Last week I fell ill and wasn't even able to make it to classes. Well... I just got back in town, go to power up my "server" and discover that it is blue-screening on boot!
I managed to swap around some hardware and have a different computer acting in its place. My "server" is basically an old PIII desktop running Windows 2000 pro. I use it for ICS here in the dorms so that I can get my laptop on the Internet and in the process bypass a few of the campus security software installs. I'm really not bypassing any of the security systems because it is still all correctly installed on my server (just not on my laptop). I just then use my server, with a fancy 4 port NIC, to get everything else on the Internet. (This also includes my Wii which would normally not be able to get on the Internet here in the dorms.)
The problem is a hardware based. It really makes me sad because I don't have the time to solve this problem now. I'll attempt to work something out later this week. The worst part is that it has two 250GB hard drives raided together in it. A ton of my data is on that box. I'm almost 100% certain that I didn't lose anything. The only major glitch it getting the data off of there if I need to reformat.
I might end up buying or borrowing an external enclosure to check to see if my data is still intact. As for fixing the actual problem, I'll have to make some major decisions. I might just retire the hardware and use the other PIII I have in my dorm room (this one runs Windows XP though).
The only thing I need to connect still is my printer. I'll save that task for later tonight.
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