The latest bad news/good news. . .
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febobeWe have determined that the little pin inside the power outlet wiggles. So it's NOT stable any longer, meaning damage WAS done to the inner workings after all. Bad news.
Also, there is no one locally who knows what they're doing. . .the one guy we called told us a lie (claimed the motherboard must've gotten shorted out, which is clearly not true) and tried to gyp us into hiring him to get my stuff off it and sell the used computer to him for scrap parts. :P Jerk. :P Dad IS checking out one last place over about 30-45 mins away, but otherwise our only hope is a place back home which might be able to help.
Sigh.
In one bit of good news, however, I managed to drag all my stuff onto a single 2.0 gig flash drive this afternoon - pics, Ais docs, fanfic docs, and all. Haven't tested the results out yet, but everything appears to have "taken" properly. :) So that's REALLY good news. :D I feel infinitely better now.
Of course, that leaves me with barely half an hour to forty minutes of battery power remaining, but hey. It was worth every minute of it.
This means I can post fic as long as I'm at my parents' house, which will be for at least one more week. How soon I resume after that depends on how soon I get my computer back.
OK, Dad talked to the guy. He recommended calling HP directly, said they usually have a flat rate, like $200, to fix it. I like the sound of that, so I'm gonna get the number now so we can call. And now that my stuff's saved, I'm less terrified about my baby leaving my hands. . . .
Just an update,
Febobe
who is beginning to regret taking the monitor off her desktop at home and storing it upstairs!
Also, there is no one locally who knows what they're doing. . .the one guy we called told us a lie (claimed the motherboard must've gotten shorted out, which is clearly not true) and tried to gyp us into hiring him to get my stuff off it and sell the used computer to him for scrap parts. :P Jerk. :P Dad IS checking out one last place over about 30-45 mins away, but otherwise our only hope is a place back home which might be able to help.
Sigh.
In one bit of good news, however, I managed to drag all my stuff onto a single 2.0 gig flash drive this afternoon - pics, Ais docs, fanfic docs, and all. Haven't tested the results out yet, but everything appears to have "taken" properly. :) So that's REALLY good news. :D I feel infinitely better now.
Of course, that leaves me with barely half an hour to forty minutes of battery power remaining, but hey. It was worth every minute of it.
This means I can post fic as long as I'm at my parents' house, which will be for at least one more week. How soon I resume after that depends on how soon I get my computer back.
OK, Dad talked to the guy. He recommended calling HP directly, said they usually have a flat rate, like $200, to fix it. I like the sound of that, so I'm gonna get the number now so we can call. And now that my stuff's saved, I'm less terrified about my baby leaving my hands. . . .
Just an update,
Febobe
who is beginning to regret taking the monitor off her desktop at home and storing it upstairs!
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Date: 2008-03-27 07:31 pm (UTC)Whew! You must be so relieved to have everything backed up. And if you turn down the brightness and power levels, you might be able to eke out every ounce of battery power available.
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-03-27 07:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-27 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-27 11:10 pm (UTC)I'm glad you managed to get everything off... that's a relief.
**cuddlepets**
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