Argh!

[onefixedstar]

My laptop popped up with the Blue Screen of Death tonight. I've Googled the numbers that went along with it, and came back with lots of scary references to impending hard drive failure. :(

The computer is still under warranty, but I'm not sure they'll replace the hard drive if they can't replicate the error. If they won't, I suppose I'll have to become obsessive about backing up, and hope the final failure occurs before the warranty is up. (I have over a year to go, so it's quite possible.) Alternately, maybe the large number of minor but annoying mechanical problems--like my laptop's newly acquired tendency to ignore the power cord and draw from the battery and the scary looseness of the hinges--might be enough to get them to give me a new computer. Okay, maybe not.

For the geekly inclined, here's the failure info:

KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

STOP 0x0000007A (0xC03E1DA 0xC000000E 0xF876A000 0x07630800)

(More Googling reveals that 0xC000000E = STATUS_NO_SUCH_DEVICE)

Comments

[semiotic-trader.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about it :( Back up!

And tell us what the make and model of the laptop is, so we don't buy one! :P

[reiber.livejournal.com]

My suggestion is to download the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows and check out what the minidump says. For more information on how to do this, check out here: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35246

[steninja.livejournal.com]

or just complain to the company and tell them how unhappy you are with their faulty product and see what they say... :D

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

Back up complete. Well, the vital stuff. I have an 80GB laptop and it's nearly full, so a complete back up is a challenge.

The computer I have isn't on the market anymore (naturally), so I don't think you have to worry about buying it. :)

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

I'll try it when I have a chance. Thanks!