Rosemary isn't well.

[jackofallgeeks]

Last night as I was surfing the Internet, my computer started to have
major slow downs, and then began to freeze. After a couple restarts,
Windows decided that my disks needed to be check for consistency: first it
checked C: and found no errors, then it crashed again, checked D: and found
a boatload of errors, and found errors on C: after rechecking that.
Then it just failed to load; I got a Blue Screen before the login page ever
came up. Both C: and D: reside on the same physical disk, which is actually
the older of two that I currently have (E: is it's own physical drive). I
put all of Windows on C: so that I can reinstall Windows without actually
losing real data.

All last night I tried to reinstall Windows and failed. The Installation
hung on copying over setup files several times, and then told me that it
couldn't reformat C: and that the disk may be damaged. So I resolved to buy
a new drive today, install Windows on that, and try and recover data from
the dieing drive. This morning I gave it a final try, reseated the drive's
cables, and Installation was able to successfully complete. (I'm a little
worried that maybe it was just a cable problem to begin with, except that
there's nothing that would have jostled the cables to begin with.)

Reinstalling Windows is a pain. Mostly it's the reinstalling of all my
programs (ZoneAlarm Firewall, Avast! Antivirus, wireless card, video card,
and games), but also just reorganizing my files -- My Documents won't be
recognized as such when I relogon to the 'new' Windows. A piece of me is
concerned that I may lose data, mostly I'm concerned for my photos and
music. I have no idea how (assuming it's not dieing on D:) to re-associate
my iTunes with my music. (I've used iTunes extensively, so about half of my
music is DRM'd Apple files as opposed to easy-to-manage mp3s...)

I'm taking it all a little hard -- I'm absurdly attached to my computer, and
seeing her hurt this way has me a bit heartbroken. She's my major
connection out to the rest of the world (most of my friends live in my
computer); thankfully, my iTouch (and work computer) esure that I'm not
totally cut off while I'm fixing her.

Anyways...