My wit's end.

My "new" computer -- purchased brand new in February -- crashed. While crashing is nothing new for this computer (I've had about four major crashes in the last two months), this one is unique in that the boot menu is telling me that I don't even have an operating system.

What did I do to it? I left it on when I left for a trivia night around 6:45 PM tonight. When I returned at 11:15 or so, I tried to turn it back on. And I got a message saying it couldn't load Windows Vista. It then instructed me to insert the Windows Vista installation disk (which I had, thankfully) and select an option for the system to be repaired.

I did that, and it said it couldn't be repaired.

I'm so frustrated with this stupid machine. You have no idea. I'm almost to the point of tears. This is just really upsetting.

I'm glad I still have my clunky old XP machine.

Anyone out there have any tips on getting Dell to replace my OS with XP?