My mum asked me for help because her computer wouldn't start. It said it couldn't find the boot loader.
I tried removing the CD and it didn't help. I tried inserting a live DVD and nothing changed. Then I checked the BIOS and looked at the boot order. I realized there was a CD option, but no DVD option, so I thought perhaps it could boot from CD but not DVD.
I didn't have a bootable CD at hand, but I knew my brother had one. I also knew he had lent us a big USB drive which I could use to make a backup, but I couldn't find it. So I decided to call him. He solved my 2 problems with just one phrase. [spoiler] "The USB drive is connected to mum's computer."[/spoiler]
-_- So... not one of my best moments, at least as far as my observation skills go. But well, at least there was nothing wrong with the computer after all.
I have done this more than once, myself. >.<;;;
To help you feel better, a story about my dad. He had just finished building a new computer and tried turning it on, no joy. He starts swapping out parts, CPU, memory, power supply, everything. He even got a new motherboard on the assumption that it was bad. Nothing fixed it. Until he swapped all the original parts into a new box. Then it all worked.
Then he tried turning on the second new computer build in the original box by shorting the power pins with a jumper. It turned on too. The POWER BUTTON was broken.
Ouch. XD That's funny and sad at the same time. I hope he had a use for the spare computer.
Hey Gabi, don't worry, that sort of thing happens to us all, no matter how tech experienced we get.
And by the way: http://cascadefailure.comicgenesis.com/d/20030217.html
Heh. Thanks, Sofox.
My brother was just here. We talked for a bit, we watched an episode of the Big Bang Theory and then, as he left, he said to me: "so the next drive has to be fluorescent?"
Glow in the dark USB drive. That would be awesome! Never lose it again.
And I'm sure dad found a use for the second computer.