24 hours ago

it's past 1:00 am and it has been 24 hours since something really precious to me got a major infection.

nope, it's not a dog. nor any other pet.

it was my laptop. Acer Aspire 4310.

i plugged in my flash drive last night to format it so it would be virus-free once again. although it came from the not-so-trustworthy virus cave of the UP Shopping Center (because i had to have my project printed), i was confident that my laptop wouldn't really get that affected because i had an updated anti-virus.

and then i did something stupid. instead of having it scanned first, i clicked it right away as if i was at an internet shop. and then my anti-virus popped up. and so i deleted every single virus that appeared. it was non-stop. three windows at a time.

saka ko lang na-realize. i was deleting my PROGRAM FILES. and next was my whole DRIVE E: (because my hard drive was split into two). and then ACER ASPIRE 4310 started to break down.

tried a lot of things. restart. shut down. safe mode. nothing happened. even my anti-virus got hi-jacked by the freakin virus. the only files left were my documents. nothing else. and i feared that it would be the next victim so i turned the laptop off.

then i broke down. i knew it. it was inevitable. i had to have it reformatted for sure. for the very first time.

all my downloaded songs. all my movie maker videos. all my youtube grabs. my dad's phone contacts. all my installers. gone all gone with drive E.

also, i said good bye to my NBA Live 08. and to many of my programs.

for those of you who don't know, it's going to be my laptop's birthday on November 13. it's been almost a year. and i thought he would make it without any need for repair.

i had it reformatted right away a while ago and now all i need is MS Office so i could go back to work. papers papers papers. but i definitely miss the old look of my laptop. now i'm back to square one. and i thank God He saved the laptop.

this laptop may not necessarily be high-end but it does wonders for me. for my studies, my family and everything else.

lesson learned. next time, huwag aanga anga.