Yeah. Good Times.: Update on the dead computer: It's dead

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Update on the dead computer: It's dead

I have commandeered Child 1's shitty little full of cracker crumbs laptop, which means I can get online and feed my various addictions (I didn't read reddit all weekend. I think I have a rash now) and check my gmails. However, without the contents of my hard drive I'm practically crippled with the things I can't do. Like draw stuff. And see how much money I have in the bank. And, oh, I don't know.... WORK. Luckily most of my clients keep their own files on their own computers, but I had to reschedule one client this week, which means this shit is now costing me fucking money.

Anyway, the deal is that my hard drive is toast. My data is backed up (THANK YOU HUBS, OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU) but since the computer is still under warranty, I can't just throw a new drive in there without voiding it and I have to have Apple do the repairs, which will be for free, at least. But they had to order the drive, which won't come in until Wednesday or Thursday and so... I wait. I'm trying another Apple store this afternoon, which will mean THREE trips to the Apple store in the last three days. They're nice people in there, though; and they all wear blue.

I'm not sure why I felt the need to explain all of that to you guys, and yet.... here we are.

On the other hand, I did, like, 5 loads of laundry yesterday, I sorted all of Child 1's markers by color and size AND I cleaned the fucking toilets.

This sucks....

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blogginglily 73p · 681 weeks ago

Sorry about your computer probs. I lived through that whole hard drive toast thing a COUPLE times. It sucks sooooo much ass.
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Lady Estrogen · 681 weeks ago

No one should be cleaning the toilets due to lack of computer access. That totally sucks!

Blue, hey? I pictured them all wearing black turtlenecks.
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Amanda · 681 weeks ago

See what the warranty gets you? Waiting for days. I'm much rather just be able to throw a new drive in there and go.
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MFA Mama · 681 weeks ago

Duuuuude. I'm glad you at least have a fix (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) in sight, but how frustrating!
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Jenny · 681 weeks ago

The toilets? The toilets????? NOOOO!!!!
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Handflapper · 681 weeks ago

That suuuuuucks. I've killed a couple of computers in my time, but they were work computers. I told my dumbass boss the hard drive was going out both times but BOTH TIMES he acted like I didn't know what I was talking about. I'm just a dumb woman, after all.
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jillsmo 103p · 681 weeks ago

HEE HEE! I need a man to save me!!

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Mayor Gia · 681 weeks ago

Ugh, what a pain. But YAY for warranties! And smart hubbys who make you back stuff up.
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thissideoftypical 57p · 681 weeks ago

I have carbonite, and i have thanked god more than once for its existence.
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solodialogue 73p · 681 weeks ago

Tell me, this does not happen to Apples!!! WTF? The genius bar is good but I hope never to use them for this! Tell me it was the cat hair that caused this!! I'm thinking cats are involved....
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Mark West · 681 weeks ago

Well I hate 2 break the news 2 u but hard drives in macs fail to it isnt only a PC problem what it does come down to as how the hard drive fails. 4 macs its usually hardware damage but a ocassional software bug or two can cause it 2 happen 2 but on the other hand PCs tend to fail b/c of corruption issues from security threats or that have just gone past their self life of 2 to 3 years

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pugariffic 41p · 681 weeks ago

lol clogged the hard drive with cat hair. I love that idea!
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Rards · 681 weeks ago

First Yoshi winds up dead, face down in the back of your minivan, then your computer mysteriously crashes.

Someone is sending you a message, methinks.

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jillsmo 103p · 681 weeks ago

Well, y'know.... I DID recently tweet that I liked cake better than pie.....

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Jenn@Fox in the City · 681 weeks ago

Holy hell, things are bad if you have resorted to cleaning the toilets. I hope those Apple folks come through for ya and get a new drive sooner rather than late. :)

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andrea · 681 weeks ago

If you start wiping down baseboards, I'm sending help...perhaps in the form of my malfunctioning ipad?!
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Jen · 681 weeks ago

I have a distinct aversion to housework.

However! I did discover a magical toilet cleaning substance that's foam that's blue when you spray it in there and turns white when things are clean! And it smells kind of like funny foam.
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Claire · 681 weeks ago

Noooo, not the toilets and laundry! My two worst household chores. I would give you a pc if you did my toilets and laundry and sorted Puppy's colors.
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Jim Reeve · 681 weeks ago

Sometimes you have to take a CPU off life support. Maybe you can ask for a new CPU for St Patrick's Day.
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jillsmo 103p · 681 weeks ago

I'll ask my green Jewish god

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@Bratmom · 681 weeks ago

Dude I admire the shit outta you

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jillsmo 103p · 681 weeks ago

What the hell for???

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Eric Ruhstorfer · 681 weeks ago

All I could think when you said that they were in blue, and that you didn't have to explain was.... At least it's better than the people in white who keep giving me the nice jacket to hug myself with!

Sorry to hear about the issues with the computer though. Best of luck!
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cheerioconfessions 55p · 681 weeks ago

You told us because you want to share the burden of your pain. And isn't that what we're here for? ;-)

I've lost track of how many hard drives have taken a nose dive on us. The worst, by far, was the one that's sole purpose in this universe was to store our pictures and videos. It took a nose dive and everything was GONE. *POOF* I seriously had a panic attack. We never realize how much we rely on this stuff until it craps out on us. :-)

I hope you're up and running at full speed again soon!
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Mark West · 681 weeks ago

Im not going 2 play devils advocate or even think that it isnt a horrible thing 2 loose everything on ur hard drive but I know where your coming from b/c I have lost a hard drive or two before. But as a computer geek I would like to remind people that w/ average computer use a hard drive will usually end up crashing right around the 2 year mark. so make sure especially around that time u back up very often. Backing up is usually a pretty easy process all u need is just a external hard drive in size thats 1.5 times bigger than the total available space available on ur hard drive. On the other hand the rest of the hardware in ur computer doesnt normally fail that often & usually works to about 3 to 5 years but that doesnt mean the performance will be the same as when u first got it.

Can u tell me a bit more about what happened b/c more than likely there are some ways to cheaply get ur information back expect 4 when its totally fried.

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thesmos 26p · 681 weeks ago

Late comment here.... Thanks for not mentioning how your first trip to the Apple store was a total waste because I made the appointment from my iPhone for help with an iPhone (damn tiny text hard to read), so they couldn't help you when you showed up with your MacBook. Child 1 loved that cupcake though, so it was worth it.

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jillsmo 103p · 681 weeks ago

But.... now EVERYBODY will know!!!

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