I'd like to take this moment...to cry

[DigitalfreakNYC]

So last night...I turned on my desktop PC to do a favor for a friend.

Guess what?

Dead.

I either get a flashing curser or a note that says "bootable disc not found."



I went inside the computer and I don't hear any problems with the drive. it's spinning up. I'm not hearing any clicking. But I'm guessing something went wrong somewhere.

The only thing I can figure out is that I had a usb card reader plugged in when I turned it on, although I don't know how that would affect it.

Anyway, I'm going to buy a hard drive reader to turn this thing into an external in the hopes that I'll be able to get the important things off of it.

I guess I'm just in denial and, if I'm not able to get those things off of it, THEN I'll cry.

*sigh*

Anyone else have this issue ever? How did you get through it?