PeaceBang
The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather. Blogging about Unitarian Universalism, UU Christian spiritual practice, occasional cultural and political ravings, and the inner life of ministry. PeaceBang is the alter ego of a small town pastor serving an historic New England Unitarian Universalist congregation.
The Not-So-Mysterious Computer Crash of 10/07
October 20, 2007 on 8:50 am | In Random Rant |This is a perfectly true story.
If you have a new Dell computer, you will notice that there is a little button to the left of the power button with a house icon on it. The button is useless. It’s there for some supposedly convenient function involving the ability to bypass Windows and go to Dell Media Direct when you’re watching DVDs, but it’s essentially unnecessary and potentially huge trouble.
The house button connects to something my techie called a hidden partition which means nothing to me, but here’s what you need to know: if you press that button while the computer is in sleep or hibernation mode, it will kick you into another drive and cause major problems. This is important: If you replaced the Vista OS with Windows XP, as I did, it will be more than a pain in the derriere. It will basically delete your hard drive.
You must be wondering how I was stupid enough to press the house button while the computer was in sleep mode. I didn’t. But I think I have a pretty good idea who did.
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“Why is this computer so uncomfortable? It’s warm, but it is not soft. I know! I will delete the hard drive….Oh, yeah. So much better. Purrrrrrrrr.”
Comment by Louise — October 20, 2007 #
Well, after all, it was in sleep mode.
Comment by BJ — October 20, 2007 #
*sigh* Reason #2012 I don’t have pets. I would just go ballistic. Hope your computer woes end soon.
Comment by h sofia — October 20, 2007 #
LOL, Louise! I think it was more like, “I think I am done watching birdies out the weendow. Now I shall walk across the desk on my to the keetchen for some snax. While I do, I will put my little white paw JUST SO on this very pretty shiny bohtton and step very hard on it before jumping to thee floor. Ah yes, uxcellent. A very satisfying popping sound that was.”
Comment by PeaceBang — October 20, 2007 #
Erm strikes again!!!
Comment by KRS — October 21, 2007 #
Perhaps she was trying to write a sermon for you.
Comment by god guurrll — October 21, 2007 #
I think your cat may have read “Cats in Cyberspace”, in which two cats learn to order pizza and run a business…
The author, Beth Hilgartner, has written several fantasy novels (obviously Cats in Cyberspace is non-fiction); in her other life, she is an Episcopal priest in New Hampshire.
Comment by Allison — October 25, 2007 #