Looks like I spoke too soon

/ Re-Farmer

Well, crud.

I got the computer going, did a test blog post, uploaded and went through the trail cam files, then started some browsing.

Things seemed okay, in general. Images were slow to load. Video would not load.

I decided to head out to get more cat food, but decided to empty the recycling bin, first. It was emptied last night, so it should have only had the deleted trail cam files in it.

It froze. Not Responding. Do you wish to end task?

Yes.

Not Responding.

End Task.

Not Responding.

Cancel.

Not Responding.

Basically, my screen was frozen, while the computer tried to do whatever with the recycling bin.

I left it and headed out, asking my husband to check on it.

The local general store only had tiny bags of cat food, so I had to head to town. I did check the mail and there was a parcel waiting for me, but the post office was closed for lunch. I headed to town, got what I needed, then picked up the parcel on the way home.

Altogether, I was gone for about a hour. Maybe a bit more.

In that time, my computer was still frozen, so my husband did a hard shut down, then tried again.

It was still trying to boot up when I got back. It had been spinning for about half an hour, by then.

I did another hard shut down and tried again.

It’s still spinning.

It looks like my desktop is toast.

Crud.

Unlike my husband, I’m willing to take it in to get checked and possibly repaired, but we won’t have the funds in the budget for at least a month or two.

I might be stuck using my phone as a computer until then.

Crud.

The Re-Farmer

11 thoughts on “Looks like I spoke too soon”

  1. ben there, done that; had a laptop refurbished when 3 experts said not to, then found a shop called ‘repair land’ who did it and it ran for another year until it was time to let it go. I then bought a used one, refurbished and I keep my eye out for things to go wrong while it is still under warranty -. Which reminds me, I need get in touch with the shop now for a minor issue to avoid bigger issues running up while I am still in Germany (away from the shop).

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  3. Sounds like the HDD croaked, MAYBE. If that’s the case, you’d need a new drive and a copy of windows to get up and running again, or you could switch to Linux and save the cost of a new OS.

    First thing I’d do is go back and manually check every wire and connection in your case though, you might have accidentally knocked something loose earlier.

    If you have to buy a new PC, I’d recommend MSI brand. Both my desktop and laptop are MSI. They work as well as a comparable Asus or Alienware at half the cost. My last MSI laptop was still running after 10 years when I sold it on Craigslist.

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    • With the kittens going around, checking the connections was done regularly until they got too big to fit back there! Worth checking again, of course.

      I suspect the hard drive, too.

      I’ve never heard of MSI.

      Considering the searches I did and what brands came up, it may not be carried in Canada.

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