Software Update
Jan. 16th, 2005 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoIt's alive! Alive!
My computer, that is. I finally was able to install all the important new software I got from China and make it start working again.
Firstly, it took like two days to get Windows XP installed. The stupid thing was making an awful mess of my system, before we found out that the problem was with the disk. Or rather, with my idiot of a disk drive, which has problems reading high speed disks. So my dad used his computer to make a copy of my WinXP installation disk at a slower speed and voila -- Windows installed without a hitch. Then of course I had to clean up the rest of the mess that the previous installation attempts had left on my hard drive. Plus, I had to reinstall all my programs. Again.
But then Photoshop won't work, even after I figured out how to get the activation code. It kept telling me that there's a hardware problem somewhere. It wasn't after I moved back to Cal on Tuesday night that I realized that the hardware problem is more than just with the Photoshop. It turned out that my sound wasn't working either.
So I called up dad on MSN messenger (cheaper than phone) and found out that apparently installing the new OS wiped out the installations for my motherboard, which included the stuff for the sound card. Oops. So I asked my dad to zip and send over the installation disk files over Messenger so I could install it. That was a 600MB zip file sent overnight. Yowtch. But when I unzipped and tried it, it turned out that the setup won't run off my computer. So I had to wait 'til this weekend, when I dropped by home to pick up some stuff, that I also brought the actual installation disk (or rather, another copy) back with me.
Now, with the sound and other chips installed, my audio media is working just fine. And just now I've reinstalled Photoshop CS 8.0 and it works! (I still have to test it after restarting, but I'm hopeful.)
After a week being at odds with my computer, I'm very happy with it now. *hugs comp* ^_^
My computer, that is. I finally was able to install all the important new software I got from China and make it start working again.
Firstly, it took like two days to get Windows XP installed. The stupid thing was making an awful mess of my system, before we found out that the problem was with the disk. Or rather, with my idiot of a disk drive, which has problems reading high speed disks. So my dad used his computer to make a copy of my WinXP installation disk at a slower speed and voila -- Windows installed without a hitch. Then of course I had to clean up the rest of the mess that the previous installation attempts had left on my hard drive. Plus, I had to reinstall all my programs. Again.
But then Photoshop won't work, even after I figured out how to get the activation code. It kept telling me that there's a hardware problem somewhere. It wasn't after I moved back to Cal on Tuesday night that I realized that the hardware problem is more than just with the Photoshop. It turned out that my sound wasn't working either.
So I called up dad on MSN messenger (cheaper than phone) and found out that apparently installing the new OS wiped out the installations for my motherboard, which included the stuff for the sound card. Oops. So I asked my dad to zip and send over the installation disk files over Messenger so I could install it. That was a 600MB zip file sent overnight. Yowtch. But when I unzipped and tried it, it turned out that the setup won't run off my computer. So I had to wait 'til this weekend, when I dropped by home to pick up some stuff, that I also brought the actual installation disk (or rather, another copy) back with me.
Now, with the sound and other chips installed, my audio media is working just fine. And just now I've reinstalled Photoshop CS 8.0 and it works! (I still have to test it after restarting, but I'm hopeful.)
After a week being at odds with my computer, I'm very happy with it now. *hugs comp* ^_^
