Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Tragedy Strikes Again!

Mein Komputer ist gestorben.

Mi computadora ist muerte.

That's right...my computer died this morning. I can't seem to get it beyond the initial boot page (black screen with big red COMPAQ in the middle) no matter what I do. Tried calling Compaq's tech support outfit in Bangalore only to find out that my warranty expired in March of 2003. Tried doing a system recovery only to have the screen continue to look at me blankly.

So tonight I'm gonna have to go buy a new one, and hope that the pictures, documents, tax returns and 12 GB of music can be salvaged off the old hard drive. I know nothing about this stuff...thank god for geeky friends!