*shudders at the thoughts of reinstalling everything*
i hate it when that happens. but you seem pretty
confident :) hope it all goes smoothly.
--- "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com,
> ShinkuuForceZERO_at_a... wrote:
> > It's your motherboard Jim, it's been fried. I know
> because a storm
> did the
> > same to my own & I went a week without a
> functioning comp.
>
> Turns out it wasn't anything _quite_ so drastic as
> that. Apparently,
> when the power went off (which only lasted maybe 2-3
> seconds), the
> system was writing something to the registry (this
> is what was
> explained to me while trying to fix the problem).
> The computer never
> knew the power went out, since it was still on when
> the power
> returned. In any case, I had to install another
> version of XP on the
> HD in order to gain access to the drive. I
> copied/moved whatever files
> I _had_ to have onto another drive. I will be
> reformatting the HD and
> installing a fresh copy of XP later today, I hope.
> Then I will simply
> have to reinstall the different programs I used.
> Shouldn't be too bad.
>
> --JMH, famous last words...
>
>
>
my strength and my sanctum are found in my solitude.
Ich bin ein Ausländer.
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Received on Sat Jun 04 2005 - 14:00:27 CDT