4th april is such a cursed day.

it was the day i heard the sound of death (or so Uncle W. puts it).. and before i could do any damage control.. the system hanged. that was the last i saw of my OS.. and all the documents (and pictures! and music files!) stored in it.

So i gave CIT (our sch's IT help desk) a call

Guy: Hello, S**M*U.
Me: Hi, is this the CIT?
Guy: Hm, sort of..
Me: ?? Er okay. I've got a problem with my notebook.. the hard disk crashed..
Guy: Notebook model?
Me: X31
Guy: Describe the problem?
Me: Was working on a document when the hard disk starting making a lot of noise. I tried to back up my stuffs using an external disk drive but before i could do that the system hang. when i restarted my com they prompted that operating system was not found. i extracted the hard disk and connected to my desktop, but it could not be read.
Guy: Okay. I've got bad news for you..
Me: ya?
Guy: your hard disk is dead. (he had to pause for that dramatic effect) all your data is gone. (pause again) but the good news is, if it is under warranty you can come and replace it
Me: how can i do a data recovery?
Guy: You can do it at the professionals.. But it will cost you a bomb.


Yea, tell me about it, my exams are in one week's time. how fucked up can this get! but this is LIFE! things ALWAYS happen at the wrong time. but gotta move on and make do with my handicap.

anyhow this incident has increased my distrust and dislike for technology more than ever. gonna get a few more external hard disks and back up every damn shit fr now on.

Labels: life