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roseembolism ([personal profile] roseembolism) wrote2009-07-30 10:35 pm

Well, crap. Laptop dead.

Gah.  Trival annoyance time again.

Tonight instead of booting up, I got an "Unmountable Boot Error" on my laptop.  Fortunately, it's an easy problem to fix: just put the Windows installation disk in the disk drive, and hit R at the welcome screen.

Unfortunately, this is the laptop whose disk drive went on the fritz, and the new drive turned out to be incompatible.

Fortunately I have Sandy's computer to work on, so I can send resumes and stuff out, and I have copies of my resume on gmail.

Unfortunately, I can't get my other stuff off the laptop.

I'm honestly not sure that this computer is worth the $40.00 - $60.00 that a refurbished drive (of uncertain compatibility) would cost.

*sigh* and so it goes.





[identity profile] therobbergirl.livejournal.com 2009-07-31 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Would an external drive work?

I'm considering getting one for my netbook. If it would work on your machine, then I would see about getting it today.

[identity profile] roseembolism.livejournal.com 2009-07-31 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I'm not sure if it would work or not, because I'm not sure if you can do a boot restore from an external drive.

It would be worth a try though!