whatsinaname
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- Nov 23, 2000
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I had to journey out of town for the past 4 days on business, and I asked my older brother to watch my apartment for me. Nothing big, just feed my fish and my bird. I talked to him pretty much everyday to make sure nothing was amiss. I got home last night around 1am or so, and my bird wouldn't stop acting crazy. Finally, I went to put her in her cage for the night, only to find out there was no food or water for her. No wonder she was having a fit. So, I checked my email and schtuff, put a CD on, and fell asleep.
Today, I got another soundcard, so as a precautionary measure, I always reboot the computer prior to hardware installation just to make sure there are no anomalies. When I started it back up, it wouldn't, and still won't, recognize the C: drive. Oh, and did I mention that it doesn't show any IDE or SCSI Controllers, either? It won't even start in safe mode. I just get an A prompt.
After the system self-diagnosed itself, it pointed out that one of the culprits could possibly be a virus. But I always scan anything before I download it, so I was figuring it was a hard drive/motherboard conflict.
When my brother came over, he saw me working on the computer, and said, "Man, your box is FAST! I was downloading stuff like CRAZY!"
*sigh*
Does someone have something heavy and blunt lying around?
Times like this make me glad I didn't sell the laptop when I got the PC...
[Edited by whatsinaname on 12-21-2000 at 12:31 AM]
Today, I got another soundcard, so as a precautionary measure, I always reboot the computer prior to hardware installation just to make sure there are no anomalies. When I started it back up, it wouldn't, and still won't, recognize the C: drive. Oh, and did I mention that it doesn't show any IDE or SCSI Controllers, either? It won't even start in safe mode. I just get an A prompt.
After the system self-diagnosed itself, it pointed out that one of the culprits could possibly be a virus. But I always scan anything before I download it, so I was figuring it was a hard drive/motherboard conflict.
When my brother came over, he saw me working on the computer, and said, "Man, your box is FAST! I was downloading stuff like CRAZY!"
*sigh*
Does someone have something heavy and blunt lying around?
Times like this make me glad I didn't sell the laptop when I got the PC...
[Edited by whatsinaname on 12-21-2000 at 12:31 AM]
