November 21st 2009 8:29 am
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So we haven't been able to get on for a really long time due to mom's stupid computer. First it was that the charger stopped working so she ordered a new charger. It arrived about a week later and mom was super excited to finally have her laptop back. She charged it up and was on it then just before she was about to go to bed it randomly shut off. She wasn't surprised because it tends to do that a lot but when she turned it back on the log in screen never loaded. She restarted it and the same thing happened. Later finding out this was called "The Black Screen of Death" we could find no cure for it. So we phoned up Dell and they said they could fix it but it'd take 2-3 hours on the phone then they'd still have more to do after that. Not only does mom hate talking on the phone but she knew her laptop probably wouldn't even stay on that long since it tends to shut off so much, then there was the question of cost. So she left it for a little over a month, I guess, and about a week ago, deciding she couldn't take the withdrawal anymore, reinstalled Vista...entirely clearing her system of ALL her files. Pictures, writing, music, everything. So that really sucked but we're so glad to be back and to be able to catch up with all our friends.