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Well that was a bit of a scare. [Computer Emergancy]
7 years ago
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Hello there everybody SteelWings here, saying hello now that I’m back up and operational once again following the deactivation and wear and tear induced destruction of my Laptop of a good 5 to 10 years.
Perhaps I should back up a little and explain ^^
Last week my laptop which had served me well for many years but had slowly been physically breaking down for a long time finally gave up the ghost. The plastic around its air vents had been becoming brittle and cracking off, probably due to how hot it ran while trying to play video games. One of the screen hinges broke away from its casing and finally it just stopped powering up entirely.
It was a scary thing to have my main means of communication with my friends and interaction with the virtual world give up on me but fortunately the day before it stopped working I did have the foresight to back up all my important files to one of my portable hard drives. And I have been slowly saving and making plans to buy a fancy new shiny gaming laptop so I can explore the world of Subnautica in super high graphical awesomeness.
Unfortunately I’m still several months away from that happening. But thanks to the local computer repair services, the ‘Call a Geek’ people in my home town my computer has been returned to operational status.
They managed to extract the hard drive from the smoking pieces of my former laptop and install it into an identical model that they had laying around and which just so happened to be available. So I’ve now got a ‘Brand new’ laptop without all the wear and tear but with all my data already on it. I didn’t need to reinstall anything or remember my passwords or anything and I’m so happy ^^
It really pays to rely on the experts when you’re in a technological bind.
I’m thankful it all worked out in the end. But I’m not going to be complacent and lazy in my savings anymore. I need to hurry up and get that newer computer while this one is still functioning, I don’t want to get caught out again.
Wish me luck on my adventurous saving journey everybody :p
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Hello there everybody SteelWings here, saying hello now that I’m back up and operational once again following the deactivation and wear and tear induced destruction of my Laptop of a good 5 to 10 years.
Perhaps I should back up a little and explain ^^
Last week my laptop which had served me well for many years but had slowly been physically breaking down for a long time finally gave up the ghost. The plastic around its air vents had been becoming brittle and cracking off, probably due to how hot it ran while trying to play video games. One of the screen hinges broke away from its casing and finally it just stopped powering up entirely.
It was a scary thing to have my main means of communication with my friends and interaction with the virtual world give up on me but fortunately the day before it stopped working I did have the foresight to back up all my important files to one of my portable hard drives. And I have been slowly saving and making plans to buy a fancy new shiny gaming laptop so I can explore the world of Subnautica in super high graphical awesomeness.
Unfortunately I’m still several months away from that happening. But thanks to the local computer repair services, the ‘Call a Geek’ people in my home town my computer has been returned to operational status.
They managed to extract the hard drive from the smoking pieces of my former laptop and install it into an identical model that they had laying around and which just so happened to be available. So I’ve now got a ‘Brand new’ laptop without all the wear and tear but with all my data already on it. I didn’t need to reinstall anything or remember my passwords or anything and I’m so happy ^^
It really pays to rely on the experts when you’re in a technological bind.
I’m thankful it all worked out in the end. But I’m not going to be complacent and lazy in my savings anymore. I need to hurry up and get that newer computer while this one is still functioning, I don’t want to get caught out again.
Wish me luck on my adventurous saving journey everybody :p
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Good to see you to Savage.
Thanks Nina :3