Computer: Not A Remedy for Anger Management
Today has been a really bad day for my computer, which kind of equal a bad day for me as well.
Just this morning, my computer showed the condemned blue screen, stating that it’s BIOS has failed and that I have to do something to fix it. When my computer skills fail me, I am left with no choice but to get my CPU fixed somewhere else. Funny, because I thought fixing my CPU is analogous with getting someone to the ER (where you don’t “shop” for the right hospital anymore) when in fact, it’s not. Also, like surgeons, not all computer technicians share the same competencies with the “knife”. I always thought only someone truly maladroit would resort to reformatting when there’s clearly a viable alternative just so s/he can hide is ineptitude.
Alas, my computer got reformatted. What makes this worse is that it all came without a warning. I lost all my files. The entire year of assiduous documentation of my last year of college, my stint with Intel, my life outside school and work, my frustrations, my vocabulary library, my angst, my game-walkthroughs, my evaluation of members from the youth seminar I coordinate, all gone! What’s worse is that last year I had drastic improvement to my writing skills (they’re still not perfect, mind you, but it’s way more perusable than my writing from 2004 and earlier), only to have everything I’ve written from that year expunged. The only backup documents I have are from year 2004 and earlier. Please spare me the agony of having to squirm at them whenever I read them!
I could’ve:
- Backed up all my documents and my pictures
- Not needed to reinstall my scanner, my modem, my printer, my spyware-remover, my browser (I don’t use Internet Explorer), my dictionary-by-the-tray (Wordweb), and my essential software (i.e., Microsoft Visual Studio, Photoshop, Flash MX, among others)
- Not lost my entire vocabulary list I acquired since last year
- Not lost my mp3’s, which include some rare jazz tracks from the best artists, which includes John Coltraine, Sonny Rollins, David Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, etc.
- Not been so angry the entire day
Starting life all over again does not sound like a bad idea, but reformatting your computer surely is. This is especially true when you later find out that there could’ve been a different way by which your computer could be fixed, which just so happen to be the case with my computer. So for those who are reading this blog, remember to back up your documents right now. You never know when the ingenuity of Bill Gates will start to suck out the resources of your computer. And to think he’s dubbed by Time Magazine as “People of the Year”…
