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Progress Stalled

Leese

Published on July 27, 2015

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I've been without a computer for the last 2 days because some error was caused during an automatic update. I couldn't load Windows because I kept getting an error screen that was rebooting on a loop.

I tried everything and stayed up for 30 hours straight trying to fix it with system restores and editing command prompt but nothing worked.

In the end I had to completely format my hard drive and do a fresh install of Windows, so I lost everything I had on my computer.

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That'll teach me to back up my stuff!

I'm just happy to be back online now and able to get back to working on my site!

I think I'll go Mac next time.

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