Wingedge

A path is made when you press your feet unto the ground. In Life, there is no right path, only right choices

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September 16, 2009
by wingedge
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Hard Drive Mayhem

crashed

crashed

I was very frustrated today when all of a sudden my 1TB hard drive crashed. I did nothing, just went with my normal routine… checking my email, facebook and watching my favorite one piece episode then playing Red Alert 3… when suddenly, a power failure occurred. I did not mind it at first because it happens frequently in our place and it did nothing to my PC. After a couple of minutes, the power came back and like my everyday routine I sat and turned on my PC… and the first thing that I noticed was that it stops right where the BIOS should come up. I stopped and thought, maybe it was just a glitch and turned it off and on again, but nothing happened, it just stops right after I see “Press F2 to setup BIOS”.

I pressed F2 and nothing happened my keyboard won’t respond. So I turned if off, removed the power cable, put it back again and turned it on but same thing. Then, this time, I removed the cover and reset the BIOS via its jumper. Turned it back on and got the same result.

It started to get to my nerves. Now what I did was try and remove the pieces that may have caused the error. First to be removed was the optical drives, but nothing happened. Then I tried and removed the RAM, it just beeps which meant that the RAM worked. Then, when I removed the hard drive then the BIOS appeared.

It was the worst thing that could happen, my motherboard was no longer able to detect my hard drive. I tried connecting my spare hard drive and everything worked fine. I said to myself it was a huge loss because all my files, videos and photo’s were in there. I got a glimpse of hope when I remembered that it was still on warranty. Good thing I keep my receipts.

After baby got home, we immediately set off to PC Express near SM where I bought my PC. The technician ran some diagnostic tests on it and as I suspected, the hard drive was no longer accessible. I asked if there was no other way that I could retrieve the data but the technician answered that there is a way but it involves dismantling the hard disk which will void its warranty. Weighing the consequences, I choose to have it replaced rather than using it again and repeat this event.

But not everything was bad. I’m still happy that I got to spend the whole day with my baby. Today was our 114th month-sarry by the way, and although we faced such problems (her files was in there too T_T) we had such a good time. Selecting PC parts, arguing over silly things and eating our favorite food. I got home with a new temporary hard drive while still waiting for my previous one to be replaced. I also got to try the new Windows 7. I also got myself a UPS and a 1GB Ram upgrade.

Tips to remember:

  1. basic rule for PC users… BACK UP… BACK UP… BACK UP.
  2. Protect your pc from power outages…
  3. Keep all your receipts/warranty in a safe and easy to remember place
  4. When all else fails… theres always a new one

I thought to myself, to hell with those files… everything was download-able nowadays… and it was just a matter of time before I delete them. What’s more important is the files we store in our “Hard Drive”. A Photo is only useful when you remember the memories that it captured, but if that memory is lost then it’s just plain paper.

September 4, 2009
by wingedge
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The Melody of Emptiness

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself “Why am I here?”, “Where am I heading?”, “What is my purpose?”, “Is it worth it?” such questions bothers us every now and then, but still we haven’t find any answers.

Sometimes I felt that I am going the wrong way, doing something that I might regret. But why, why couldn’t we simply take the other way? Why couldn’t we stop doing the things that in the future we might regret? Why keep moving forward.

I got a chance to communicate with my father. It has been a while since I last saw him at grandfather’s funeral. I told him my plans in life. I never expected any answer or advice from him, I just did that in order for me to move on.

Never did I longed for my father since he left us when I was at the age of 12. I already accepted him being far away. Since my childhood, he was never around, which usually happens when you have no other choice but to leave your family behind in order to support them. In my father’s case, he works for a couple of years abroad then goes back home for a couple of months then goes back abroad again. So we never really got the time to bond and know each other.

My mother was my source of information about him. She and I talked about him a couple of times. We talked about what he was like, who he really was and why he left. Every time I listen to my mother, I couldn’t help and asked myself, “Will I become him someday?”.

I felt empty inside, I don’t want to be like him but I don’t know what to do.  I don’t want my soon to be family experience what I have with him. But how? Where should I start? What should I do? Does history really repeats itself? Will I take the karma for what my father did to us? I can’t seem to find the answers to this questions. All I could think of is  nothing.

I’ve spent time thinking about it and I made a decision. I’ve decided follow my heart. I’ll just face the things that my father couldn’t. I’ll raise my own family and give them what he couldn’t give us… and that’s my choice and my answer.