Yeah, I am so excited. I received my external hard drive in the mail today. Pretty slick, huh? I hope that this will be the solution to all my problems with my notebook.
I dedicated pretty much my whole day to my notebook. It was pretty easy to back up the whole c: drive of my computer on this little buddy and then I wiped out my hard drive and started reformatting. Yes, I’ll pretty much have a brand new ‘baby’. I felt kind of hesitant doing that, because I hope I will still be able to put all my files back and have everything working like before, but in the end, I think it was a good thing and a warning for me to back up and take better care of my system! Thank god I didn’t lose any data.
I really recommend to all of you, back up your data NOW!
It’s a P.I.T.A. to deal with a crashed system, but it’s even more annoying if you lose valuable data during this process.
Not much new otherwise. Temperatures are down to 64°F and I am wearing long pants again ;) so much for the summery temperatures.
kim
February 9, 2007 at 1:29 amYAY! i’m glad to hear it all worked out so smooth. good to have you back in the www – MISSED YOU TONS! *smoochie*
Antje
February 9, 2007 at 2:46 amGreat news! And I can only second your recommendation, we have the harddiscs mirrored now, hopefully they don’t break both at the same time!
Have a great weekend, hun!
ute
February 9, 2007 at 4:28 amawesome! glad to hear everything worked out! 64? we have 10 over here, so stop complaining. hehe. love ya
sanna
February 9, 2007 at 6:14 amOh yay, good thing you’ve got everything save and secure now. I back-upped my stuff before comming here but I’m always worried about the external drive crashing, too. Paranoid, huh?!
Smoochie! HAve a good weekend!
Maribeth
February 9, 2007 at 6:39 amIt happened to us at Christmas. Hubby’s computer crashed and burned. Luckily, we were able to extract the important files before the hard drive literally consumed itself!
I now back up once a week. Obsessive compulsive! That’s me now!
Dawn
February 9, 2007 at 6:46 amwow. sick computers have been making the rounds lately. mine is getting Windows reinstalled on it now that my photos from the end of August to present have been rescued. i second your reminder for people to make sure they get their important files backed-up!
Stefanie
February 9, 2007 at 10:25 amAwesome!!! I have never made a back-up of any of my files… maybe I should….
Hemlock
February 9, 2007 at 2:02 pmI’m glad that things worked out. Computers are so frustrating sometimes!!
Me? I need to backup our photos somehow… perhaps an external is what we need too.
Maren
February 9, 2007 at 9:34 pmI’m glad you could work it out. Computer problems SUCK big time! 64F? I’m sorry. We had 80F here today…
Viviane
February 10, 2007 at 11:59 amAn external harddrive would be really great. I am glad you managed to save all your files and reformat. I always like that, having a basically new computer, and you get to make it yours again by customizing everything and stuff. And a week later the “My files” are back to the mess they used to be. ;)
I try to backup my data regularly, especially the pictures, I do not delete them from the camera until I have made a backup to DVD/CD.