Sunday, August 30, 2009

How long since you backed up your computer?

We came home from camping and I turned on the computer only to find that my hard drive had crashed. We took the CPU into the computer doctor and he said the hard drive needed to be replaced.



Unfortunately, I have not been good about backing up my hard drive. Yup, a no brainer but how many of us really do it? So, my checkbook, all my pictures since 2003, my email addresses and email communication, my downloaded music from iTunes, just to mention a few things, are all on the bad hard drive.



We will be sending the hard drive in to have it "recovered". I'm praying that all that stuff can be recovered and if not all of it, at least all of my pictures.



I've been having computer with drawl. I didn't realize how much I use that particular piece of machinery until it was gone. I walk by the monitor and stop to look up the weather, or check my email etc. and it's not there! Dan hands over his laptop as soon as he walks through the door in the evening because he sees that crazed, "I gotta have my computer time" look on my face. I guess it's my link to the outside world.



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We are under a frost warning for tonight after having a beautiful, sunny day today. Suppose to be 35 -40 degrees tonight. I covered the tomatoes and peppers - not ready to be done with those. It's still August for crying out loud! Fall is just around the corner.

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