Aaaaaaaccck!

[madeleone]

I think my laptop has died, I am seriously freaking out. Online right now using my netbook which my big fat fingers are having a hard time not getting tangled up with each other on the tiny keyboard. The thing that has me most upset is I have not backed up anything in several months. (I know, I know... stupid, stupid, stupid. And I'm the one who always bitches to my kids, back up your work!!!). 

I won't be able to take it in anywhere til Tuesday so don't know if it is fixable or not, or if I can even get back what is on there.  I am going to call future son-in-law a bit later (he is an IT guy) to get his opinion. Right now I am tempted to impulsively just take advantage of the cyber Monday sales and order a new laptop. If the old one is fixable then I could always keep it for a backup for me or for one of my kids.

I was working on something for the celebrate_sshg fest but now I'm not sure about that. I have a rough copy of the first part but I had written quite a bit this weekend that is just gone (or at least inaccessible to me for right now).:(


ETA: Have just talked to techie future S-I-L, he has talked me through running the Windows disk and having it attempt a repair. At this point it appears to have worked, good thing to as he said other than that the only thing he could see would be to reinstall which would have wiped all my files. Am currently running a back up to my passport external HD before I do anything else.

Must call back the boy and offer profuse thanks and free meal in the near future. It is great to have a techie guy and/or girl in the family. I highly recommend that everyone rush out and get one as soon as possible!