good lord. hard drive blew. the entire box has been shipped back to hp. I've been told it will return in two weeks. alternatives are dicey but I'll be back!
and NOTHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED!
nothing even remotely disturbing. :-)
good, funny, entertaining? definitely. not that good, funny and entertaining don't happen on a fairly regular basis anyway but when there's a great deal of garbage the good, funny and entertaining doesn't get talked or written about because, let's face it, the drama simply IS more blog worthy. And I've been thinking about this too. And I have stuff to say about it but as mentioned above, this particular posting alternative is dicey at best.
(And regarding the blown hard drive, don't even start. You cannot put a blown 8 week old hard drive into the terrible category or even disturbing. After all the entire box was purchased from Best Buy. This @#%@ is bound to happen periodically and there's only so much hp is going to permit the geek squad to touch. Look at it this way, it's under warranty and I back my stuff up)
Cheers! 23 days to spring!
xxxooo
Yea for backups. My Asus netbook hard drive crumbled into pieces a week after I got down here. I had a geek friend call Best Buy (where I bought mine...) and he verified the warranty. So I sent it to my 80yo Mom, who took it in for the warranty repair, complete with receipt. The geek squad guy sadly told her about how it was the HD and they probably couldn't get anything off it. Mom said I'd already told her that. Heck, I heard it fly apart when I turned it on. So, I got it back in good time and all was well. Hope your story has as happy an ending.
Posted by: shadowmoss | February 26, 2012 at 07:47 PM
So, the comment from Cheap Pandora congratulating you on how you expose. Could be legit. The link goes to something called pandorabraceletforsale or something like that. I didn't click. Just checking in to see if the hard drive is back.
Posted by: shadowmoss | March 04, 2012 at 06:10 PM
The extra effort in making second copies of all your computer files is nothing compared to the inconvenience of having to redo earlier work. Like you, I do back-up my files every now and then -- doing so surely removes all fears about losing important files. Have a wonderful spring!
Posted by: Ruby Badcoe | April 13, 2012 at 05:04 PM
Fortunately, you were able to backup the files before it blew up - that's what I call preparation. For double-protection of files, I suggest that you should have an online back-up also. Just make sure that the site is a reliable that you can be assured that your files are safe.
Posted by: Nathaniel Stack | May 12, 2012 at 03:22 PM