The Tale of a Failing Hard Drive

November 23, 2009 14:41 by Tom J.
After a long day working security at the OSU libraries, I had just gotten home and was in the process of making my supper (a delicious steak, thanks mom!) when I got a call.  John, a client for whom I had done various computer jobs, said he could not boot into Windows XP.  Because he had valuable data on the PC, he requested that I come by immediately and figure out what was going wrong. Upon arrival I saw the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) on the screen with the error "unmountable_... [More]