Wednesday, September 22, 2010

What shall I blog about?

My field of study is far remote to technology. And I have little interest in computer stuffs - until lately. I was about to finish a paper which happened to be my thesis and which was set to determine whether or not I'm going to get some post graduate scholarships in a refutable when the unexpected happened.  A thing that looks like a legit antivirus popped up and alarmed me of the "infection" in my computer that could jeopardize the files I have in it. I panicked and had to press some buttons trying to get rid of those infections only to find myself in a deeper trouble.
My computer flashed a blue screen with white writings and then restarted by itself. It turned on and flashed another blue screen and restarted again - and so the cycle goes. I don't know what to do at that time. All I knew was that if I would lose my files, I am literally doomed. I realized that at that very moment, my academic life hinges in the proper functioning of that box that I don't use to care about. For a moment, my brain stopped like it crashed together with my computer.
A few moments passed and I decided to call my computer manufacturer for help. The lady sounds helpful but she said my issue is not within their scope of support - she can't help me except for reformatting my hard drive so we can install an new windows and have the computer up and running again. But that's not an option for me. See, I badly needed my documents intact. 
I have another computer so I decided to browse through some forums online but after waiting for a few hours got no reply. I searched again and found www.cesabarre.com a website that offers troubleshooting for windows operating systems issues, malicious software removal and tech tutorials.
I was hesitant about getting his service but he was kind enough to offer me an acceptable deal. He asked me to do stuffs like logging into the recovery console, repairing some “system files”. I didn’t really understand everything but at least at that point I felt hope. And I wasn’t wrong. For whatever magic he did, he had my issue resolved.
At this point it is still not clear whether I got my scholarship or not but one thing I learned is that no one can safely be ignorant with computers these days. In my part, I’m starting this blog to learn as well as to share my learning to those who share the same situation with me.