Remember that time my computer crashed, and I had to blog from my phone? Guess what happened Tuesday night? Surprise, surprise, my computer died. Apparently the hard drive crashed. After a phone session with Christopher from HP (who was really helpful), we determined that it would be more cost effective to just try to salvage what was on the hard drive, transfer it to an external hard drive, and buy a new computer.
I hit up Best Buy last night to talk to Geek Squad and to peruse their computer selection. The Geek Squad agreed with my idea, so I headed over to computers. These guys weren’t so helpful (they didn’t even know how to unlock some of the laptops), but I did find a machine I liked. It’s basically the new version of my HP that died; it has more memory and a faster processor. Because I bought a new computer, the data transfer of my old hard drive was only $30. Not too shabby. So this is my first official blog post from my new computer! Hopefully, this one will give me some good years.
Geez!! I’m surprised they didn’t try to charge you like $300 to save your old data. It’s a very, easy process.. but in desperate times, people are willing to pay desperate prices.
but horray for new computers!! and the new computer smell š
Yay for a new computer!
Yay! Getting a new computer is always great!! I said good bye to my college HP laptop just at the end of last year…it lasted that long!
yea that’s what i definitely need. a new one but i dont have the money. i’ve been using my bro’s since mine messed up. i mean it works but i have to sit next to the wifi to get a good connection. sucks.
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I have the worst luck with computers too!!! Ugh, wish they lasted longer!
Oh gosh, that’s just awful! My laptop has messed up right when I was about to finish a blog post and it didn’t auto-save because I didn’t realize my internet had disconnected. I’m glad you were able to transfer everything from your old HD though! That would have been terrible to lose everything!
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Sooo…… Don’t hate me, but I’m wondering how long the first HP lasted and how much did both of them cost you…?
I did really used to love my HPs though!! Congrats on getting a new one! (: