Becca Stareyes (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} beccastareyes) wrote,@ 2009-10-28 10:19:00 |
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Annoyance
Today is a rainy and gray day. But that's not what I'm here to complain about.
So, last night, I finished my first read-through of papers and went to the fabric store and out to dinner. I get home around 6, and go to my computer.
Me: *attempt to wake the computer from sleep*
Computer: *no response*
Me: *tap on the keyboard and wave the mouse around*
Computer: *I'm sorry, were you doing something?*
Me: *sighs* Fine. *restarts the computer*
Computer: *Mac start up chime, but shows a folder with a question mark on it instead of the Apple logo*
Me: Shit, that's not good. *finds the OS disk and puts that in*
Computer: *working well enough to bring up the Install/Disk Utility windows*
Me: Okay, let's see what's wrong with you. Verify the hard drive.
Computer: Hard Drive needs repairs.
Me: Okay repair it.
Computer: *runs* Hard drive repair failed. Recommend you erase and restore from backup.
Me: ... Good thing I have backups*. Okay, erase the hard drive.
Computer: *runs* Disk erased.
Me: Restore from the external drive.
Computer: *runs*
Me: *does other stuff*
Computer: Restore failed.
Me: Shit. Fine, re-install OS 10. I'll restore my applications and files later.
Computer: *runs* Reinstall failed.
Me: ... Shit. You stupid piece of junk. Fine, let's hope the backup is in good condition. *runs the Disk Utility on the external drive*
Computer: Disk OK. No need for repairs here.
Me: *checks the install DVD*
Computer: Disk OK. Install OSX?
Me: Fine, yes. *tries again*
Computer: Install failed.
Me: ... -_- *tries several times in hopes that somehow the computer fairies will smile on her*
Computer: *you do know that doing the same thing and expecting different results is a sign of insanity, don't you?*
Me: ... I'm going to bed.
TLDR: Desktop at home is borked. Considering I tried at least a half a dozen time to either restore from backups or reinstall the operating system, with no helpful results, I think my only recourse is to send it to Apple and let them deal with it. (It's two years old, so no longer under warranty, and I don't live near a place that is certified to repair Macs. I could ask at Best Buy, or somewhere, since it's not like I can void the warranty by taking it elsewhere.)
I have the laptop, so I can head home tonight and do something (and get my files off the external drive), but expect me to be slow about everything computer-related in the next couple of days.
* Seriously, the computer is set to backup the disk every hour when I'm at the computer. I even have a program (Time Machine) that remembers the changes I make between backups, and keeps track of it, so I can essentially browse my hard drive as it looked in the past. Reminds me that I should get an external drive for work.
Today is a rainy and gray day. But that's not what I'm here to complain about.
So, last night, I finished my first read-through of papers and went to the fabric store and out to dinner. I get home around 6, and go to my computer.
Me: *attempt to wake the computer from sleep*
Computer: *no response*
Me: *tap on the keyboard and wave the mouse around*
Computer: *I'm sorry, were you doing something?*
Me: *sighs* Fine. *restarts the computer*
Computer: *Mac start up chime, but shows a folder with a question mark on it instead of the Apple logo*
Me: Shit, that's not good. *finds the OS disk and puts that in*
Computer: *working well enough to bring up the Install/Disk Utility windows*
Me: Okay, let's see what's wrong with you. Verify the hard drive.
Computer: Hard Drive needs repairs.
Me: Okay repair it.
Computer: *runs* Hard drive repair failed. Recommend you erase and restore from backup.
Me: ... Good thing I have backups*. Okay, erase the hard drive.
Computer: *runs* Disk erased.
Me: Restore from the external drive.
Computer: *runs*
Me: *does other stuff*
Computer: Restore failed.
Me: Shit. Fine, re-install OS 10. I'll restore my applications and files later.
Computer: *runs* Reinstall failed.
Me: ... Shit. You stupid piece of junk. Fine, let's hope the backup is in good condition. *runs the Disk Utility on the external drive*
Computer: Disk OK. No need for repairs here.
Me: *checks the install DVD*
Computer: Disk OK. Install OSX?
Me: Fine, yes. *tries again*
Computer: Install failed.
Me: ... -_- *tries several times in hopes that somehow the computer fairies will smile on her*
Computer: *you do know that doing the same thing and expecting different results is a sign of insanity, don't you?*
Me: ... I'm going to bed.
TLDR: Desktop at home is borked. Considering I tried at least a half a dozen time to either restore from backups or reinstall the operating system, with no helpful results, I think my only recourse is to send it to Apple and let them deal with it. (It's two years old, so no longer under warranty, and I don't live near a place that is certified to repair Macs. I could ask at Best Buy, or somewhere, since it's not like I can void the warranty by taking it elsewhere.)
I have the laptop, so I can head home tonight and do something (and get my files off the external drive), but expect me to be slow about everything computer-related in the next couple of days.
* Seriously, the computer is set to backup the disk every hour when I'm at the computer. I even have a program (Time Machine) that remembers the changes I make between backups, and keeps track of it, so I can essentially browse my hard drive as it looked in the past. Reminds me that I should get an external drive for work.