Death of my Computer
Feb. 20th, 2008 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altogetherisiMy computer has died.
I think I'll mourn it some more later, but now I have to go do some Torchwood stuff.
It was totally fine this morning, except it had been slowing down a bit, and then yesterday sometthing new turned up, a new virus or piece of spyware or something that was quite annoying but was under control, kinda. But it kept coming back, though nothing really happened. So I left it. Then, this morning, it was totally fine, until when it was being slow I minimized everything to stare at my wallpaper [currently of the Master looking smug and dangerous and sexy] while it sorted itself out I saw that something new had decided to istall itself on my desktop, which is just rude. So I started deleting it but it kept coming back over and over again and then while I was wrestling with deleting this thing some bubble appeared saying something nonsensical and that the computer would shut down. And then the computer did shut down. And then the computer would not reboot.
Ironically, the last thing of mine I saw was the Master's beautiful, arrogant, evil face smirking at me.
So I tired rebooting it several times, maybe about five or six times, but while it would start the process halfway through it would go to a blank screen that said that a file was missing or corrupt, and if I did anything else it just went through the whole process again.
So I sat around, kinda revising, kinda watching Buffy, pretty despondent, until I saw my dad and showed him how dead my computer was. So he ran the computer hospital and we took it over to see if they could resurrect it. But even if they can make it work again, I'm pretty sure everything will be wiped off it, and, guess what? I don't backup all that much. So.
The thing is, the really important stuff, stuff for Imlie's Garden and for Away from Me and for Love from Afar, they are backed up, and in particular, most of the original stuff has tonnes of hand written notes and diagrams and stuff in notebooks and folders, so I'm pretty sure that even if I have to rewrite everything I do think its possible at the very least, if annoying and time consuming. But I don't think I have all of the poetry and definitely all the fics, I mean there were literally about a hundred pieces that were starting to flesh out and getting bits and pieces added to them at various points depending on my muse, but that I didn't feel were really at a point when they were serious or necessarily going anywhere, so I didn't bother to back them up. I mean, if I can remember them, thats good, because even if I can't write them again I will be able to write something similar, if I want to anyway, again. But I'm worried about all the ones I'll forget-- I had at least 30 different HP/LV or HP/TMR fics, and ok, most of them were rubbish or only five pages long or something, but they did exist, and now they don't. And that is quite upsetting.
Also, it means I've lost pictures and photos. Most of the good ones were on facebook, but there were lots that weren't, lots that there weren't any copies of. Weirdly, the first thing I worried about were the ones of John Barrowman from the other day, since that's not going to ever happen again, but then I remembered that I'd emailed them to some friends so they are safe on various servers. But the other photos and pictures that I had stored-- I had loads, and I know its a bit weird to have loads of pictures of various celebrities and fictional characters on your computer, but screw it, I did. And now, I don't.
And all my music is gone, and I was going to update my mp3 player yesterday but I couldn't be bothered, and its really annoying.
If you're wondering, I'm using my dad's computer to type this-- thank it, and the internet, still work, I was quite worried that the internet would stop working, because my computer was the master computer that the wireless was installed on I think, but touch wood [heh heh, touch wood...] its still working fine. I hope my computer recovers, the people said they may be able to get it back to me on Monday, but even if they can make it work again, maybe make it work again faster than before, I doubt they'll be able to save the writing, the photos, the memory.
RIP.
Ironically, the last thing of mine I saw was the Master's beautiful, arrogant, evil face smirking at me.
So I tired rebooting it several times, maybe about five or six times, but while it would start the process halfway through it would go to a blank screen that said that a file was missing or corrupt, and if I did anything else it just went through the whole process again.
So I sat around, kinda revising, kinda watching Buffy, pretty despondent, until I saw my dad and showed him how dead my computer was. So he ran the computer hospital and we took it over to see if they could resurrect it. But even if they can make it work again, I'm pretty sure everything will be wiped off it, and, guess what? I don't backup all that much. So.
The thing is, the really important stuff, stuff for Imlie's Garden and for Away from Me and for Love from Afar, they are backed up, and in particular, most of the original stuff has tonnes of hand written notes and diagrams and stuff in notebooks and folders, so I'm pretty sure that even if I have to rewrite everything I do think its possible at the very least, if annoying and time consuming. But I don't think I have all of the poetry and definitely all the fics, I mean there were literally about a hundred pieces that were starting to flesh out and getting bits and pieces added to them at various points depending on my muse, but that I didn't feel were really at a point when they were serious or necessarily going anywhere, so I didn't bother to back them up. I mean, if I can remember them, thats good, because even if I can't write them again I will be able to write something similar, if I want to anyway, again. But I'm worried about all the ones I'll forget-- I had at least 30 different HP/LV or HP/TMR fics, and ok, most of them were rubbish or only five pages long or something, but they did exist, and now they don't. And that is quite upsetting.
Also, it means I've lost pictures and photos. Most of the good ones were on facebook, but there were lots that weren't, lots that there weren't any copies of. Weirdly, the first thing I worried about were the ones of John Barrowman from the other day, since that's not going to ever happen again, but then I remembered that I'd emailed them to some friends so they are safe on various servers. But the other photos and pictures that I had stored-- I had loads, and I know its a bit weird to have loads of pictures of various celebrities and fictional characters on your computer, but screw it, I did. And now, I don't.
And all my music is gone, and I was going to update my mp3 player yesterday but I couldn't be bothered, and its really annoying.
If you're wondering, I'm using my dad's computer to type this-- thank it, and the internet, still work, I was quite worried that the internet would stop working, because my computer was the master computer that the wireless was installed on I think, but touch wood [heh heh, touch wood...] its still working fine. I hope my computer recovers, the people said they may be able to get it back to me on Monday, but even if they can make it work again, maybe make it work again faster than before, I doubt they'll be able to save the writing, the photos, the memory.
RIP.
I think I'll mourn it some more later, but now I have to go do some Torchwood stuff.
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Date: 2008-02-20 10:23 pm (UTC)Circuitry to circuitry
Cables to cables
Ah-motherboard
I shall offer up prayers for its resurrection (and apologies for the dreadful computer-related joke)
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Date: 2008-02-20 11:29 pm (UTC)But oh! Over 400 tracks! Photos of me and my family, and not just my close family but the cute ones of my adopted cousin... The cat macros! The pictures of various gorgeous people! And slashiness! And witty icons!
I feel so alone...