*whines and shakes nervously*
May. 31st, 2006 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypalSoooo, the computer place I went to last time is apparently without a PC technician so they couldn't help me. Which means I'll need to take my computer to the more expensive place over at the university..which won't be done today because a) it's too hot and b) I haven't had enough to eat (sausage and broccolli do not a lunch make).
However, as I ate my "snack" I decided to see what I could do to figure this out. I went into event viewer and under the application error points, I didn't find the specific one that MS told me to look for. Of the ones that did occur before/as I turned my computer off to take it to the repair shop that ended in a blue screen of death and fatal system error (it did restart, so no worries there for the moment), it did tell me hotfixes were available for one, but I'm hesitant to use it.
But for shits and grins, I checked out the system log --- this morning alone there were a series (and by this, I mean 9-15) hard disk errors, possibly due to a bad sector.
*growls* I knew I should have insisted last month that they run a check of the hard disk integrity.
Le sigh.
So now I go off to work and call the other place to make sure they do have technician as I debate whether that will be cheaper or if I should shell out the money to get a dell service contract. And I really don't want to be without my computer this month, but I want this fixed so I can trust my computer again.
Oh, the little guy from the computer repair place ever so helpfully suggested that maybe I have a virus. Look, I know I'm blonde, but I'm not an idiot. I run virus checking often. If it is a virus, I'm frelled because it's obviously a rootkit that my computer can't detect. I just find it interesting that I keep getting it despite zero-filling my hard drive and multiple re-formats.
*pets Talyn* Poor little guy.
However, as I ate my "snack" I decided to see what I could do to figure this out. I went into event viewer and under the application error points, I didn't find the specific one that MS told me to look for. Of the ones that did occur before/as I turned my computer off to take it to the repair shop that ended in a blue screen of death and fatal system error (it did restart, so no worries there for the moment), it did tell me hotfixes were available for one, but I'm hesitant to use it.
But for shits and grins, I checked out the system log --- this morning alone there were a series (and by this, I mean 9-15) hard disk errors, possibly due to a bad sector.
*growls* I knew I should have insisted last month that they run a check of the hard disk integrity.
Le sigh.
So now I go off to work and call the other place to make sure they do have technician as I debate whether that will be cheaper or if I should shell out the money to get a dell service contract. And I really don't want to be without my computer this month, but I want this fixed so I can trust my computer again.
Oh, the little guy from the computer repair place ever so helpfully suggested that maybe I have a virus. Look, I know I'm blonde, but I'm not an idiot. I run virus checking often. If it is a virus, I'm frelled because it's obviously a rootkit that my computer can't detect. I just find it interesting that I keep getting it despite zero-filling my hard drive and multiple re-formats.
*pets Talyn* Poor little guy.