On Saturday, I was on Lappy when Windows Updater complained because it wanted to install Service Pack 1 for Vista.
It started, then choked. I left it a while and eventually rang up my local computer shop, who told me to bring it ’round and they’ll try and sort it out.
A few hours later, I get a phone call from them; Lappy’s basically brain dead (he was working so hard to fix the error that the SP1 install had made, that the hard drive kind of keeled over and died) and needs a new hard drive and would I authorise this? I authorised it.
They don’t work on Sundays and it’s like, 20 minutes before closing time, so they’re not going to start working on Lappy today but will start working on him first thing on Monday morning.
On Monday, I expected a phone call, telling me that Lappy is ready to go home but the call never comes.
Tuesday lunch time, I ring them to find out what the status is and stuff and they say that he’s ready to go home now. I ask my step dad to pick him up and take him home, which he does.
What an expensive “free” update – it cost me £100!
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