Tuesday, July 13, 2010

But I Wasn't Ready Yet...

Ooops, my bad...I thought someone said computers lasted forever!!

 Have you ever had that sick feeling deep down inside the pit of your belly when you think you've lost something very important?  Well, that's exactly the feeling I DID NOT want to have, when I recently noticed my PC having problems breathing. Photos were taking forever to load, programs were dragging and surfing the net was a chore! For some reason, I've never invested in an external hard drive and believe it or not, I think I've only backed up my computer once in the ten years I've had it...I'll consider myself lucky...ONCE!  

Scenario....last Friday I started praying, Saturday, I started removing old programs not being used....Monday, I purchased my first 500 GB external hard drive and backed up everything.  The thought of losing all of my photos, and business files made me a little queasy for a few days.Tuesday, It did a test drive crash and rebooted on it's own,  Wednesday, it crashed and I breathed a sigh of relief...I had lost an old friend who was headed for hardware heaven.

What's a girl to do?....Well, shop of course!!  After three days of searching the net, talking with my techie friends and driving around town, I'm happy to report that I was back up and running by the weekend! Today..I'm smiling. I should have done this 5 years ago!! I won't tell you what I got, but it's a "hog" and I can't wait for it to get here!..what's that you say? Oh yeah, I got a lap top on clearance too!! 

So..lesson for today..if you don't have an external drive...GET ONE, and back up your computer often!  Don't take the chance that I did, especially if you have a business. 

Unveling with new technology...
Dee

2 comments:

Pretty Things said...

Oh I hate when that happens, when you know you need a new computer but aren't ready yet! I was lucky to have an external hard drive (thanks to a techy stepson -- all I know how to do is SAY "external hard drive") so it was a pretty painless move.

Dee said...

Hi Lori, you'd think I would have already had one with all I had to lose, I'm just thankful I got it in time for the crash. Hope all is well with you.

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