So my computer crashed last night. Totally crashed. Went black. Shut off.
Then....
The dreaded....
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!
Only it wasn't the standard BSOD.... It was the super-duper, cracked out, steroid version. As in, your stuff is freakin FRIED!!
It said that if the screen appeared again, it indicated a MAJOR hardware problem and I should contact the manufacturer. Like I have the cash to do that.
It did this last weekend, too. It started right back up after I shut it down for a few minutes. The error report said it had over-heated, so my boyfriend and I took it apart and broke out the can of air...there was a farm of dust bunnies in there. lol So that fixed that problem.
Well, this time it wouldn't start back up. My BF and I tried everything. It kept saying that Windows was corrupted!! BAAADDD mojo. It gave us the super BSOD about 7 times. Well, eventually it let us re-start in safe mode. My BF did a system restore, and that seemed to work.
When he restarted in normal mode, there was an extra icon on his desktop...it was an error report. Java had updatd itself and installed a new driver. The new Java driver was corrupt and totally jacked our machine!!!
So far the system restore has worked...no more BSOD...for now!! lol
Though I am going to play it safe and burn off all of our data onto DVDs. Just in case.
We were talking about the computer on the way to work this morning, and I think I have him sold on getting a Mac next time around. It'll be more expensive, but it'll last longer and be more secure and all that jazz.
Then....
The dreaded....
BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!
Only it wasn't the standard BSOD.... It was the super-duper, cracked out, steroid version. As in, your stuff is freakin FRIED!!
It said that if the screen appeared again, it indicated a MAJOR hardware problem and I should contact the manufacturer. Like I have the cash to do that.
It did this last weekend, too. It started right back up after I shut it down for a few minutes. The error report said it had over-heated, so my boyfriend and I took it apart and broke out the can of air...there was a farm of dust bunnies in there. lol So that fixed that problem.
Well, this time it wouldn't start back up. My BF and I tried everything. It kept saying that Windows was corrupted!! BAAADDD mojo. It gave us the super BSOD about 7 times. Well, eventually it let us re-start in safe mode. My BF did a system restore, and that seemed to work.
When he restarted in normal mode, there was an extra icon on his desktop...it was an error report. Java had updatd itself and installed a new driver. The new Java driver was corrupt and totally jacked our machine!!!
So far the system restore has worked...no more BSOD...for now!! lol
Though I am going to play it safe and burn off all of our data onto DVDs. Just in case.
We were talking about the computer on the way to work this morning, and I think I have him sold on getting a Mac next time around. It'll be more expensive, but it'll last longer and be more secure and all that jazz.