To begin, let me just say that my laptop could probably do with being looked at by a professional. It’s slow (despite spending almost a full 24 hours defragmenting it about 2 days ago), the audio output is shoddy and if I close it while it is still turned on, it turns itself off after a short period and won’t properly turn back on.
To be more specific, after pressing the power button, within 30 seconds it powers itself back off. This happens whether it is loading Windows, or in the middle of a start-up options menu.
This was becoming quite the dilemma for me because I didn’t think to backup the files I have for my book (although I’m going to get that done just as soon as I’m done posting this) and don’t currently have a printer, so the only copy I have is on this hard drive.
I have had this problem before, so I initially didn’t think too much of it. The only problem is that the more I tried to solve it, the more I began to realize that I absolutely couldn’t remember how I fixed the problem last time. Even searching on Google from my phone wasn’t able to help.
Eventually I did get it fixed with some very helpful texts and a call to my mom, who is on the other side of the country.
Long story short, if you find yourself in a similar situation, try doing what I did which worked wonders (instructions for laptops only!):
1. Unplug your laptop from the AC adapter.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds.
4. Plug the AC adapter back into your computer.
5. Press the power button.
6. After the computer starts to turn on, put the battery back in.
Hopefully if you find yourself in my situation, this will help you out too.
- Holly
P.S. Not too much to report on my writing progress, except since I started writing out the story by hand I have come up with some new ideas for wording the beginning of the first chapter. Yay!
Title: Fix You - Coldplay
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