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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Computer Crash of June 2009

Yesterday was the only day this month that I did not have my wife, or someone else, scheduled to interrupt my workday as a writer.

So what happens...

Yep, that is right. A computer crash. Some dll got corrupted and Windows would not start; I was forced to hit system recovery.

So an eight hour writing day, a bunch of free time, and I have finally got Windows back up to date; my anti-virus reinstalled; two of my web browsers back up and MSN messenger.

I have yet to get the printer driver installed. Nor have I set up a different user section for my wife (mainly because she needs different settings for her Spanish homework and iTunes). And I haven't even thought about trying to recover my own files.

So I am at least a couple of more days away from doing any more writing.

3 comments:

  1. I had a massive hard drive failure myself a week ago. I had to go trough with a virtual linux load from my dvd-drive to do a panic back up on the most important files. Still, a few photos were lost.

    Basically it is always good to invest in an external hard drive and do regular back ups. It's a life-saver when push comes to shove.

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  2. Sorry to hear that Morgan. It always seems to happen when you're in the middle of something important. I hope you had your files backed up.

    LVX,
    Dean.

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  3. Morgan,
    You're not running as an administrator, are you? Bad practice. of course, if you're running any MS system with "Home" in it's name, you might have little choice...

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