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Sat Jun 6, 2009, 12:10 PM
  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Hej Sokoly! ...it's stuck in my head.
  • Reading: Neighbor Rosicky (*heart*)
  • Watching: Disney's Hercules!
  • Playing: Piano
  • Eating: Thai pineapple riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
  • Drinking: Water. As always.
Bad News: My laptop has finally hardcore crashed. After three years of hard work, it bit the dust. This wouldn't be such a big deal (the screen was cracked and I had to get a new one this summer anyway), except it crashed BEFORE I could back up my files. I have a STOP Error blue screen of death that greets me when I turn it on; apparently those are usually fixable but I have to pay forty bucks for troubleshooting over the phone before anyone will look at it (don't want to do that; the folks at Dell all are Malaysian and have difficult accents). Else I pay seventy bucks for a geek squad fixup.

The question is: I need to get files and programs for my new computer. Is that possible without repairing the old one? If I don't have to spend money on a computer I basically have to trash anyway, that would make me really, really happy.

Also, my cell phone broke the same day as the laptop. It still calls and stuff but the screen is all purple. Cell phone is also three years old; i get to switch for a new one in August at least. And I don't use it very much so that's not that crucial.

Also ALSO, I might have strep throat. XD But I guess I can't cuz I had it already, but I have SOMETHING that attacks my throat with a pain-giving wand of death. So yes. Fun times for me, yay. :D

Good News: I have gotten very, very good at making earrings. I use Swarovski crystal and sterling silver when I can, although I have to say nearly everything in Michael's and Joann's has a 'made in China' label. So it's probably all full of lead anyway. Lol.

Regardless, I haven't gotten lead poisoning yet and I've been wearing my own creations for a little over a year now--never had my skin change funky colors or get infected, although I have zero metal allergies so I guess I can't speak for everyone. I'm thinking about setting up comissions. :) I'll try to get a few photos up, then I'd appreciate people telling me what they think! (I already know maximum price would be about 20 dollars; that would buy sterling silver and Swarovski dangles and cover the cost of shipping as well).

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:iconthe-ice-syrin:
oh noes D=...i'm so sorry that happened :hug: ^^

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I'd be interested in those commissions! My sister has special needs... she only has 1 hand so she needs special earrings that can easily be put in with 1 hand and we're native Inuit Indian so we have thicker earlobes, the hoop earrings are too small. She found the French Clip earrings, for pierced ears, work REALLY well...

Geek squad will be able to recover the files... a few places will be able to, though, and maybe cheaper. Don't spend $40 on the phone for analysis. When you go down there tell them you just want data recovery, not repair, and see if they can do it without the analysis fee. If I hear of any other options, I'll let you know

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:iconravyncrescent:
Alright, aldrinsteven on yahooanswers told me: First of all most tech support from dell are not malaysian.. unfortunately your error is usually not covered by tech services of dell, apparrently what happened to your laptop is that it had some bad sectors from your hard disk.. to repair this you must removed the hardisk from laptop (just search internet on how to removed batteries+include pc model when searching)

After removing the harddisk (1)buy a harddisk ata/sata converter or better yet (2) buy a 2.5 hard disk case (it's dirt cheap) just a few bucks!

(1) find a pc(desktop) to connect it to.. as a neighbor friend
after connecting run scandisk on harddrive

(2) just insert hardisk into casing, connect usb cable to pc and run scandisk


** afterscandisk download freeware like "filescavenger" or the like from the internet its free and easy to use to recover all your beloved files. I suggest option 2 if your not the technical type.

both options will require you to use another pc so i hope u have a lot of nice friends... but at least you save a lot of money...

Hope this helps... by the way i used to be tech support for microsoft and they should be the one responsible for this problem not Dell..:)

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Well, thank you very much! I'm leery to try any of those things myself, but my parents know someone computer-literate and those suggestions sound like they might save my life. ^ ^

As for the earrings--by french clip do you mean the leverback style, or the French earwires as shown in the uploaded deviation? I know I can get leverback style since two of my earrings use that wire, but I've never tried to put in earrings with one hand. ._. I'll have to test to see if I can do that.

*tests* ...Kay, you want leverback. The French wire is super easy to put in one-handed but it's impossible to put on the backing. Your sister COULD wear that style without a back, as I used to do, but that's also how I lost one of my favorite earrings so I don't recommend it.

And after researching online, these products I use probably do have lead in them but are harmless as long as you're not eating them or sticking them up your nose and inhaling. XD Just keep out of the reach of small children, I guess.
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*nodnod* I would be afraid. Very afraid to do this alone, but, if you know someone good with computers you can at least tell them what can be done!


and yes, leverback is what we need!!

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