About my old computer My first computer was a gift of my mother exactly ten years ago. It was in December 2007, before Christmas. And for sure that had to be one of my happiest days. I didn’t need to go to a cyber café anymore to do my homework or to play pc games. The first time it began to work wrong was three years after the purchase. I was desperated at those blue screens ruining my life time and time again. Once I got it fixed, it continued working for five more years. In fact those blue screens still appeared, my computer suddenly turned off and many times I must have lost many projects for that reason. Anyways, during all that time I never took my computer to a service. I just solved everything by hitting hardly the CPU. Also it was kind of therapeutic. But finally in 2015 my old computer died definitely. The technician told me that he couldn’t fix it. The only solution was to buy a motherboard which was very expensive. It wasn’t worth it. So I bought a computer, my first laptop. It still works just fine. The blue screens are a past thing. But I had always had the idea of bring my old tech friend back to life. It would serve just for pretty basic tasks though. Technology goes ahead and those devices that you bought just a year ago now seem too old. And I don’t know why, but something told me that I could do it by myself. And it wasn’t necessary to buy a motherboard or any hardwares. It was a software problem. So earlier this year I did what everyone else would do in my place: looking for tutorials on Youtube. I spent hours of my summer vacation trying to find a solution. Also reading post after post in blogs with such and old interface that makes you cry. Eventually I managed to download a repair CD-Rom. I set up the computer and turned it on. I inserted the cd. And it was working! The Windows 7 logo appeared on the screen, waiting for me to complete steps. I was kind of reaching a nirvana. But it all fell down when I restarted my PC. A new error had replaced the old one. And once I solved that, another one. Since February I have tried to fix it from time to time. Each time with all my faith put on that freacking cd and in myself. All in vain, but I persisted like if nothing happened. Eventually I decided to give up last month. I’m thinking about calling a technician to do what I couldn’t. But at least I tried. I only hope my notebook works fine for a long time because I know that despite everything, I would go to the whole process again