The Hard Drives of Life

Why does it only take an instant for a Hard Drive to die and weeks to get over it???

Yes, my Hard Drive gave up the ghost, and although I had good (but NOT extensive, nor multiple) back ups, I lost a lot of stuff! sob...

Even though I now have a larger, more reliable, and new Hard Drive; I feel I'm still in mourning for the old one. This is because I'm still installing programs, looking up passwords, inserting data, configuring and tweaking each program after it's installed (I think I just have two left to go). I'm no virgin to this; no indeedy, this is my third such experience, all due to old, used, bottom-of-the-line hardware.

What I'm lacking is a 2nd, or even a 3rd large, reliable Hard Drive so I can back up more than just my data, and multiple copies at that! My computer (one desk top) has long ago passed being a 'luxury' in my life. Somewhere between ordering my groceries online, storing my personal info, checking what's on TV, and staying in touch with the world via cyberpals, my computer has become a 'necessity'!

The stress on me of NOT having a working computer was intense. The stress of having my 'data' scattered about on various storage devices was agony. I felt like I was holding my breath from the moment that Hard Drive went, till I had all 'my stuff' reassembled on one Hard Drive. Then I felt like I was short of breath, till it was all at least half-way organized!

All of this happened to me even as I watched the 'cutsie' AOL commercials on television about the ravages various folks went though, from virus and mal-ware, because they didn't belong to AOL and weren't protected from such horrors. I sighed a lot. And nothing else mattered to me except getting my computer fully functioning, not rain, or sleep, or blogs! (It's a good thing this blog doesn't have many regular readers!)

Hopefully, things will now change; my luck, my ability to keep this blog in fresh material, the number of regular readers, and everything else! Believe me, a full, recent clone of your Drive is invaluable. And multiple clones, a gift from the gods. Anyone have any spare external USB Hard Drives???