My computer, that is.
Last night I wanted to back up some photos to a DVD. After much cursing and praying, I ended up having to reboot the system. What happened next does not bode well for my computer's continual well-being.
Black screen. White blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner.
This lasted for several minutes. In fact, I was beginning to think it had truly died when the Windows logo reappeared and the start-up processes started to run. Whew! Although most of my data is saved on an external harddrive, there are a few things that automatically save to the desktop, like the Itunes music I buy.
I should probably transfer those files over to the external harddrive first instead of backing up the photos...
Wish me luck!
Last night I wanted to back up some photos to a DVD. After much cursing and praying, I ended up having to reboot the system. What happened next does not bode well for my computer's continual well-being.
Black screen. White blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner.
This lasted for several minutes. In fact, I was beginning to think it had truly died when the Windows logo reappeared and the start-up processes started to run. Whew! Although most of my data is saved on an external harddrive, there are a few things that automatically save to the desktop, like the Itunes music I buy.
I should probably transfer those files over to the external harddrive first instead of backing up the photos...
Wish me luck!
I would try and get the external hard drives. They are going down in price from what I have seen, so you wouldn't be breaking the bank.
ReplyDeleteAlso, music does tend to take up a large portion of space. What I have done in the past is make CD's by artist, then compressed the files that were on the computer. The cd's would provide a accessible copy, and the compressed ones would then serve as a back up.
Good luck, though.