Communication Breakdown
And we're back. I was without my personal computer for a week because the primary hard drive decided it wanted to crash. Can't really complain though since I've had this beast since mid 2002.
I took it up to J&B computers on Davidson Rd. They're the best. Had them re-install windows on the 80GB hard drive I already had in here which was just used to store my media files, then put in a 160GB hard drive, and while I was at it had them put 1GB of RAM in. They also managed to save a lot of data off the broken 40GB drive. Why not just buy a new computer you might ask? Cause everything I outlined above only cost me $260. I more than doubled my hard drive space and doubled my RAM without having to spend upwards of $800 for a whole new system.
The downside was I did lose a lot of data, like the video I was editing of BF's birthday from 2 years ago. Suffice to say that dream died with my hard drive. Other than that, I nearly have everything set up to how it was pre-crash. Can't get the volume controls on my keyboard to work though.
While I was re-downloading programs I discovered a nice little site. www.oldapps.com. That's how I managed to get the now defunct Musicmatch. It also has every single version of AIM ever. So once I find out from BF which version was the good one that had the best file sharing setup I will download that and let everyone else know which version it is.
So in closing, make sure you back up your files kids. I lucked out given that my music was backed up in 3 separate locations and that J&B was able to save all my photos. Shit can break at any time, so be prepared.
