Doh….just recently….I got a new notebook for work purposes….it was great. I was happy to have gotten rid of the notebook that has been less than stellar in keeping a Wireless signal. I was happy, it was a new Dell D820…..slightly later than the D600, but I was happy to get the newer system.

Well….it wasn’t a week old when I came into work and turned it on and the control arms on the hard disk started making wierd noises…..and it was taking an extremely long time to load up into Windows and then blue screened on me every time I get into Windows.

Well….turns out the hard disk is shot and it will be next to impossible to get any data off the time……damn it….

Good thing they still have my old notebook with all my data, otherwise, I would have been somewhat dead in the water.

However, I still lost about 4 days of work…….which really tsucks as I have to make it up this weekend. Fortunately, it will take much faster to re-coup the lost effort. Whether in doubt, always make a backup copy of all your work…you never know the minute you turn the system on, that it will just stop functioning.

Fortunately, this weekend is rainy and damp, so I can make most of it up and it may come by a little faster, but who knows……

Oh well….time to get ready for my Ultimate game.