Persistence

Computers do not like this user I’m trying to set up.  In fact, its like a whole damn computer conspiracy.  This user (we’ll call him Bob for the sake of anonymity) had what we techs call ‘The Blue Screen of Death.’  This particular BSOD informed me that I had a busted hard drive.  So, I do what anyone would to, I replace the hard drive and rebuild the machine.

So, everything installs fine, I run my tests, and they all pass.  So, I give Bob back his laptop.  The next day he returns to me with ANOTHER BSOD, and the same error at that.  I run a hard drive check, and sure enough, it, too, crashed and burned.  So I do my best to calm Bob, who is understandibly upset, and who now has a source to direct his anger at.  Namely, me.

So I take his laptop back and replace the hard drive (again), and things again run smoothly.  I run my tests, install the programs, and just as I’m shutting it down, I get a BSOD.  This time a different error, but concensus around the room is its still the hard drive’s fault.  So I replace the drive (yet again) and build the machine (yes… again), and after building, I run into loads of errors in post production… the network card is acting funky.  So I take the hard drive out and put it in a different laptop… and so far so good…

This technician has his fingers crossed…

Update:

*desperate cry*

Noooooooooooooooo