As many of you know, several days ago, I was the victim of a nasty computer failure. And as you may have read, $90 worth of parts seemed to correct the mishap.
But apparently, my fourth annual computer failure was to be a special one.
This year, shortly after replacing a series of catasrophically failing components, my hard drive decided that it, like Charles, was due for retirement. In spectacular form, the drive's read / write heads developed a glitch, and began etching lovely creases, rips, and tears. Google "sounds of hard drive failure" if you're interested in experiencing the symphony of audio goodness which I was treated to.
Fortunately, no data was lost this time. I'd already perfomed a copious backup of my system following the last episode, and after a trip to Staples and eight hours of agonizing setup, I was the proud owner of a brand spanking new SATA II drive.
In other words, I'm back.
Let's just keep our fingers crossed that an asteroid doesn't decide to 'upgrade' my house next.
But apparently, my fourth annual computer failure was to be a special one.
This year, shortly after replacing a series of catasrophically failing components, my hard drive decided that it, like Charles, was due for retirement. In spectacular form, the drive's read / write heads developed a glitch, and began etching lovely creases, rips, and tears. Google "sounds of hard drive failure" if you're interested in experiencing the symphony of audio goodness which I was treated to.
Fortunately, no data was lost this time. I'd already perfomed a copious backup of my system following the last episode, and after a trip to Staples and eight hours of agonizing setup, I was the proud owner of a brand spanking new SATA II drive.
In other words, I'm back.
Let's just keep our fingers crossed that an asteroid doesn't decide to 'upgrade' my house next.
