The Computer...

[calliopes_pen]

Dad's going to try to buy a new hard drive--and then, ask someone to teach him how to fix it. He also gave me a piece of paper that tells the error message that shows up--just in case anyone here can help fix it.

It says this: "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl +Alt +Del to restart."

Unfortunately, when you do what that says to do, nothing happens. It won't even restart.


And this section is just for me to try to find later on. For when/if the computer is fixed. I'll add more to the list as I think of it.

-Try to find a certain site that had information I was using for the Persephone application. And rewrite that application. ETA: Found the site ! Or at least the main site I used. And here is another.
-Go to sv_inquiry, and find the Smallville stories I found through there.
-Read through my old ship_manifesto essays that I posted. I think I might find a few links that way.
-Go to liviapenn's journal, and find those Blue Beetle icons she made for me again.
-Find all the Catwoman/Michelle Pfeiffer icons that I had found the other day, resave them.

Comments

[seandc]

Dad's going to try to buy a new hard drive
In the words of Peter DeLuise - "BIGGER!!" :D Especially if he wants to be downloading stuff onto it.

Are any of the computer stores over there open on a Sunday?

ask someone to teach him how to fix it.
Or, hopefully, the new one will be all fancy and he won't actually have to fix anything his own self cause it won't be happening anymore. :)

I'd suggest taking it in to the store when getting the new one for the techies to look over, but I understand that computer-repair works differently over there...

For when/if the computer is fixed.
Wow, that was almost me-level hopefulness. ;)

[calliopes_pen]

Last time something happened and he had to get someone to save all the files, he mentioned it being very expensive. Something like $100 for saving a file, but I've never heard of that before.

Wow, that was almost me-level hopefulness. ;)

I know. I was sitting in an overheated garage at the time I typed that. (That's where this old computer he found for me to use is located.) You'd suddenly turn into a pessimist at that point, too. :lol:

[ladycat713.livejournal.com]

Things like this is why I copy my favorites folder to a disk at least once a month. I've had to rebuild my bookmarks back up at least twice because of computer problems and it's a pain in the ass.

[dark-wesley.livejournal.com]

Basically, the problem with the old hard drive is just what you thought it was-- so much data was saved to it that now the operating system can't find the special files it needs to read the drive properly (rule of thumb is to keep 10% of the drive's total space free at a minimum). A new really huge capacity hard drive shouldn't be too terribly expensive, depending on your budget. There's nothing physically wrong with the old one-- it just needs to be repartitioned and reformatted. A suggestion I might make is to use the old, smaller drive for your operating system and all programs, while any files (graphics, documents, movies) could go on the second, bigger drive. That way if a certain someone again dl's enough to crash the hard drive, it won't take your operating system and programs with it.

[pukkie.livejournal.com]

is it loading windows or just the black screen before everything happen?
Otherwise type cmd in start and execute. Type chkdsk /r in the dos box. It will ask for a disc check and after a reboot it will initiate this check...

good luck

[calliopes_pen]

It's just a black screen that says what I wrote, and nothing else. It won't even reboot, or allow anything to be typed, from what I can tell.

[pukkie.livejournal.com]

sounds bad indeed. You could check the cable if it's loose. This can be the cause (due to vibrations)
Otherwise you need a new disc...

[calliopes_pen]

Sounds like it's too late to do anything now. Dad's just started reformatting it.