Getting Used to New Computer Etc.

**Bugbear** · 19th March 11, 04:45 PM

My computer crashed Friday of last week, and I had to replace everything. Thanks to Ali sharing her computer crash experience, I had multiple backups of all my information. I wasn't even keeping it on the hard drive.

So now I have Windows 7 etc, and slowly getting used to the differences from XP. It was a long week away from the computer, and XMTS. I did get out my kilt and put it on for a few minutes, in thinking about XMTS, then brushed it down real well. It's been about a year...

feel out of sync with everything now, especially after trying to keep up to date with the situation in Japan mainly through radio news.

**be da veva** · 19th March 11, 04:55 PM

Welcome back ted.

**Bugbear** · 19th March 11, 05:34 PM

Thanks, good to be back.

**Chirs** · 19th March 11, 08:30 PM

Ah, computers. Completely unreliable so we rely on them for everything. <sigh> Glad you managed through the crash.

**Whidbey78** · 19th March 11, 08:43 PM

Welcome back!

Glad you had your stuff backed up. That's the real bad side to a crash...well, other than shelling out the greenbacks for the new one.

If you decide you don't like Windows 7 you might give Ubuntu a try. I've been Microsoft free since 2000 and every computer I've had has been 100% reliable. Plus it's free!

**Bugbear** · 19th March 11, 08:53 PM

Thanks. It just takes a little time to get used to things.
The RAM went bad on the other computer I think.

**CMcG** · 19th March 11, 09:06 PM

Pure proof that backing up ones data saves the proverbial bacon!

I upgraded the operating system on my computer in January. Bugbear, you are so right that it takes awhile to get used to these sorts of things.

Glad to know that you re-donned your kilt, if only briefly.

**mookien** · 19th March 11, 09:19 PM

Bugbear: I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 (64-bit) a few months ago. No problems so far. It's noticeably more responsive than either Vista or XP. Just stay away from Windows Live - really strange! Sometimes I think MS is trying to get folks off of it onto something else, like Outlook.

I still run XP on my laptop, but will probably upgrade the hardware before the OS. Good luck with acclimating. I wonder if MS has an official tartan? ;-)

**Bugbear** · 19th March 11, 10:16 PM

Lewis hose too.
I was kind of going through my accessories, like the sporrans and so on; thinking about my times on XMTS. So just decided to put on the kilt for a while.

I did get a set of restore disks for this new computer, and a renewable service plan for things that go wrong.

There's a bunch I could have lost if I didn't back it up; a bunch of things I've written and a ton of information, so I plan on continuing to keep several back ups of everything.

I do have a couple of family members over in Tokyo, and they are all right for now. As far as I know their extended families are all right too. I kept thinking about CDNSushi, but I couldn't check to see if he had posted.