Comments on: PC woes http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13057 Grandad Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:23:41 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13057 Cathy - Many many years ago, I had a PC on loan. I was mucking about and tried "C:>format C: /q". I am not sure where I got that from, but I didn't try it again. I didn't get the loan of a PC again either. I love the idea of dismembering another computer in front of it. I must try that. Cathy – Many many years ago, I had a PC on loan. I was mucking about and tried “C:>format C: /q”. I am not sure where I got that from, but I didn’t try it again. I didn’t get the loan of a PC again either. I love the idea of dismembering another computer in front of it. I must try that.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13056 Cathy Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:00:29 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13056 Ah, you're obviously not a DOS nerd, Grandad - C:> is the cue for all those wonderful commands that we used to be able to give computers, to really screw up their insides! Like completely erasing the boot sector, or melting the partitions between drives... not like now, when you are reduced to begging the Windows programs to let you speak to their manager! I love the sight of a black screen and blinking white cursor -- and the POWER it represents. But I was usually reduced to physically re-booted (ie: giving it a swift kick w/the boot) most of the time anyway... sometimes taking apart another computer in front of it put the fear of god into it... Cathy Ah, you’re obviously not a DOS nerd, Grandad – C:> is the cue for all those wonderful commands that we used to be able to give computers, to really screw up their insides! Like completely erasing the boot sector, or melting the partitions between drives… not like now, when you are reduced to begging the Windows programs to let you speak to their manager! I love the sight of a black screen and blinking white cursor — and the POWER it represents. But I was usually reduced to physically re-booted (ie: giving it a swift kick w/the boot) most of the time anyway… sometimes taking apart another computer in front of it put the fear of god into it…
Cathy

]]> By: TheChrisD http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13034 TheChrisD Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:32:26 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13034 I guess it's one of those 20% of problems that rebooting doesn't help. I guess it’s one of those 20% of problems that rebooting doesn’t help.

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13055 Grandad Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:03:19 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13055 How does rebooting a PC help when its problem is that it won't stop rebooting? :| How does rebooting a PC help when its problem is that it won’t stop rebooting? :|

]]> By: Sam, Problemchildbride http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13054 Sam, Problemchildbride Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:32:40 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13054 My cousin, who troubleshoots computer problems for people, says that 80% of computer glitches can be fixed just by rebooting. And 90% will be fixed by re-rebooting. I usually find a good thrashing with a branch and threats of the recycling plant will do the trick. No computer wants its cadmium rendered. My cousin, who troubleshoots computer problems for people, says that 80% of computer glitches can be fixed just by rebooting. And 90% will be fixed by re-rebooting.

I usually find a good thrashing with a branch and threats of the recycling plant will do the trick. No computer wants its cadmium rendered.

]]> By: Jefferson Davis http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13033 Jefferson Davis Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:09:44 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13033 They just need a swift kick ever now and again. I got aggravated with an ol' 386 one time, and kicked it so hard that the motherboard ripped off of its attachment points and broke the graphics card in the process. It never booted again. :) They just need a swift kick ever now and again. I got aggravated with an ol’ 386 one time, and kicked it so hard that the motherboard ripped off of its attachment points and broke the graphics card in the process. It never booted again. :)

]]> By: Little Miss http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13035 Little Miss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:43:43 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13035 PCs have been put on this earth to torture us. If it's not the printer, it's the internet, if it's not the internet it's the blue screen that fancies a chat and I'm just not interested in what it has to say quite frankly. PCs have been put on this earth to torture us. If it’s not the printer, it’s the internet, if it’s not the internet it’s the blue screen that fancies a chat and I’m just not interested in what it has to say quite frankly.

]]> By: Kate http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13051 Kate Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:36:48 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13051 @ Thriftcriminal - oh the joys of speaking a foreign language! well done you! @ Thriftcriminal – oh the joys of speaking a foreign language! well done you!

]]> By: Thriftcriminal http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13050 Thriftcriminal Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:21:31 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13050 Yeah, me too, back in the days of slackware and the old "re-compile your kernel and pray". I like Macs now (based on FreeBSD, so I can do my unix-y stuff too), but still have windows for the missus on the laptop. Work is all windows-y but as we make chips (silicon, not potato) we need a linux jobby, which is nice. Yeah, me too, back in the days of slackware and the old “re-compile your kernel and pray”. I like Macs now (based on FreeBSD, so I can do my unix-y stuff too), but still have windows for the missus on the laptop. Work is all windows-y but as we make chips (silicon, not potato) we need a linux jobby, which is nice.

]]> By: Kate http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-13049 Kate Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:19:49 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2008/07/19/pc-woes/#comment-13049 Well, as he is languishing amid thunderstorms in the Dominican Republic currently and without a decent connection I can only advise a six inch drop and see what happens - gotta be better than kicking it tho? Posh buggar, I bet thery're polished wood at that? Well, as he is languishing amid thunderstorms in the Dominican Republic currently and without a decent connection I can only advise a six inch drop and see what happens – gotta be better than kicking it tho? Posh buggar, I bet thery’re polished wood at that?

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