***Disney Design Addict's Chit Chat,Designs and Pixie Dust! Everybody WELCOME!*** Part 4

[dumby]

Ok guys .... some turbo pixie dust would be GREATLY appreciated.

I spent 7 hours today typing up some steps, info, rationales, etc for all the interventions that might be on our Clinical Skills Test (which I'm schedule for on Tuesday). I already felt like I'm completely screwed for this exam as it is, for reasons too legnthy to go into right now.

Well, I was opening my email on my laptop to email myself the file (or upload it to a website, but whichever... irrelevant). My computer crashed. "No big deal, I think... the file is saved".

Well now it won't turn on. We've done EVERYTHING we can think of. I'm freaking out, and Kyle is just saying "I'll take it to the Apple store tomorrow...blah blah blah". MEN (sorry guys). Seriously, there is NOT always a quick fix for everything.

I have to have this 47 page document TOMORROW morning to go over stuff in the lab, fill in areas that we never covered (and yet have to pull out of ... somewhere?)

HELLLLLLLLLLLP!

Lots of pixie dust coming your way. I work at home on the puter (Medical Transcriptionist) and my husband just don't seem to understand how freaked out I get when I have computer problems. GOOD LUCK. I will say a prayer for you that you can get it up and going.

 

[tink2020]

OMG! Serious pixie dust headed your way! I hope you can get it recovered!!!!!!

Thanks...

 

[ReAnSt]

Tink2020,

I am so sorry that happened to you. Computer nerds can do some pretty amazing things so hopefully they will be able to work some magic for you. Here's loads of pixie dust headed your way.

I always seem to have that type of luck with anything really important. Anything from vacation photos, to term papers from an entire semester or my entire Senior project. It never fails if it is important and involves technology it always seems to get messed up.

I had a teacher who thought I was never doing my projects because things kept happening. This was until they worked with me on lesson plans and sure enough right before I was finished the computer crashed and even though it was repeatedly saved, it was no where to be found even when the computer techs tried to work on it.

There is no such thing as saving enough and multiple backups. Good luck, I really hope they can work some magic so you don't have to redo everything.

Becky

 

[tink2020]

Is there an Apple 800 number?? Obviously you have another computer (or you couldn't have posted!) so can you go to an Apple help page?? I wish I could do more

I'm on the help page. The 800 number is business hours only, and even then they pretty much suck. The guys at the store are GREAT, but I need it sooner than they can help. Obviously if I can't get there in time, I just get it back tomorrow night (if that's even a possibility) and then cram with no resources from the lab.......

But then what if they can't do anything?! This is SO not good for the world's biggest worrier, at the most stressful point of the year, WAY past my bedtime!!!!!

 

[ReAnSt]

Jennifer,

First of all take some deep breaths. I know you said you took the battery out, did you also unplug it? Take the battery out, unplug it and leave it sit for 10 minutes. Then put the battery back in, plug it in and try to start it again.

I know you don't want to think it put you could also talk to the professor, they may or may not be understanding. But they may be willing to work with you. Sending you tons more pixie dust.

Becky

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I'm on the help page. The 800 number is business hours only, and even then they pretty much suck. The guys at the store are GREAT, but I need it sooner than they can help. Obviously if I can't get there in time, I just get it back tomorrow night (if that's even a possibility) and then cram with no resources from the lab.......

But then what if they can't do anything?! This is SO not good for the world's biggest worrier, at the most stressful point of the year, WAY past my bedtime!!!!!

hang in with me for few minutes - remember when that computer virus went around a few years ago and wiped out people's computers? My tech told me I was out of luck - everything was gone - they couldn't help - I figured it out and recovered my whole computer - let me go read a few things for you!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

what is the type of notebook that you have?

 

[Steamboat Marti]

hang in with me for few minutes - remember when that computer virus went around a few years ago and wiped out people's computers? My tech told me I was out of luck - everything was gone - they couldn't help - I figured it out and recovered my whole computer - let me go read a few things for you!

