Normality ensues. Managed to get a whole lot of fixing done. Resorted to having to take the hard drive out with the intention of backing it up and reinstalling Windows. And even that couldn't go easy, as the laptop chose the opporunity to choke on its own OS, so I had to go next door and ask the neighbors if I could use their computer. Helpful as they were, they didn't have USB 2.0, meaning the task would have taken hours . So I just went for the really important stuff, the files that would be too... read more