Almost No Work Was Done This Week

Strike that.  Absolutely no work was done this week.  That’s more like it. 

It began last Sunday when my computer gave me that wonderful (sarcasm) blue screen of death.  After playing around trying to figure out the cause, downloading drivers like mad, I resigned myself to reformatting on Tuesday night. 

That was the first time.

With more unwanted appearances of the blue screen, Thursday night found me reformatting again.

That was the second time.

Then, Saturday was “Revenge of the Blue Screens: The Movie.”  This time one occurred during my attempt to install service pack 3, making it so I could not even boot up my computer.  So, I reformatted again, doing the Quick Format option because I no longer cared whether it was the “proper” option.  It was painfully clear I would not be able to reformat my way out of this problem. 

That was the third time.

Now, I’m able to get on my computer again, able to work on my writing and get on the internet, with the occasional blue screen dropping by to see how I am doing.  My guess is that the hard drive is going wonky, and it seems the price of a replacement one would put me well on my way toward a new laptop altogether.  My plan is to try and ride it out for another week and see where I am by the weekend.  I think most likely I will be at Best Buy on Saturday morning.

Now, I submit this before the blue screen comes and eats it up gone.  

 

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