I tried and tried but to no avail. I used my phone to access the internet to see if anyone had a remedy. There were plenty but none worked. I fiddled with the battery, drained the laptop and tried again - nothing. My heart sank.
What is it about these machines we own that makes us feel like we've lost a long lost friend when they break? We'd had this laptop for 6 years and though it had crashed a few times, almost everything I've written or photographed was on there.
I reluctantly took it in to a local computer shop and left it with them. Luckily I'd bought a 'Passport' years ago to back up information etc, so I took that in along with the Recovery discs.
I received the fateful call. There was nothing they could do to repair the laptop, but they had retrieved all of my files - horray!
I almost cried when they bought it out to show me, it was in bits and so was I.
The reason for its demise? Apart from old age, it was full of dust. The fan stopped working and couldn't cool the inside down sufficiently, so it fried itself. That's what living on a dirt road for 6 years does to laptops I was informed.
So now I am sitting in front of a new sturdy computer with a keyboard and mouse that just doesn't feel the same. I have had to try and create shortcuts on to the desktop and have failed miserably.
I want Google back, not Bing. I want to see all things familiar when I switch on, not weird and wonderful upgrades that I don't understand nor will ever use.
Wow, I can't believe I'm so stuck in my ways and I'm not even a 'Senior' yet! Just call me Victor Meldrew and I won't be offended......
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