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Almost died…

Posted: November 1st, 2003 | Author: klaut | Filed under: General |

Yesterday (31st october) was a strange day.
I could not boot my machine and it looked like one of my hds just died! This would mean all my important stuff (work files, mails and other things) would be gone for good…. of course, my last backup was from.. ehm… last year? :( Anyway, i was scared like shit.. and frustrated.. and pissed off.. and… and…
There was no point in staring at the “failed to boot. please insert the system disk and press enter” message all day, so i switched the machine off and went doing other things (like hanging around with my dog and cats and other social stuff - seeing people!) ….

I woke up this morning, determined to fix the problem ( taking the corruped HD out and making a new, clean install of the OS - i already said goodbye to my files) …. i just wanted to try to boot it for the last time, although i already knew it would be in vain …… GUESS WHAT??? it booted alright! everything is like.. ok! i mean.. what happened yesterday? did one of the hard drives decide to dress up like a ghost and play invisible for the halloween?

oh, well… im doing my backups today :)

8 Comments on “Almost died…”

  1. #1 aSH said at 8:11 pm on November 1st, 2003:

    Well I have heard the same problem, but I don’t remember why is that.
    Maybe your HD need to see a psychoanalyst… an exorcist… or an alienbooster… Make a backup of your work asap. I work always with external hard drives and partitions. Have a nice november. :))))

  2. #2 markz said at 8:35 pm on November 1st, 2003:

    The HD was playing trick or treat! ;) You just don’t listen to friendly advice, do you?

  3. #3 aral said at 12:45 am on November 2nd, 2003:

    Ok, Tanja, I forbid you from writing titles like “Almost died” for your posts — you scared me half-to-death until I read the rest of the post!!!

  4. #4 aSH said at 3:44 am on November 2nd, 2003:

    Yeah, you scared me half-to-death too.

  5. #5 klaut said at 12:03 pm on November 2nd, 2003:

    ok, the title is a bit too strong i admit … but i thought nobody is reading my blog.. and… well.. for a moment i really felt like that :|

  6. #6 aSH said at 11:15 pm on November 2nd, 2003:

    :)

  7. #7 scott janousek said at 7:31 pm on November 9th, 2003:

    I wonder if you had a virus that caused this …

  8. #8 klaut said at 10:37 pm on November 10th, 2003:

    uhmm.. could be, but i did a virus scan a week before and i did a virus scan just yesterday and no virurses were detected.