Friday, 18 January 2008

Love/Hate relationship with my pc

Does anyone else have this sort of relationship with their pc? I mean I absolutely couldn't do without it, I enjoy producing work on it, I feel connected with the world through it (I guess because I am, doh!) and I'm learning more about what it can do (I can do on it) every day (or maybe week). BUT, oh yes, you just knew there'd be one didn't you? don't you just hat the way at the press of a button everything that means anything to you can be lost! Please don't start saying about 'backing up' my files, I've had all that from No.1 son (in order of birth date not preference I hasten to add). Funnily enough it was No.1 son who actually 'fried' my computer by pressing the Media Direct button instead of the 'power' button. Now No.1 son is (thankfully) a bit of a computer whizz and so honourably assumed his responsibility in the error he made and took my 'pooter away to try and fix. After many hours of admirable work and siting up on it until 04.00 etc, he managed to recover some of my files, but unfortunately many of the last 12 years of my work, has gone to cyber heaven. I am upset by this of course but I can't be angry about it, it was a mistake, one that I could just as easily have made myself. He has done everything in his power to try and rectify the situation including giving me a laptop that is only a month old and taking my old one in it's place in case there are any further repercussions. So, quite resigned to the fact that I have an awful lot of time to spend trying to recover my work from different places, I am happy with the outcome. The thing I am NOT happy with is the fact that was a button on my computer that could do this to all my work. Dell say they have taken steps to ensure this does not happen anymore and they have rectified the problem after this sort of thing happening to many of their customers - needless to say however, I shall not be pressing the Media Direct button on my new laptop .....just in case.........

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