Tuesday, September 12, 2006

I am so stressed

So I was working on my design using AutoCad. After draughting the structure, it's time to do the layout of the interior. Ah, the CAD library. I realise I pasted it in the desktop of the old computer. A bell rang in my mind.

shit. i can't use my old comp now, can i? i've got no hard disk there
yea can't
i've got some files on my desktop. will the files on my desktop be gone? pls tell me it will still be there. if can, i plug in the hard disk (to the old comp), den copy the files, den plug it back (in here) la?
if you put back your old hard disk then yea.

So I thought to myself, I can do it rite? Cos when the technician did it for me, he just plugged in this plug and this plug. Hmm, doesn't seem like a hard task. I can recognise which plug too and since he (Woon) has always been asking me to solve problems myself (because EVERY SINGLE TIME i run to him whenever there's a problem. and the time difference didn't help la, y'know?), I thought I'd fix it myself instead of calling him again la.


So there you go. The computer iliterate slash noob trying to fix her own comp without the help of any professional because calling for the technician will cost her her remaining allowance. Like there's this Malay proverb that says bagai tikus makan labu (or something along tikus and labu), which means someone trying to fix something out of his own expertise and in the end, the kerosakan becomes worse.

I turned off the Dell and waited almost 10minutes for it to shut down. Wth rite, I know. I dunno. I swept the floor, cleaned my room. The comp still wasn't turned off yet.

So when it was turned off in the end, I carried the probably 2.5kg Dell off the 700mmH table to the floor. *grunt* Opened up the case...trying to figure out which one to plug out.

Hmm..let's see, Maxtor. Don't think it's mine. Where's the size? Can't find.
Hmm..Western Digital? Nope. 80% I think it isn't mine. I remb he has one spoilt Maxtor which is already in the old comp. And one WD. Ooh, size is 60GB. Definitely his. Mine's 80Gb, remb?
Hmm..what's this? Chinese words? Korean words? Look like some pirated stuff. Make sense. My comp is custom made anyway.

Ah, so I happily unscrew the clips, and inserted it into my old comp. Fuck! The screw to the old comp cannot fit! Oh. Then that means this is not mine la. But wait. If so, got three hard disks here edy ler. Impossible. Check check check. Think think think.

Oh GOODNESS! It was drive A. Oops shy3 *grin*

Put back. Screwed back. Took out Maxtor. Finally, I saw the word 80Gb. Cannot appear earlier issit? slap1

Plugged it into the old comp. Carried the lightweight comp to the table. Turned on. Eh, why the lights of my case not working wan? But nevermind la. Not important (cos I thought it's just decoration)

Verifying boot CD: (or something like that)
Hard disk failure (or smthg) Insert system disk and press enter

WTF???!!!!??? Enter enter...
Same message!

Wait. Don't panic.

Turned off the comp. Unplugged hard disk. Plugged in another plug. Retry. Same :(
Retry. Retry. Retry.
Cannot :(

Last resort: call for help.

1. Will
2. Woon

1 needs to pay. Can't. I got less than RM40.
2 is sleeping. Half an hour more to his waking up time. But I need now :( Grr..wth. Use my gf status.

Sleepy tone Heerrloww...?
Soft sweet voice Heyyy...I need your help
Huh? Wheerrtt..
I can't blablabla...
Huh...Dunno...you try ladida...
Still cannot.
You can just go to your disk (D:), documents and settings....
You mean in YOUR COMPUTER (the Dell)?
Yeah...
-_-""""""""

Carried my comp down, unplugged, plugged it into his comp, carried it back up, turned on.

Shit. I can't see my disks.
Did you plug it in properly?
Oh fuck. Now I have to check again.

Brought down. Opened the Dell (you know Dell has those convenient clip system? this desktop opens in half. no screws in clip system. so i HAD to bring it down. whereas my comp is those ciplak normal case where u have to screw so u can always don't close the case rite?), push the plugs in really hard (no pun intended).

Carried back (damn heavy okay), turned on and YAY i see my disks. dan3

OK. So now how? I go to my disk, documents and settings..
Go to your user ..and what do you see?
-_-"'"' Desktop.
Click on that. Do you see your files now?
-_-"'"' OMG WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLIER?!??????????????
I didn't know then.
sigh4

I seriously dunno if I should be happy or mad or what. Happy that my hard copied files (I copied them from the office and I can never get them back now if I ever lose it) are still there, yes. Thankful that he helped me yes. Mad that he could've told me earlier instead of making me go through all that trouble for the past 2 hours, YES. grrr....

I cried. I just cried. Yes, I cry when I'm mad. I was probably a lil' stressed as well. After all that. OMG unbelievable.




4 comments:

blur cow said...

aww poor thang hug12

next time can call bhander also cos she's smart and use your bhander fren status... and if she din tell you earlier you can just ahma her only ahahahhaha

juliamoh said...

yea i should huh :P

wifieroger said...

Poor thing Julia but a good experience and some good exercise ma....

juliamoh said...

huh? u dunno? ok..not so nerd after all... :P

yea, good exercise. sigh4