Computer meltdown and short bangs

I decided that my computer needed a "clean install". Okay, I am no techie. But my computer was running so slow and I had tried everything. Deleting temp internet files daily. Scanning for viruses. Using multiple spyware removers. Using Regicure software to "clean the registry". I tried a clean boot, taking off unused programs off the startup disk and unistalling unnecessary programs from the control panel. I even did a repair install. I tried everything.

So, I just did it. I printed out two seperate but different, sets of instructions of how to do a clean installation of Windows XP and crossed my fingers.

First, you have to delete the partitions that are on your hard drive. What I am assuming that I did was remove all software from my computer. What you have left is unformated space. Than you have to reboot from the XP disk by changing the boot order to "boot from disk" instead of boot from hard drive. Then you follow a list of instructions, and I had about 30 error messages pop up in the process. I finally got windows back up and running on the computer after a few hours when I realized that my Dell computer need all of the drivers to be reinstalled.

That is when cut my bangs.

See, I had a new haircut, a couple of "swooping" bangs, like the movie stars according to my hair dresser.. but they were poking me in the eye when I am getting frustrated with the computer. So, in the heat of the moment, out came the scissors and SNIP! I have the bangs of a first grader. I hate them. They stick out when I wake up in the morning. They feather to the side, half way throughout the day. They hate me, I hate them.

And the computer has been reset. We downloaded (okay, not "we", my boyfriend, a law student at UB downloaded the drivers at school the other night) the drivers and although the computer does not have anything on it besides windows and comcast internet- it is fast. Super fast. The screen is a little distorted due to the fact that we can seem to get the monitor driver on the computer, we still have the default monitor, but everything is working great. So the hair cutting was for nothing. Just a momentary freak out over nothing. And I have a constant reminder of it when I feel my furry little bangs on my forehead.