Today my home pc decided to take a little break and will not start at all. I really did not feel like messing with it since I have my PB which is what I use most of the time. However, I am a bit concerned because I really do not want to invest any money on that machine and I need to make sure I can rescue my hard drive data. Especially since I have all of my iTunes collection in that machine.

I suspect it is the power supply since it will not make a single noise after pressing the on button. I wish you could just "jump" a pc like you can with your car. Instead, I will grab a spare power supply from the office and see if that is the culprit. I hope that is the case since it is an easy fix and it will preserve my data. Once it is up and running a complete backup will be the first thing to get done.

update: I tried to give my pc another chance tonight when I got home and for some odd reason it worked like a charm. At least I know that it happens to other people as well. I backed up the files that I needed in case I had to reformat someday but I am sure these are just signs that I will need a new PSU in the near future. (how about Sunday?)