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Elizabeth Jamieson ([personal profile] elizalavelle) wrote2007-01-18 04:39 pm
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Just when I was thinking that I was going to be SO good with my finances this month... my computer is looking like it's about to die.

It was running slowly so I rebooted it and the message I get now tells me to immediately back up my data and replace my hard disk drive as a failure may be imminent.

There is nothing about that warning that makes me feel the least bit calm.

If I seem to disappear from here for a while then you'll all know why. Poor poor computer, it just was reformatted last year :(

[identity profile] blushingblaze.livejournal.com 2007-01-18 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
*good vibes*

[identity profile] elizalavelle.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I'm out to buy a new harddrive tomorrow... I talked to my brother and he's figured out that it's just my secondary drive that's dying so I'm getting an external drive, moving everything onto there and getting the dying harddrive out of there. It sucks. I'm just hoping the computer will last long enough to let me do that. Poor computer, I'm hoping it pulls through at least for another year if it can.

[identity profile] gonnashine.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Do you maybe have a virus?

[identity profile] elizalavelle.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Nope not a virus, it's the death of a harddrive. Sadly it turns out to be the newer drive that's dying. I'm off to pick up an external one tomorrow. Goodbye money. I suppose there's a reason why there's no Feb. 2 show, that would have hurt me a lot now if I had to buy a hard drive and pay for travel and a show and hotel.

[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Uh oh ... not good ... Hope you can get everything backed up okay.

If it makes you feel better, I bought a computer ecause my finances were doing so well, and within two weeks my car broke down. It's looking like the repair cost is going to be about the same.

[identity profile] elizalavelle.livejournal.com 2007-01-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I'm on to the backing up portion of the situation now so your well wishes are much appreciated :) I'm hoping the D drive can just hold out long enough to let me get everything off of it.

Apparently both you and I have displeased the money gods in some way ;)

displeasing the money gods

[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com 2007-01-21 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I made some ridiculous comment about some things being more important than money. What was I thinking? :-)