tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post2250292694756682712..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: Burnt OutShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-9002922616143441252011-05-06T14:08:46.008+01:002011-05-06T14:08:46.008+01:00Rick - You are absolutely right about backing thin...Rick - You are absolutely right about backing things up and flash drives and all. The thing is that when I tried moving or copying the folders to a flash drive I found that I needed a much larger memory...also, some of the picture files were corrupted, so I stopped doing that. I will try it again. As everything is now on an external drive, I'm guessing it's safer than it was in my computer, but it is still the single copy, so I will need to figure out what needs backed up...tax files & photos, definitely... Now we're off to buy a cable that will connect the ancient, barely working printer, to the new zoomy computer. It's not easy being frugal...Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-57350203517316136622011-05-06T03:08:41.761+01:002011-05-06T03:08:41.761+01:00You have all those pics and files stored on your c...You have all those pics and files stored on your computer? Have you backed them up? After having several computers crash on me over the years I've learned to not keep any files on the computer. I put everthing on flash drives. Really important stuff is also put on CD's and put in the fire safe. Flash drives have gotten so cheap I have a bunch of them.Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-26610961744541717312011-05-05T23:15:01.717+01:002011-05-05T23:15:01.717+01:00Well I think you're taking this event like a t...Well I think you're taking this event like a trooper! <br /><br />But getting used to a new PC is hard, hard, hard. I might even venture to say, bordering on the dramatic for those of us who are glued to our writing at the hip. We lost two PCs simultaneously about a year ago, and we <i>didn't</i> have everything backed up (though about 85%) - and it was ye olde quick trip to the nearest store to get an inexpensive laptop asap - one that had to be shared with a kid, at that.<br /><br />No fun! But you're so smart to look on the bright side. It could have been worse. (It can always be worse, right?)<br /><br />Hoping you decipher your Japanese-German friend quickly and easily...BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.com