Anonymous

I left my computer on earlier today and left my room for about 20 minutes. I came back to find it had shut down, so when I turned it back on I have gotten stuck in the classic "startup repair loop". However, following guides off the internet about using the console to get out of the loop has lead to a discovery that my hard drive is "corrupted and unreadable".

The problem is that it is my only hard drive on this computer, with the operating system installed on it as well as every other file I have (it is 2TB). Therefore I cannot actually access my operating system because the hard drive itself is corrupt. How do I fix this? I really would like to save my files if I can.

I didn't do anything different, no viruses, didn't download anything, I keep my computer in good shape with constant defragmenting and virus checks. It hasn't overheated or anything because I have a pretty decent cooling system. It has just happened randomly.

Help! Please!

My computer can barely run any new games well, Far Cry 3 and even Crysis run badly. Other games require HEAVY toning down in order to run at all. My computer is well built, no problems with how my hardware is connected. My main specs are:

AMD BULLDOZER 4.4GHz

16GB of DDR3 RAM

2GB ATI Radeon HD6670

Could it be my graphics card letting me down? I would have thought that the extra RAM and the processor would have been able to at least help run these damn games.

I have no problems getting close to women, it is easy for me, flirting and all that, but when it gets to the point when I have to make the move, I don't know...

I seem to push them away, as if I only enjoy the flirting. I never want a relationship and never have, just flings.

When I speak to other female friends and family they are always asking why I don't have a girlfriend ever.

What is wrong with me? It has been this way for me since Highschool.

No I am not scared of rejection or anything, it is like I feel no more attraction to them when it gets close to relationships.

I have no problems getting close to women, it is easy for me, flirting and all that, but when it gets to the point when I have to make the move, I don't know...

I seem to push them away, as if I only enjoy the flirting. I never want a relationship and never have, just flings.

What is wrong with me? It has been this way for me since Highschool.

Got into school this morning, quite early so there isn't many people there, I see my 3 friends so I go over to talk.

One of them I have banter with all the time, today I said ''Your cardigan looks gay.'' To which he replied ''You look gay.'' - I laughed (like we usually do) and said ''Hey, this isn't about me, it's about you!'' I laughed it off, and was about to say ''Nah, just joking though, you look fine.''.

Before I could next thing I know something hits me across the face, I find it was him, so I cover my face and push him back, to which he followed with 3 blows to my temple.

I staggered back, and looked at him, and walked off, not knowing what to do.

He followed immediantly, trying to apologise (I mean literally seconds after) but I shoved him back and went outside to think.

What should I do? I am no weakling, I can fight him easily, it was just he took me completely by surprise (my hands were in my coat pockets, shoulders low, relaxed) and this is a friend I have known for 4 years now.

I don't know if I should come back and finish what he started, or forget about it.

I am a male, who has the potential to look good with my hair gelled, the thing is, the look I want only stays for about 5 minutes max, then just goes flat. I have tried EVERYTHING, hairspray, wax, ultra hold gels, a large array of matt clays. I have even combined some, like hairspray and clay, but nothing will work. Please help as I can never look good and am losing my self confidence. Any suggestions for gel, or wax or hairspray? Or anything else? I need something as strong as cement!

My life is a mess.

It used to be just us 5 children and my parents, now my parents have had two extra children. This has placed so much stress on them who now have to allocate spending to them (which they spoil them most of the time). My parents never have the time to do anything with us (especially me, as I am the outsider of the family with a different personality which most of my family just hates, resenting me). I am usually looking after the two children and no one else will, my parents are usually out shopping or picking up the other kids (who by the way are old enough to move out and even buy a car). I have my own job (I am the only person in our family who has got a job at 14, the rest have always got theirs at 16-17). I pay for nearly everything I own to relieve the stress off my parents (especially for Christmas). The house I live in is a mess, my room being the only exception. Every time the house is empty and I am just here I tidy up the entire of the downstairs, which gets messy in a matter of hours. My mum has lots of spare time in the house when we are at school and doesn't seem to do anything at all, even though she says she does (I can tidy up the house in about 30 - 40 minutes, she has 6 hours). Then my siblings are dickheads, my sister has been becoming more and more horrible by the day (she was one of those girls who were pretty in highschool, but was nasty to any person outside of her group, bullying a lot). My brothers just go out and skate all day, and come back, eat all of our food for packed lunches, leave a mess then go to their rooms for the rest of the night. I try to be friendly with everyone I meet, but just get shunned at school and my friends will usually not call for me and not invite me to things like the cinema or going shopping in town. Not to mention my parents treat me like a small child, not listening to anything I feel is important (my father usually laughing when I bring up a subject that has affected me emotionally). I am not as smart as my other siblings (started in a lower set at school). Achieving high grades has been difficult for me, but I try, but my parents never seem to be impressed or praise me. I just want to have a normal life, I try to make things better for my siblings and parents, but it never works. I can't invite anyone over to my house as it is a mess. I feel depressed, and just bottle it up inside. I am starting to hate every person I know more and more, wondering what it would be like to murder the bullies at school (I think about this stuff more and more as I am getting more and more depressed).

Please, help!

My Grandfather (who I have never really been close to) has had a stroke and is currently dying in hospital, unconscious. As much as I would want to mourn and miss him, I cannot, as I watched the Last Rite being performed and seeing all my other family members stood there, weeping and the likes, I couldn't mourn or cry, and I feel bad about myself for not doing so.

Is there something wrong with me? Is this normal?

Ahh, my friends, Winter is close to being upon us. The Early dark nights, the beautiful cold, crisp weather, the hot steam you see with every exhale, the cosy nights in with the Fireplace lit, the beautiful snow, the sledging on a nearby Golf Course (you have to try it, its great fun), and of course, Christmas.

Is it me, or does Winter actually Rock? Much better than Summer?

I am 14 years old, I live without any income from my parents (who are a pair of twats who hate me), I don't have a girlfriend nor do I have to the money to go out with the little friends I have, I can't buy anything or do anything or go anywhere that is further than a walk away from where I live. I have been around my entire town for a job, the butchers, news agents, grocery, I.T shop, card shop, chip shop, restaurant, with no luck. I have even put up posters offering to walk people's dogs or do odd jobs. No calls, no messages back from anyone. I feel **** and depressed, wasting most of my time in my house which is in a remote town in the middle of no-where, nothing to occupy me other than video games. I need a job. Any ideas? HELP!