Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 4, 2018 16:13:03 GMT
When I switched off the PC and went to bed on Thursday 15 November, I got a message that it would update first. This has happened with irregular intervals, so I didn't suspect anything wrong this time, either.
But when I tried to switch it on on Friday morning, it refused to start. Cthulhu didn't answer my call (because he had forgotten his cell phone in the car as he told me when he finally rang me back), so I disconncted the computer and brought it to Power downtown. They stipulated that it would take three work days to get it fixed.
But Tuesday came and went without hearing from them, so I had to check again. It turned out that there was a hiccup in the system that interrupted the startup procedures after having completed 41% each time.
Also, the two hard disks were worn and slow, so they suggested that we copied their content into a backup disk before reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch. That took more than a week.
Next step was to buy a new hard disk with enough storage space to satisfy the needs of an entire village! It wasn't in stock, so a few more days before the operation could resume.
Yesterday, I got it back, but I needed many hours to sort out everything and custonise it again. The only thing I lost were the email files and contact lists.
I tried to post something on Lys' iPad, but it was too inconvenient, so I gave up. I regard myself as a dyslexic when it comes to touch screens, so I just had to wait patiently.
Hopefully, this won't happen again for many years now...
But when I tried to switch it on on Friday morning, it refused to start. Cthulhu didn't answer my call (because he had forgotten his cell phone in the car as he told me when he finally rang me back), so I disconncted the computer and brought it to Power downtown. They stipulated that it would take three work days to get it fixed.
But Tuesday came and went without hearing from them, so I had to check again. It turned out that there was a hiccup in the system that interrupted the startup procedures after having completed 41% each time.
Also, the two hard disks were worn and slow, so they suggested that we copied their content into a backup disk before reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch. That took more than a week.
Next step was to buy a new hard disk with enough storage space to satisfy the needs of an entire village! It wasn't in stock, so a few more days before the operation could resume.
Yesterday, I got it back, but I needed many hours to sort out everything and custonise it again. The only thing I lost were the email files and contact lists.
I tried to post something on Lys' iPad, but it was too inconvenient, so I gave up. I regard myself as a dyslexic when it comes to touch screens, so I just had to wait patiently.
Hopefully, this won't happen again for many years now...
