Wonder of wonders.
My laptop has finally come back to life! After nearly 2 weeks without it I have started to feel a bit lost. And now when I look at its 15" screen it does feel small compared to my 17 inch Dell monitor I've been using for these past few weeks. What I did to revive it wasn't difficult. I suspected that it wasn't actually the virus causing it to freeze upon boot, but rather the new antivirus program which I had installed prior - PC Tools Antivirus - whose high regard on CNet.com led me to download it. I had installed it in school, and tried to scan my computer, but realised it kept freezing on boot. Glum, I thought that the virus had even killed off the antivirus program and I had no choice but to cold turkey the damn thing.
Last night, I had a brainwave while studying math (yes yes, I wandered) and decided to do a bit of DIY servicing. I logged on to Google, found out how to start the computer up in safe mode and did that to my laptop. Immediately I uninstalled the antivirus program and rebooted the computer, holding my breath.
It worked.
I had never thought I was so happy to see a boot screen but by god I was. Icons could get selected again, the start menu could pop up and everything just worked to my utter relief and jubilation. Now I can save on that 7-hour trip down to school for a reformat. My laptop vivified! Whoda thunk it huh.
The Caltex National Karting Challenge is coming up and I want to join it. Unfortunately I've just logged into the page and it says I must form a group of 4+1, the extra being a reserve driver. I'm wondering...if anyone would like to join me? One day out together, fun with cars in the sun.
Come on guys, it'll be fun. Anybody?
My laptop has finally come back to life! After nearly 2 weeks without it I have started to feel a bit lost. And now when I look at its 15" screen it does feel small compared to my 17 inch Dell monitor I've been using for these past few weeks. What I did to revive it wasn't difficult. I suspected that it wasn't actually the virus causing it to freeze upon boot, but rather the new antivirus program which I had installed prior - PC Tools Antivirus - whose high regard on CNet.com led me to download it. I had installed it in school, and tried to scan my computer, but realised it kept freezing on boot. Glum, I thought that the virus had even killed off the antivirus program and I had no choice but to cold turkey the damn thing.
Last night, I had a brainwave while studying math (yes yes, I wandered) and decided to do a bit of DIY servicing. I logged on to Google, found out how to start the computer up in safe mode and did that to my laptop. Immediately I uninstalled the antivirus program and rebooted the computer, holding my breath.
It worked.
I had never thought I was so happy to see a boot screen but by god I was. Icons could get selected again, the start menu could pop up and everything just worked to my utter relief and jubilation. Now I can save on that 7-hour trip down to school for a reformat. My laptop vivified! Whoda thunk it huh.
The Caltex National Karting Challenge is coming up and I want to join it. Unfortunately I've just logged into the page and it says I must form a group of 4+1, the extra being a reserve driver. I'm wondering...if anyone would like to join me? One day out together, fun with cars in the sun.
Come on guys, it'll be fun. Anybody?
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