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Old Mar 30, 2014, 08:45 PM
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My nice shiny 9 month old computer decided to keep switching itself off today about five seconds into the boot cycle. HORRORS!!!! Luckily I have an old backup PC, but I was NOT HAPPY.

I decided to not get bothered about it (yay me, I could have had a full blown geek meltdown in years past). Instead I calmly thought about the problem and wondered "What if the computer is working fine but my surge protector has developed a problem?" Sure enough, the plug I always have my computer plugged into had developed a fault. I didn't consider the surge strip at first because my monitor was working fine. My nice shiny PC is working a-ok. Let me tell you though, you have NEVER seen somebody back up files on a flash drive THAT fast afterwards!
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Old Apr 01, 2014, 04:28 PM
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Glad to hear you were able to stay calm and figure out what the problem was--and get it dealt with!
Thanks for this!
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Old Apr 02, 2014, 10:40 AM
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"Don't panic and carry a towel" words that any geek should live by

Good job on the trouble shooting...
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