computers are EVIL!!!

I’m still really pissed about this… earlier this morning, whilst typing a paper, MSWord freezes, and restarts. No recovered document. Much cursing. Began retyping said paper, MSWord freezes, and entire computer tells me it wants to shut down. Much loud cursing and threats of physical violence directed at the computer. Computer restarts, fucks up, wants to restart, again. Restart… still in DOS mode, computer begins scanning disc, slowly…

I retreat dowstairs to the dorm computer lab, this paper is due today, and I just turned it in. Everysooften, I go back upstairs to check on the computers progress, and hit “enter” to say “yes dammit fix the goddamn bad cluster!”

Eventually, I have to go to bed… I have to many things to do today to risk falling asleep [the most important of which is hanging out with mark!! (see DFW:the aftermath if you really care)]. Unfortunately, the computer isn’t done at this time, so I go to bed at 4:15 with it on and humming, very annoying.

I get up at 7:40. The computer has, of course, stopped because it found a bad cluster while I was asleep… So, as you read this, my computer still be fucked up. Me not happy none at all… :mad:

Sounds like it’s time for a new hard drive.

the thought had occurred to me… it’s an unpleasant one…
I want to try reinstalling Windows first… to see if that fixes most of the hangups (booting up is real slow, and the occasional non-fatal program error)…

I emailed my daddy, like the good girl I am, to get his opinion. I should mention I have a laptop, and buying a whole new one will prolly be much easier than replacing the hard drive [seeing as how they’re a bitch to get inside of]…

what kind of laptop? i’ve got a lot of experience dealing with and fixing those little bastards, so if you need help/advice, just email me (inoci@thespark.com) and i’ll be glad to help if i can.