Oh no. My computer is hosed!

[Alphawolf]

Originally posted by Surfn
I know from my own experience that impatience has no vitue...still


I'm glad to see/hear your system is back up, betta than eva

Man, you ain't kidding.

It's like when you are late to get somewhere and you feel all stressed and drive a bit more agressive than normal. Maybe go through that yellow light that has been up a bit...

You save like what- a minute or 2 - maybe 3, but you can DIE driving like that. Time is relative.

When WinXp SAFE MODE started and stopped on that line....drive light staying on solid...10 seconds felt like 10 hours.

The silver lining is that:

1) I cleaned off my desk as memeory test and disk tests were running.
2) I sorted through all my CDROMS and tossed the truly old crap.
3) Ran diagnostics on all hardware and know it is all good.
4) All sorts of crap I never really used but had installed anyway is gone.
5) Easy Recovery Pro found and saved a shitlload of .doc, ,xls, and .png files which is really what I needed to save.
6) CPU is running at full capacity finally.
7) Websites continue to run even if my PC doesn't.
8) Webmail comes with every account now and although it sucks to check and see 86 SPAMS and 1 legit...it is possible to do e-mail via any system connected to the 'net.
9) I learned no matter how much it pains me to write down all the programs I have burned to CDROm- it so worth it instead of just a generic label like 'backup f drive 2/04'
10) Made Firefox my default browser and only go into Explorer when I really need to.

The bummer stuff:

1) The only porn I ever paid for (which is just a few MPG's was lost.
2) Having to retrain my spam filter will take a while and all my Outlook rules are gone. Lots of the adult stuff that it marks as spam I need to check out 'cos it may be legit newsletters and so on...
3) Reconfiguring Dreamweaver and Fireworks to my liking is a hassle. The Plug-in's and extensions. Tedious.
4) Cookies and favorites all gone.

Oh, well. I needed a good purge anyways.