Friday, June 29, 2007

More laptop woes

Apparently I'm not the only one who has an overheated lap(top). There was an article in the paper today warming men that using laptops directly on their laps may cause a drop in fertility. I guess there are several types of consequences to using a laptop in your lap. I'm thinking about buying stock in the company that sells the cooling pads. It may be a trend.

I'm still struggling with getting everything put back together after the crash. I was able to restore the image I had saved. However, it's from the end of April. That means that I've lost everything I'd updated since then. Fortunately, I'd done a backup of the files after that. Not only do I have more current data, but I was able to pull the files over to my new machine. The new machine is a different brand computer with all different hardware and a new operating system. That means that the image is worthless for it. I did get a new hard drive for the old laptop, so that's how I restored the image. However, the new drive ran long enough to restore the image and allowed me to get a couple of files copied to my USB drive, then it crashed again. I haven't given up on the machine, but I have more diagnostics to do on it. Having the new machine gives me some time and doesn't force me into rushing into a solution.

I'll probably wait until I get back from Dallas to tackle the problem. I have a lot to do to get ready for the trip. I can't believe I only have one more week. The computer problems will have to wait, or at least get in line behind all my other "to dos".

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