Grrrrrr! Updated

See bottom of post for update.


Sometimes I just hate computers.  I get home from work today, turn on my laptop and what do I see, THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH.   Now what?  I spend the next 2 hours on the desktop searching google for a solution to the error message.  I finally find one that just might work and I end up having to download 3 programs as well as hunt down a blank CD so that I can burn the information.  Now, the stupid battery on the laptop decides to die and I plug it in to the AC adapter and receive another message saying it doesn't recognize the adapter type.  Great.  It does say I can continue but there may be power issues. 
Well, what choice do I have I set up the BIOS according to the instructions and proceed to boot the computer in DOS.  I honestly don't know all that much about the programming side of a computer and without instructions written for dummies I will get completely turned around.  Fortunately for me these instructions are quite clear.  The computer responds according to plan, but at about 72% it shuts down.  Power issues I suppose.  The only real problem with that is that the very clear instructions state "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER WHILE RUNNING CHKDSK or you can have severe problems...".  What was I to do?  I don't know if this will work now, but I am currently trying to run CHKDSK again.  Wish me luck it is currently at 55% and hopefully will finish this time.  Needless to say I am not getting a collection done today.  Hopefully things will go better tomorrow.


I ended up having to have the computer reformatted and having Windows re-installed.  Now, it is just a matter of having all the updates downloaded and installed so that I can get back to what I need to be doing.  Will try to get a new collection and post up for tomorrow, but don't know if I will have the time.