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gwaevalarinMy computer at work caused trouble last week. I put in another hard drive because I needed some of the data on it and my pc decided to mess up the letters. C became F and vice versa. And when I took out the hard drive again my windows wouldn't work any more.
So today I tried to fix it:
I turn on the computer. Still doesn't work.
Okay, where's the windows CD? Let's see if it can repair it. I start the setup, tell it to repair my windows and... it doesn't do a thing, just tries to start windows again which of course doesn't work. I already knew that. You don't want to? Okay, reinstallation. Just before I am about to delete everything the setup asks me again if I want to try to repair windows. It'll probably end the same way as before but let's try. The computer restarts.
>"Installing".
Whatever you want.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse etc."
Sure, go ahead.
And then it stops and I wait.
...
5 minutes.
...
10 minutes. Are you still there?
...
15 minutes. Okay, that's it. This time I am going to reinstall. Start setup, delete everything, new partition, install windows.
>"Installing."
Exactly.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse, etc."
Funny that repairing and installing seem to use exactly the same steps... that doesn't mean that you're supoosed to freeze at exactly the same position.
Where did my mother say the other hard drive was? Perhaps it'll work with this one. Okay, again: Start setup, delete everything, new partition, install windows.
>"Installing"
My mother comes in and I tell her I took the other hard drive. She tells me that I should just try to boot it since windows may be installed there already. Erm... too late.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse, etc."
Don't tell me you froze again. Don't tell me I deleted everything just to find out my keyboard and mouse are the problem. Oh, wait, the bar moved.
>"Restarting in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
*click*
Black screen
*clack*
"Setup. If you want to install windows..."
Pardon me? We already started to install windows. You're supposed to go on with that. I take out the CD and turn the computer off and on again.
>"No operating system found."
What's going on now? I should at least be able to enter my BIOS or something. Okay, where's the ToolStar disc? Would you please show me my drives?
>"A: Disk"
>"E: CD-ROM"
Where did my hard drive go? You found it before. You started to install windows on it. How can it just be gone now?
My mother gives me another brand new harddrive. After all I need a computer at work. Setup, blablub...
>"Installing"
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse etc."
Don't you dare!
>"Still installing."
>"Restarting in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
*click*
I can't look.
*clack*
>"Going on installing. I need some information."
Sure, you can have them.
>"Windows successfully installed."
Really? I don't trust you anymore.
>"Restarting"
*click*
>"Starting windows."
Wheee! It works!
That's how I spent most of my time at work today. No foreign hard drive is going to come near my pc ever again.
So today I tried to fix it:
I turn on the computer. Still doesn't work.
Okay, where's the windows CD? Let's see if it can repair it. I start the setup, tell it to repair my windows and... it doesn't do a thing, just tries to start windows again which of course doesn't work. I already knew that. You don't want to? Okay, reinstallation. Just before I am about to delete everything the setup asks me again if I want to try to repair windows. It'll probably end the same way as before but let's try. The computer restarts.
>"Installing".
Whatever you want.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse etc."
Sure, go ahead.
And then it stops and I wait.
...
5 minutes.
...
10 minutes. Are you still there?
...
15 minutes. Okay, that's it. This time I am going to reinstall. Start setup, delete everything, new partition, install windows.
>"Installing."
Exactly.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse, etc."
Funny that repairing and installing seem to use exactly the same steps... that doesn't mean that you're supoosed to freeze at exactly the same position.
Where did my mother say the other hard drive was? Perhaps it'll work with this one. Okay, again: Start setup, delete everything, new partition, install windows.
>"Installing"
My mother comes in and I tell her I took the other hard drive. She tells me that I should just try to boot it since windows may be installed there already. Erm... too late.
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse, etc."
Don't tell me you froze again. Don't tell me I deleted everything just to find out my keyboard and mouse are the problem. Oh, wait, the bar moved.
>"Restarting in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
*click*
Black screen
*clack*
"Setup. If you want to install windows..."
Pardon me? We already started to install windows. You're supposed to go on with that. I take out the CD and turn the computer off and on again.
>"No operating system found."
What's going on now? I should at least be able to enter my BIOS or something. Okay, where's the ToolStar disc? Would you please show me my drives?
>"A: Disk"
>"E: CD-ROM"
Where did my hard drive go? You found it before. You started to install windows on it. How can it just be gone now?
My mother gives me another brand new harddrive. After all I need a computer at work. Setup, blablub...
>"Installing"
>"Searching for keyboard, mouse etc."
Don't you dare!
>"Still installing."
>"Restarting in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
*click*
I can't look.
*clack*
>"Going on installing. I need some information."
Sure, you can have them.
>"Windows successfully installed."
Really? I don't trust you anymore.
>"Restarting"
*click*
>"Starting windows."
Wheee! It works!
That's how I spent most of my time at work today. No foreign hard drive is going to come near my pc ever again.
