computer broke
Jun. 7th, 2003 02:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslToday my computer broke really badly. I had been a long time since I had seen a "blue screen of death". I had exactly one chance to restore my system, but I didn't take it, thinking I could restart again (Windows advised me to ignore it the first time it happened).
I'm trying to have my HD recovered, just when I finished organizing my 3 000 MP3s and shortly after I decided I should probably make a backup.
The problem is:
* Windows won't load, even in safe mode, even in "last working mode".
* I can't install Windows again on the same partition, because the partition is not recognized. The partition is "broken".
* I can't access my data from a new partition. OR CAN I?
Possible causes:
* there are some vague rumours about the latest Windows Update, which I had just installed.
* I impatiently turned off my machine because it was too slow to restart.
SOLUTION ATTEMPTS:
Tonight my technician is copying my HD to his machine. Then he will run an app called Tiramisu to try to recover my data. If that fails, I'll probably have to ship my HD to São Paulo to a company specialized in data recovery. I'm figuring out how much I'm willing to pay for that.
Even though I have an original WinXP license, I will probably end up installing a pirated Portuguese version of Windows, because my mom lost my System Restore CD during a room "clean up". I protest uselessly. To her, appearance of order is more important than actual order. "Cleaning up" means mixing music CDs and computer CDs together.
I'm trying to have my HD recovered, just when I finished organizing my 3 000 MP3s and shortly after I decided I should probably make a backup.
The problem is:
* Windows won't load, even in safe mode, even in "last working mode".
* I can't install Windows again on the same partition, because the partition is not recognized. The partition is "broken".
* I can't access my data from a new partition. OR CAN I?
Possible causes:
* there are some vague rumours about the latest Windows Update, which I had just installed.
* I impatiently turned off my machine because it was too slow to restart.
SOLUTION ATTEMPTS:
Tonight my technician is copying my HD to his machine. Then he will run an app called Tiramisu to try to recover my data. If that fails, I'll probably have to ship my HD to São Paulo to a company specialized in data recovery. I'm figuring out how much I'm willing to pay for that.
Even though I have an original WinXP license, I will probably end up installing a pirated Portuguese version of Windows, because my mom lost my System Restore CD during a room "clean up". I protest uselessly. To her, appearance of order is more important than actual order. "Cleaning up" means mixing music CDs and computer CDs together.