff. Like fudge and marshmallows and caramel and what-not.

Cross your fingers for me, amigos. :please:

-Cori

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*KaliPhantom Jun 6, 2009, 10:40:35 AM
Oh man… :hug: I've been close to that, but never quite there. Your entire OS down, again? Eeesh. I hope you got more backed up than you think and that Vista sees your HD on the first go. And I hope this isn't costing you a lot of money, either. :cuddle:

I especially sympathize about the internet deprivation. :worry:

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=Nonnally Jun 6, 2009, 10:44:44 AM
*SNUGGLES* I'm sorry Cordia. I had to wipe my whole computer back in December when my wireless died. They had to put in a new motherboard etc etc. It sucked. Then I started having issues again! AGAIN! So I said, "Screw this crap man I'm getting a Mac!!" I wish I could give you a Mac...

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=cordria Jun 6, 2009, 10:44:49 AM
No. The guy poked at it for a moment and told me he could attempt to fix it for $50 (and probably not get anything) or he could just reinstall Windows for me for $10. He's just reinstalling Windows. If it happens again, though, I'm jumping ship and not coming back. Windows is freaking DRIVING ME NUTS! *frustrated* My brother's got Linux or Unix or Ubuntu or something and I might join him.

I already know it won't. This is my fifth (or something) reinstall and it's NEVER seen my hd. But we'll see. *positive thinking*

And maybe I'll figure out the password. It was a color and some numbers. ^^; I might just get it if I think about it for long enough.

-Cori

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=Nonnally Jun 6, 2009, 10:45:48 AM
PS. Let me add back when they wiped my hard drive... I didn't quite back up everything and some really, really cool stuff I was working...GONE! I could have died!

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=cordria Jun 6, 2009, 10:48:13 AM
I wish I could get a Mac too, but I use too many programs that aren't Mac-compatible. My COMPUTER is fine - the hardware part - it's the software that trips me up. Which is why I'm considering jumping ship to Ubuntu. :shrug: We'll see.

I'll have my brother help me at some point. :) He's not a computer nerd for nothing.

Thanks. :hug:

-Cori

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I am unique.

...this makes everyone else unexpectedly happy, since they know there can't be two of me out there.
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=cordria Jun 6, 2009, 10:51:16 AM
I'm scared that a lot I've been working on is gone. I know you don't read my stories, but I've been workin on this one story for over a month and I've got a few chapters done and I'm worried that it'll be gone...

We've all got to get better at updating.

-Cori

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I am unique.

...this makes everyone else unexpectedly happy, since they know there can't be two of me out there.
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*Shining-Zephyr Jun 6, 2009, 10:56:34 AM
*insert long wail here* I'M SOWWIE FOR YOU!

Wow. Sounds like Windows is becoming worse and worse as the years pass, Cori. I think you should just go out and get a Mac. It's a nice piece of awesome and hasn't failed me yet.

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I know I'm crazy. We've established this.
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=Nonnally Jun 6, 2009, 11:18:29 AM
I'm so glad you have someone to help you. But man it just sucks. It sucks even more to think about losing work. I know how it feels and I know the heartache and apathy it causes. I've had writer's block I think simply because I'm heart sick at losing some things that made me really happy. I'll send good thoughts your way.

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*xena111returns Jun 6, 2009, 11:31:55 AM
God I'm so sorry! I sure hope most of your stuff got copied!

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~Nylah-Fae Jun 6, 2009, 11:47:01 AM
Ow... *wince* that's bad. I have vista too, hasn't failed me yet. I have no choice in the matter though, it's a work laptop.

Hope you get (most of) your data back. :hug:

Nylah
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