Is there ANYTHING she can't do???

 

[tink2020]

Jennifer,

First of all take some deep breaths. I know you said you took the battery out, did you also unplug it? Take the battery out, unplug it and leave it sit for 10 minutes. Then put the battery back in, plug it in and try to start it again.

I know you don't want to think it put you could also talk to the professor, they may or may not be understanding. But they may be willing to work with you. Sending you tons more pixie dust.

Becky

Thanks. I'm trying to stay calm

I have really followed all directions (both simple and complex) to a t. At this point I'm tempted to reboot from the startup disk and just try to archive it and/or reformat. I'll lose all my info, but I can go to bed knowing that my computer works. Then tomorrow I can deal with my test. I usually wait until the last minute anyway. :-/

As for the professor, a girl came back from a funeral in California (obviously unexpected) and asked for an extension for Monday's exam. The response was "you've had the study guide for a week, you should be prepared". Well, this clinical skills thing we've known about for about a month.

And this time I DIDN'T procrastinate. I've read all the material. I have been given great experiences on the floor for some of the skills. The problem is, there are some things they wan't verbatum, (or at least in a specific order, etc) from the course and the book. It doesn't matter what is done in the real world

they want the notes and rationales we are told to learn from.

I'm pretty sure I'll get even less sympathy. I do have a friend, though, that may have some material saved. I don't know.

UGH.

 

[Steamboat Marti]

GO KATE GO KATE GO KATE!

 

[tink2020]

what is the type of notebook that you have?

Thanks. It's an iBook G4. I'm usually pretty good at even command stuff and have pretty good luck figuring stuff out.... so I've tried an awful lot. But at this point, I just appreciate ANY help... and maybe you'll stumble across something I haven't. I do appreciate it!

 

[tink2020]

Thanks. It's an iBook G4. I'm usually pretty good at even command stuff and have pretty good luck figuring stuff out.... so I've tried an awful lot. But at this point, I just appreciate ANY help... and maybe you'll stumble across something I haven't. I do appreciate it!

Maybe I'm missing something simple. I'm starting up in safe mode, single-user mode, etc and not getting anywhere. I HAVE done the whole unplug, remove the battery, wait a while things..... but maybe there's something else I'm missing.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

did you try this?

Ctrl+Cmd+power

 

[tink2020]

did you try this?

Ctrl+Cmd+power

Yeah. It's supposed to force a reboot and/or start a safe mode.... but I still only get to the same screen.

I just tried the restore CD. Even with that in I can't get past the screen!

 

[ReAnSt]

Is it turning on? Is it not loading completly? If it turns on what happens when it turns on?

 

[ReAnSt]

What screen is it stopping on? What type of operating system are you running?

 

[julia & nicks mom]

do you have an airport card? this seems to cause trouble - I don't know what it is

 

[tink2020]

do you have an airport card? this seems to cause trouble - I don't know what it is

I do have an airport card. It's the wireless card, but it's installed under the keyboard somewhere. I'm not so sure about taking it out and stuff.... I don't know how they work specifically. That's something they do at the store.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

here is another way to reboot

For iBook (16 VRAM) and later models of iBook, there is no physical reset button.

If the computer is on, turn it off.
Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-Power on the keyboard. Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes.
Wait 5 seconds.
Press the Power button to restart the iBook computer.


I guess that is what I just posted

or this combo

Oh and try CTRL+CMD+SHIFT+POWER. Have the battery and power in. Wait then press power, I know it's for a g4 ibook, but it might work.

 

[tink2020]

What screen is it stopping on? What type of operating system are you running?

It's OS-X. I don't know if it's a second or third version (ie 10.1, 10.2 etc) but they all are built on the same base. I get to the grey apple screen with the little spinning wheel-thing.... and it keeps on spinning, just never goes anywhere else. And we're talking even after 10+ minutes.