Yay! I'll have to think this through tomorrow.
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All the Alien movies are great. I wish Sigourney Weaver would agree to do another. I know she's up there in years, but she could be made to look young with makeup.
Anyone experienced with computers that could tell me how serious this was?
I left the computer working over night and when I woke up this morning there was just black screen saying "Missing operating system". I put the Windows CD inside, then there were a bunch of scans and computer restarted, then the Windows CD seems to have started a reinstallation which I cancelled. Restarted the computer again and now it works without a problem.
It's not likely to be your operating system.Anyone experienced with computers that could tell me how serious this was?
I left the computer working over night and when I woke up this morning there was just black screen saying "Missing operating system". I put the Windows CD inside, then there were a bunch of scans and computer restarted, then the Windows CD seems to have started a reinstallation which I cancelled. Restarted the computer again and now it works without a problem.
Make and model?Yep! And yeah, it's probably degradation; it's about 4 and a half years old.
Don't see any known problems with it. Probably OK. Luckily even if it does fail, it's probably mobo, not the hdd, so data is likely safe.Asus A52J
Back up your important stuff just to be safe, though.Thanks Yeah, as long as data is safe it's not a catastrophe. I was already saving money for a new one anyway, hopefully I'll manage to buy a new one before this one dies.