Archive for February 25th, 2009

Once more unto the breach

February 25th, 2009

It has happened again.

I am really pissed off.

The first time it was a corrupt hard disk.

The second time, I don’t know what it was.

This time it was a corrupt file.  Somewhere.  Somewhere important.  Somewhere I couldn’t find.

Last night my not-so-trusty laptop started locking up.

It would slow down, and then stop working altogether.  It would then make strange noises, not unlike Herself when I lock her in the coalhole.  Then, if I left it any longer, it would come up with that damned Blue Screen thing.

I tried everything.

I scanned the disk for errors.  I scanned for viruses.  I ran it in safe mode.  I sacrificed a couple of lambs [dinner sorted for a couple of days ahead?].  I would have sacrificed a virgin but I couldn’t find one, not even in Junior Infants.

In the end I had a ‘Fuck It’ moment and erased the partition, and reinstalled from the original files.

My problem seems to be solved.

BUT

I now have to reinstall everything.

Bollox.

Not only is that a right pain in the hole, but as usual, I have forgotten all my passwords.  I have lost all my mail.  I have lost all my bookmarks.

Damn, Blast, Bother, Knickers and Spit.

And if any smart arse fucker out there says anything about Mac or Linux,

I swear to God I’ll kill them.