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Sean Punch ([personal profile] dr_kromm) wrote2010-03-07 07:57 pm
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PC failure

A brief note to friends, colleagues, and others who may give a doodle: The hard drive on my primary PC died on March 6. While the machine is in the shop, I'm relegated to using this very old, rather basic laptop with a bad keyboard. I lack all access to my archived e-mail, I can only correspond via gmail, and I don't even have access to a copy of Word.* I am therefore not very available online . . . or in real life, as I dicker with shops and eventually spend many days rebuilding my work environment. If it's desperately important that you get in touch, try the phone.

Thanks for your patience!

* Those of you who deal with me professionally shouldn't worry: all drafts and notes on drafts are backed up. Nothing valuable was lost except for my time.

[identity profile] dr-kromm.livejournal.com 2010-03-08 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Word from the shop is that the drive is deceased. Looks like I get the fun of reinstalling all my apps, reconfiguring them, and personalizing my work environment all over again. Oh, well . . . at least I have my work data. Too bad about all the other data.

I'll be over here grousing about this, my cold, the exchange rate, and other troubles all week. Thank you, thank you very much!

March sucks.