Computer Glitch

Here I am again, dealing with my recurring nightmare: hard drive failure. No email. No internet. No games. The kids have had to stay late do their homework on the computers in the school library. No calendar. Oops, missed an important appointment this morning. No contact list. I have to reenter my contact list because I couldn't get it to back up the other day?!! Aaaaaaaagh! No fun.

So, what's the problem? We have a non-descript disk read error that balks at our efforts at rehabilitation. We tried everything we know and a few things we didn't (thanks to a few kind and merciful computer geniuses we know) to make it work, but nothing helped. I have had four days of moody pre-teens and teenagers mucking about the house with complaints of boredom and endless misery. I've been without email and internet for four days and I've read two 500 page novels just to keep busy.

My husband and I have installed two hard drives in the past six months. Last night, he installed a third. We are officially back up today thanks to that wonderful man! So today I am setting up accounts, upgrading the browser, installing and configuring programs and trying to salvage anything I can get off of the old hard drive. I am hurriedly trying to catch back up with my email and am oh so happy to be in touch with the world again.