Rss

Blue Screen of Death

April 24, 2006 - 8:43pm

On Saturday, the home computer got the blue screen of death. That machine has been acting wonky for quite awhile now but I kept hoping it could hang on a little longer. And I'm lazy. I know I should back up the important files on a regular basis, but I don't. Again, I'm lazy. These days by the time I get home from work, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of the computer. (Definitely a huge part of the reason I haven't redesigned my site in a billion years. Though I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I'd like to do something with images of the desert. That just means I need to get out and take some pictures.)

Anyhow, I finally got motivated by the blue screen of death, which by the way was the second blue screen I've seen in the past month. I backed up all the photos, all the music, and all the other files here and there that I wanted. Now I need some advice on what to do next. Should I a) try to fix it using the tools in Windows, b) leave it alone until it totally crashes, or c) simply reload Windows and start completely over. I'm leaning towards C. What do you think?

Posted in:

Comments

Rebuild. Then, if it dies a full death, buy an Intel-based Mac. :)
Posted by Jason on April 24, 2006 - 10:21pm
I suppose "D) buy a Mac" is out of the question?
Posted by M-D on April 27, 2006 - 4:56am
Yes, M-D, buying a Mac is out of the question. But I'd be lying to say I hadn't thought about it.
Posted by EricaLucci on April 27, 2006 - 4:02pm

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.