Power Failure Fallout
Thursday, January 27th, 2005I work from home four days per week, and I am in the office on Wednesdays. Two weeks ago, I was on the phone with a caller or processing a report, and the power hiccupped. For a minute or so, the power was off completely, then the backup generator came on. I then rebooted my computer per supervisor instructions, and tried to continue working. Nope. Again, the power was interrupted. This time, when I tried rebooting….I got the BSOD. My hard drive had been fried, and now the PC needs to be re-imaged. I had in the interim taken a call using pen and paper to note information, so I moved to a different workstation to complete my original report and to enter the data from the interim call. My supervisor then came by (this was about 2:30 PM, when I had just relocated) to ask if I wanted to stay in the office or go home and enter e reports for the remainder of my shift. I elected to just stay since I was already there, and she said it was fine with her.