Why won't my computer turn on!?
You are ready to get some work done and you go to use your computer. You push the power button on and nothing happens! After a few tries it then begins to settle in that your computer might be dead. You start to panic and you can see all you’re data slipping away and gone forever. According to a survey conducted by New York-based OnTrack Data Recovery, more people commit some act of computer violence than call for help when faced with a crisis. Todd Johnson, VP of data recovery at Ontrack, said about 13 percent of survey participants said they attempt to sweet-talk their computers into coughing up any lost data.
Sadly, sweet-talking your computer won’t help much. I myself have run into a moment of frenzy when my computer would not turn on one morning. I took the battery out and put it back in, nothing. Maybe the battery is dead? I plugged the charger in and tried again, still no response. Slowly panic started to set in. I wanted to do the usual, cry and yell at my computer for being broken. I can’t live without my computer; my whole life is on that computer. My photos, videos, music, my school work! I immediately rushed to my schools computer store. I quickly told them what is going on with my computer. They told me the diagnostic fee is around $35-40. The technician did a few little tricks to see if my computer will respond, but nothing! The technician told me my computer is dead. It can’t be dead, what about all my files and data? Well, the most he could do is take out my hard drive and place it into a hard drive case and I could see if any of my data was still on it. That would be an additional $10-15. Luckily for me, my data was all there, but unfortunately, not any of my applications or any of those millions of bookmarks that I saved from my web browser. After a mini heart attack and $55 spent, a lesson learned; take better care of your computer.