[sac-board] Re: The troubles of AJ Crayon

Paul, thanks for the additional information; but, as you have probably
already read, my system is up and running - except for restoring data.  My
best guess, as to what happened, is the power surge caused a head crash.  If
it were something more serious it would never have booted, or perhaps
recognize power being turned on.

The head crash, again some guessing here, damaged a spot on the hard drive
that contained the  antivirus driver, causing the system to crash just after
entering password while it did its initializing.  I turned the driver off,
was able to boot system and do a lot of things.  One thing I didn't do was go
on the internet - not without the virus protection!  One thing I did was
backup my data - which I'm going to restore in about five minutes.

Again, thanks for the additional information; it may yet come in handy,
aj

Paul Dickson wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 20:59:27 -0700, Steve Coe wrote:
>
> > My observing buddy for over 20 years, AJ Crayon, is having computer
> > problems and will not be online for the next week or so.  The
> > thunderstorms we had pass through Phoenix, Az several nights ago
> > created a lightening strike near AJ's house and it damaged AJ's
> > computer.  So, he is considering how to get it fixed.
>
> If it's still covered by its warranty, try that route first.
>
> Otherwise, if he's very lucky, only the power supply will need replacing.
>
> If that doesn't help and the motherboard is damaged, it might be time to
> replaced the computer using his home-owners insurance.
>
> Would he like me to call him?
>
>         -Paul

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