My PC crapped out again — same BSoD, etc., undocumented online (and we’re looking for the WinNT DDK to see if it gives us any clues), same endless cycle of reboots.<\/p>\n
On the up side, my PC’s data is fully backed up.<\/p>\n
On the bad side, you can’t back up aps, only image the whole frelling thing.<\/p>\n
So while I could be handed a loaner whilst my still-under-warranty notebook went back to IBM, there to disappear for several weeks of diagnostics, I’d still be the equivalent of living in a rented motel while my house was being rebuilt. And then having to rebuild it.<\/p>\n
So … they’re imaging the HDD, then they’ll see if they can push the image to a different model notebook, to serve as a loaner in the interim. And a few other glitches have delayed that until … well, it’s been 5 hrs, and nothing yet, so I finally asked them to hand me a notebook loaner and (mutter mutter mutter mutter …)<\/p>\n
Looks like Margie and I will be sharing a machine at home tonight. (And, again, mutter …)<\/p>\n
P.S. I miss tabbed browsing. I miss password managers. I miss ad blocking. Damn it …<\/p>\n
P.P.S. I miss my RSS feeds. I miss my link bar. I miss …<\/p>\n
P.P.P.S. I miss my popup blockers, dammit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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