cyclic redundancy check, komm, süsser tod

[swordianmaster]

it all started with a crc error on a torrent I was running.

Things snowballed, as they tend to on computers, and now it appears that my hard-drive is completely, irreversibly, 100% fubar'd. There might be more wrong. I don't know. It's a six-year-old computer, and I can't afford to get any replacement... well... anything.

I'm typing this from a public library computer; a computer which will only allow me one hour of usage per day. But at the same time, I don't know what else to do. Part of this is to let people know that I'm not going to be around for obvious reasons (my LJ RP hiatus notices will point here), and part of this is to do... well, the only thing I'm good at any more. Whining about how life keeps shitting on me, and begging for a reprieve somehow.

Money isn't going to help. Not really. Even if it did, I already pretty much exhausted what resources I have online to keep my net/phone/tv bill from defaulting.

I have... I would assume no credit, just because if I don't have NO credit, I'm sure to have NEGATIVE - the bills are in my name, after all, I have unpaid medical bills that went to creditors, and Paypal defaulted me on an $80 I can't pay or dispute.

I really have no way of getting out of this situation. If anyone can lend a hand with a computer of some sort, please... please, let me know.

Out of respect for my family, I'm gonna put any contact information under a F-Lock in the next post; if you sincerely are able to help, either reply here (so I can contact you when I am able) or ask one of my friends for help (I know for a fact bossgoji will at least be aware of this, and I'm sure there's others)

I'm sorry I have to keep doing this. I wish I knew why everything was just piling on me in the last two years.

Comments

[negative-five.livejournal.com]

so, um, you... don't know me, we really just rp in the same game together and I saw your signal boost of plight/distress/whatever, and I just... I have like, two laptops literally just sitting around. one of them I'm pretty sure is on the fritz unless I can make my boyfriend fix it now rather than later, but the other one is in practically semi-new condition?

um... good deed of the day and all... if you want it, I could see what I can do??

Possible solutions

[krdbuni.livejournal.com]

I have a laptop with a dead video card that's not presently being used. It's not fixable but it'll drive a monitor if you don't mind it being a docking station and running at a horrible resolution. It's something, at least, if you want it.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

I have a perfectly serviceable desktop machine (P4 3Ghz) I picked up used just a short time ago from a garage sale. I've been playing around with it because it's the first time I've owned a Windows PC, so I know it works fine. The downside is that it's as old as your current machine, and shipping for a desktop tower would be kinda heinous.

I would be happy to chip in on shipping costs if you would rather have someone else's laptop, or if there's any other way for me to be useful here. I can't stand the thought that, on top of everything else, your opportunities for social connection and roleplay might be cut off.

(Plus -- allow me to be selfish for a moment here -- I don't want to lose Flare Star. :))

[roll-soul.livejournal.com]

You know, I've got an XP harddrive I can send you, if you want. It's just been sitting around, particularly since I upgraded recently. It's only 4GB but that's enough to get up and running, at least? Failing that, I'm willing to chip in whatever money I can, including also boostering any shipping costs from other people.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

My last two years have sucked progressively worse as well. I wouldn't take it personally.