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My laptop broke.

I'm not sure how, but it broke bad - it doesn't even want to start in Safe Mode, so even the basic drivers must be borked. I've never heard of a virus doing damage that deep, but given that my computer went from "normal internet browsing" to "frozen" to "effectively a paperweight" I'm left to assume that a virus it is.

I don't even understand why people write computer viruses. You don't make any money off of it, and nobody knows it's you that did it so it doesn't seem like it'd be for the fame; the only reason people would do it is because they're just a colossal bag of dicks who enjoys the thought of inconveniencing and frustrating others for lulz.

On the other hand, this is probably something of a Sign From Above that I spend way, way too much time on the internet and should make changes accordingly.

So...yeah. I'll be even more absent than usual for a while, I guess.

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What a wonderful description of virus-writers. Seriously, creeps.

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It's just malice for malice's sake and it pisses me off, let me tell you. >:(

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Or your hard drive could've just up and died -- that's what happened to me two years ago, without warning. Did the laptop have any virus protection? Even if there wasn't, something tells me it wasn't a virus; if it were, you would've had a lot of sudden pop-ups and a huge slowdown before it died. Again, that's just from my experience, though. Good luck getting it fixed. >:

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The only reason I didn't think so right away was that my computer's only two years old; that doesn't seem like long enough for the hard drive to die. I don't think I've been abusive to it.

I was using Avast for virus protection, but I only had the freeware version, not the registered version. I did have a little slowdown before it died; I got a message about Flash having problems, then Firefox stopped responding, then I had to hard reset because even Ctrl+Alt+Del wasn't working. And then nothing.

Thanks for the advice, though - I hadn't seen anything like that before, so it helps having some outside input. I hope it's something fixable, at least.

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Hmmm, I'm no computer expert but that sounds to me like a hard drive dying than a virus -- a virus wouldn't necessarily do that much damage. And my first laptop had its hard drive die after a year, so that's not entirely implausible (then again, I was pretty abusive to it).

I hope you can fix it too -- though if this is a hard drive thing like I think it is, you might have to get it replaced, which means losing everything you had on it and starting over (unless you're willing to pony up for restoration).

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I suppose I did a lot more downloading on this machine than I did on my old laptop, so the hard drive giving out after two years is probably not as unlikely as I thought. :( I do have almost everything (at least, everything important) on a backup drive or two, so replacing the hard drive wouldn't be a huge disaster aside from the expense, but if I've managed to kill my computer in two years, this probably means I have some serious internet behavior modification to do.

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Eeek! That's unfortunate. Not sure what kind of computer you have or anything, but does it even detect an operating system on there?

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I use a Dell PC, two years old, so I hadn't expected it to die this suddenly - which is why I suspect viruses. But I don't know if a virus can get to my computer that extensively. It won't start even in safe mode, so I'm not sure if it detects the OS.

I hope it's something that can be fixed. :(

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mine broke when I was with my family in florida, the screen just went black. I was like fuck, I had the damn thing for almost two years, but it had my itunes, my thesis and various school papers, sigh.

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I had a virus scare a couple years ago; since then I've kept everything on at least two different backup hard drives and made sure to keep them updated whenever I download or write something important. If you can, I'd invest in a couple of roomy flash drives at least - they're worth it for the anxiety they save you.

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The hard drive could be it, or the motherboard-- which is an expensive part to replace, but it doesn't wipe any of your data.

My condolences; I hope you can get it fixed!

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I hadn't even thought about the motherboard; I figured it wouldn't even turn on if that broke. Fortunately Dad tells me the computer's still under warranty, so even if we do have to replace the hard drive or other hardware (which is what it's looking like at the moment) it won't cost us much.

I hope so too. :( I miss my baby.

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Noooooo!!! *shakes fist at sky*

Pfft. Stupid internet. You're useless without Muppet ramblings inside of you. *kicks it*

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That was pretty much what I did too. XD

Nonsense; the internet has enough backup nonsense on it by now to run quite well for several years! Besides, there's always the home computer. ;)

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Aw man, hope you get it fixed soon, or find a good replacement or something. :

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My dad tells me the computer's still under warranty, so if it is a mechanical problem (which is what it's looking like at the moment) then at least it won't cost us too much. And at least there are other computers in the house, so it's not as bad as it could be.

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It's entirely possible it's a mechanical problem. I lost 85% of everything on my hard drive earlier in the year. Horrible and almost-completely out of nowhere, but not a virus.

I hope you actually have backups/an external HD. Which reminds me to go do my monthly backup. NEVER AGAIN.

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It's looking more and more like a mechanical problem the more we try to deal with it, most likely the hard drive, since it refuses to start even in Safe Mode. Luckily the computer's still under warranty, so even if we have to get stuff replaced it at least won't be too expensive.

Oh have I learned that lesson. -__- After chucking my computer and almost breaking the screen and having a virus scare a couple years back, "back up early and often" has been rather drilled into me.

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:( *hugs* I hate when people do pointless, shitty things.

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Do people really get that much of a thrill from pissing off people they don't know, including possibly wiping out something that was really important to them? That seems like grounds to re-evaluate your life right there.

Thanks. *hugs*

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