Anyone know a good computer therapist? 5 December, 2006
A while ago I wrote about my copy of Word developing a fear of flying. The neurosis seems to be spreading; now my laptop has become agoraphobic. Yesterday, I bought it into work to do some stuff with the tablet. As soon as I powered it up, it showed me the blue screen of death and nothing I could do (Safe Mode, Last Known Good, booting from a Linux Live CD) would make it work.
I travelled home trying to remember the last time I'd backed it up and wondering how much stuff I'd lost. In desperation, I thought I'd plug it in and give it one more try (a last gasp 'have you turned it off and on again?' fix). Lo and behold it started straight away without any problems (and this is the second time that's happened!). I feel like I'm living in a Woody Allen film.