My laptop died again. Windows decided it would stop working, so I reinstalled it... And then the computer wouldn't work at all, so I had to reformat the hard disk and do a clean install of Windows. I've lost a lot of programs, but I have backups... I hope that I can get everything back, but right now all I've got is a yucky default XP blue desktop and the stupid default programs that came with the computer when I got it. Still got my Firefox and its related themes, extensions, cookies and bookmarks though - I backed up my profile onto a CD this morning and restored it. Yay! I think I'd be lost without all my extensions, I have a lot of them and I don't think I'd have remembered all of them for re-downloading.

Anyway, I've been trying to get this thing back in working order for around 6 hours now, and it's showing no signs of being done yet. I'm going to get Windows patched up and up-to-date (my recovery CD only has XP SP1) then I'm going to restore a backup of my registry. Hopefully that will mean I'll get all my programs back, because I don't have any of the original setup disks for them any more. *Sigh*

Windows sucks. This is the second time in 18 months that I've had to reformat/reinstall, and this came after my laptop practically died for good. I fear this may be the beginning of the end with this computer... It's 3 years old now and its warranty runs out next month. I have no money so I won't be getting a new one, so I just hope it doesn't die completely.

Edit: Still here, at half past 2 in the morning. The computer died again when I tried to restore parts of the registry. I've now lost 100MB worth of photos. I had backed them up onto a CD-ROM but upon looking at the CD, the files have somehow been replaced with a blank folder. I know I backed them up, I remember doing it. I just don't know why they're not where I thought they were. Anyway, that's sad, but it could have been worse. At least I've still got the script I was in the middle of writing and the new version of PHPAskIt which I was meant to be releasing last month. *Sigh*

Yup. Had this computer for a year and a bit, and it finally died on me at 3am this morning. Windows did, anyway. So yeah, I have to reinstall EVERYTHING. It wouldn't boot up unless I reformatted the hard drive.

This sucks so much.

Well main lectures have started now and... while I might have had company last year, the lectures seem twice as boring this year. I really wish people wouldn't make these little cliques of hall corridors which are then inpenetrable by other people cos it then makes them out to look really really bitchy and attitude-y. Seen that several times now. "You live in my hall?" "Ummm... no?" "Can't join our group then"
So pointless.
Gotta say, I'm having a lot of trouble finding people who seem nice enough this year. Last year everyone in my hall was a 1st year so we were all in the same boat, doing the same course, yaddayadda... This year I'm living with 3rd years who already have their little groups of friends (see above) and my actual corridor is actually kinda empty. Don't know why. Been grouped for first assignment already (due in 2 weeks. Urgh) and been made group leader. Me of all people.
Add to this the fact that my name is on NOTHING this year and it looks to be a very interesting year. Lonely, outcast, boring: sounds familiar doesn't it (if you know me you'll know what that means. If you don't know me then... meh, guess).

I wonder if it's possible to install Mac OS X over Windows XP... Since using Macs for my course I find them soooo nice... I've always loved the OS X design and I have Mac skins for XP all over my comp... I can't afford a new comp (not that I really want one) so... yeah. Loving the OS X dock. I know you can get a plugin for XP for that... gotta go find it...

I have no idea what this entry says or tries to say. I am way too tired to care.