Computer Crashed
July 27th, 2012 | 
Author: UGH! Turned my desktop on for a couple of minutes yesterday to check on any notices regarding a very sick Aunt. Storm hit, 5 or 6 flashes of electricity off…and computer won’t even turn on. Nothing. Electricity came back on but not my computer. Does anyone know of anything we can check before taking it to the repair shop? And we still don’t know about our Aunt. I should have waited……
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Did you check to make sure all the circuit breakers are on? Do you have it on a power strip and is it still on? Some of those turn off. I’d try unplugging it, wait a couple of minutes and plug it back in. You also might try a different outlet in case that one was zapped.
Our outlets have little button things to push in case they turn themselves off – one outlet button controls several outlets so you may need to hunt for it.
I have had quite the time getting myself back here! Sorry about the computer crash and hope what Becky said has already helped the problem!
Welcome back, Paula!
Hi, Aunt is coming along fine. Computer is still dead. It’s on the way to the shop now. Hooked my laptop up, but I’m sure not used to doing much real work on it! Thank you for the advice. Surely do wish it had worked. Hopefully there won’t need to be a funeral for my other computer! I also don’t think that everything was all backed up…..we’ll see.
Paula!!!! A BIG welcome back!!! So glad you found your way back! I had quite an adventure getting back too but am glad I did! So what’s cooking?????