I never realized just how dependent I was on my computer until I was without it for the better part of 3 weeks. I was able to use my brothers long enough to check emails, and do my banking, but that was about it. Now a new hard drive, additional memory, and reinstalls of all my favorite programs and I am back up and running.
Its so nice to be able to log on to the internet at 3 in the morning when I can’t sleep, and to spend more than a few minutes deleting all but the most important emails that need to be answered. It’s even better to be able to catch up on the ebooks I haven’t read yet. (I still haven’t yet found an eReader that I am happy enough with to spend the money on, so I’m still reading on the computer.)
Thank god I’m anal about making backups and backups of backups. That was the only thing keeping me sane during the days without my trusty computer.
Oh you want to know what happened. Simple really, my hard drive crashed. Which may have been a blessing in disguise. I was able to add the additional memory I wanted at the same time, and add a larger hard drive. While checking out the computer, the friend who was fixing it for me (can you say bartering for homemade Christmas gifts for his Mom and Girlfriend), discovered a couple of other minor problems that would have led to major problems if not taken care of.
As I sit here and type this all I can say is “It’s great to be back!”
Tags: backups, computer crash, repair
