Well, if you are on a daily frequency of checking this blog, then you know that it’s been almost a week since my last post. I try to post on Mon, Wed, and Fri, but last Friday I had absolutely nothing to talk about, so I thought I would spare everyone the boredom of reading about what I was doing that day and what’s on the menu for lunch.
I was supposed to post yesterday about how I opted for watching the Cowboys and skipping church last weekend, but I woke up Monday morning to a dead hard drive. And I’m talking dead. I’ve been anticipating this for some time now, due to some sporadic crashes and failed boot ups. I self-diagnosed the problem when I noticed that my computer crashes were preceded by a “clicking” and “scuffing” noise emitting from my hard drive chamber, plus, when my reboot failed, I was greeted by a message stating that my Operating System could not be found on the drive. As the crashes and noises became more frequent, I began to back up my personal files and make a list of software downloads that I would need if a new hard drive were to be installed. I thought it would last a little longer, but sure enough, Monday morning arrived with a black screen and some incoherent code on the top left corner.

So, I went off to CompUSA yesterday to pick up a new hard drive and spent the majority of my day replacing the drive and reinstalling Windows, drivers/apps, and the rest of my software. Although it felt like a very slow process, I am quite impressed with the fact that as of this morning, my computer is not only restored and running like a dream, but that all of my software and customizations have been restored to the point that it’s almost as if nothing happened. A complete hard drive replacement and data restoration in just one working day….pretty good.

The good news is that I’m happy with the job I did, the new hard drive is bigger and faster, and it cost me less than a $100. Not bad, considering the severity of the issue. I guess the lesson is having good backups of your data.

I’ll post about other stuff that’s going on some other time, but for now, I need to catch up on some other blogs and listen to the current podcast of Metro and Lefty.