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1) Create the lecture late

2) Corrupt your drivers so that you cant access it.

3) Spend all night getting them back (Toolless)

4) Email it to yourself.

5) Arrive at the lecture room to discover no network access (no file access).

6) Borrow someone else’s USB Stick and run off to get the files.

7) Return to find that your Office 2007 files aren’t compatible.
Run off and save them in an earlier version.

9) Overrun the Time limit by 50% (15 minutes instead of 10).

10) Give a solid lecture, but get crucified for your terrible terrible luck.

50% (5/10)

Regards,
Still Angry James.

At about 3 AM I was getting ready to pack up (having failed to get Garrys Mod to work) and suddenly it started blue screening everytime I tried to change a setting in it’s menu.

 Not wanting to leave something half working, I took to the usual, it was recommended that a BiosUpdate was a fix for people with a similar problem/laptop as me.

So I grab the latest bios for my model and flash away. And can’t boot. And don’t have a fucking copy of my presentation for tomorrow. And don’t have the screwdriver I need to get to the hard drive.

 So yeah, good fucking night for me.

Its now 5 AM (Presentation in 11 hours) and i’m trying to create an independant boot CD so that MAYBE I might be able to snatch my files off before throwing my laptop down the stairs.

What the hell kind of luck is this? I mean really? Ffs.

Regards,
Fucking Irate James.

Appendix 1: (5:25) http://www.ubcd4win.com - This piece of software, thus far, seems like a fucking miracle.

Regardless of whether it survives blue-screenery, it has already amazed me with it’s versatility. brb to tell you how it goes.

Appendix 2: (5:30) After a painfully slow boot process, it seems to be getting there >_> Its loading teh Shell now … I’m giving it all the time it needs, it is after all booting entirely from a CD <_<

 Appendix 3: (5:55) Good and Bad news, I think. It worked so far as  can tell except the browser is allergic to secure connections meaning I had to jump through hoops to get my files sent.

But now that i’ve got them my computer is convinced they’re encrypted? Is that just because I have an older version? Seems odd.

Ah yeah, downloaded the Office 2007 compatability pack and it works perfectly now.

DISASTER AVERTED.

This does of course mean you’ll be without the Legend of ET for a little bit longer, sorry chaps

Peace.

Final Appendix – It occurs to me the reason this is happening is because this is a fucking Vista Laptop … But has XP on it? So when I flashed the Bios, the world ended. Typical.

Final Final Appendix – Reflashing the Bios to an earlier version did nothing. However, I’m going to try and reflash to what I think was the exact version … Restoring the Status quo? Otherwise, I give the fuck up and i’ll just ask for a vista install.