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Julie Barrett
Monday, May 21, 2007
... at least this break is for technical reasons.
I'll keep the geekspeak to a minimum. Suffice it to say that it appears that my copy of the operating system has some corrupt files somewhere. Either that, or the new hard drive is acting up. I hope it's the former! How did we determine this? We installed the OS on a drive that I'll be using as a backup drive. I figured I'd install the OS but not activate the copy. The two devices I've been wailing and gnashing teeth over for months installed without a hitch. So far there are no troublesome lockups. I'm going to let it run overnight and see what happens.
I've backed up my files, but the overnight wait is to ensure that I haven't forgotten anything. I've done this so often lately that it's second nature, which means I'll miss something important.
So what this means is that I have to spend a mere hour or two wiping the drive and re-installing the operating system. That's the easy part. Next I get to re-install hardware and software. That, like inventing the CandyGram, is the hard part.
I'll have my notebook PC online so I'll be able to get e-mail and may perhaps do some blogging as I wait for things to load. I'm also looking forward to playing around with the new Zooomr tomorrow. I hope their transition goes smoothly.
I'm going to take an early bed. When I return I'll put together a more geeky post for those of you that like those sorts of details.
Cue the elevator music...
Tags: Technology