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cordjostler) wrote2024-07-02 09:54 am
cordjostler) wrote2024-07-02 09:54 am
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computers are confusing [now]
Over the weekend I had this task of wanting to do a deep virus scan on my PC because it's been acting weird. (which in retrospect, I think is because my ATA drives spin down after an hour of inactivity no matter what settings I change)
Anyway, this turned out to be quite a challenge.
Just like trying to do things in python, instructions that exist are always wrong or don't apply to what you have. making a PC boot disk on a mac, that actually worked, was tough. and then it turned out that the boot disk didn't have drivers for my video card so it didn't work. etc etc.
Anyway. I finally got it done. It took 3 days. haha. But I'm posting to celebrate that. I got through the frustration wall and got it done. No serious virii. It's funny that I feel like I used to be a lot better at this stuff.. hardware, sysadmin stuff, etc. I feel like it's more challenging now than it used to be, but maybe it's some combination of having been out of the loop for so long, and getting frustrated faster.
Anyway, this turned out to be quite a challenge.
Just like trying to do things in python, instructions that exist are always wrong or don't apply to what you have. making a PC boot disk on a mac, that actually worked, was tough. and then it turned out that the boot disk didn't have drivers for my video card so it didn't work. etc etc.
Anyway. I finally got it done. It took 3 days. haha. But I'm posting to celebrate that. I got through the frustration wall and got it done. No serious virii. It's funny that I feel like I used to be a lot better at this stuff.. hardware, sysadmin stuff, etc. I feel like it's more challenging now than it used to be, but maybe it's some combination of having been out of the loop for so long, and getting frustrated faster.