My computer was on life support.
No one wants to hear the story of how my computer crashed so badly that I had to use my old Windows 98 dinosaur, that wouldn't sync with my lcd monitor, and thus couldn't see images properly, like my cartoons that were due. I was literally locked out by the evil Kaspersky, the anti-virus I was using. (I write a little more about this on my blog, and there are a couple of visitors every week with the same problem, so it wasn't just me.)
Oh, I'll tell you anyway: after weeks of trying and buying and waiting for parts and courage, I had to buy a new hard drive, format that w/Windows XP and pretend it was my new C drive, and then circumvent the lock on my original drive C by peeking in at it as drive E, and then copying all my old files over, tediously, because I was kind of sloppy at filing, and also terrified the original spyware would take a ride back over to my new drive. (Warning: you have to disconnect the original HD from the motherboard while you format the new one, or it will wipe it, so be very careful - I had Fry's do the wires the first time. I was SO scared about losing all the images I hadn't backed up in oh, about a year.)
Well, I'll save the real news of what I was going to post for my next post, because this is already too long. I will have a cartoon up you might like.
Oh, I'll tell you anyway: after weeks of trying and buying and waiting for parts and courage, I had to buy a new hard drive, format that w/Windows XP and pretend it was my new C drive, and then circumvent the lock on my original drive C by peeking in at it as drive E, and then copying all my old files over, tediously, because I was kind of sloppy at filing, and also terrified the original spyware would take a ride back over to my new drive. (Warning: you have to disconnect the original HD from the motherboard while you format the new one, or it will wipe it, so be very careful - I had Fry's do the wires the first time. I was SO scared about losing all the images I hadn't backed up in oh, about a year.)
Well, I'll save the real news of what I was going to post for my next post, because this is already too long. I will have a cartoon up you might like.
Labels: donna barstow
Posted by Cartoons @ 4/08/2009 01:10:00 PM
4 Comments:
That's right. No one wants to hear about your story.
SO WHY DID YOU BOTHER TO TELL US? IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE ACTUALLY CLICK HERE TO READ DONNA BARSTOW!
That's about as interesting to listen to Phil Gender-gone.
Now that I think of it, it's MORE interesting than Phil Gendergone.
Donna, what's Tom LaBonge doing about the possible closing of the monastery that provides the pumpkin bread he foists on everyone? Aren't you in that neck of the woods?
Interesting question. I'll try to find out!
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