That's the sound of me backing up...well, I already backed up, but the "beep beep beep" sound is still in my head. Come to think of it, it was in my head a LONG time before I even got a computer.
Yup, I found my brand new but year old external hard drive and hooked it up. Was really easy, just plugged it in, nothing to install. It took a little while, but I copied almost* all the stuff I wanted to the HD; my photos, my music, my porn and nearly everything else.
*I say almost because I couldn't copy a folder; it's my "work" folder I keep on my Desktop. I create a folder each month, like "Dec-10" and save everything for that month in it, then after the month is done, I create another and drag the previous month's folder into the current one. After trying several times and getting an error message, it dawned on me that I must have met some limit imposed by Windows, either the number of nested folders or perhaps maxing out the length of a file name due to that. Doing a little research, I found there is a limit of 65,536 entries in a directory--that's what I found, whether that's the problem could be debatable.
What's not debatable is I am a cyber-pack rat, saving nearly everything and seldom throwing the stupid stuff away. (which is nearly all of what I save)
Whatever, I got my stuff saved now. Whew. I would've hated to have lost my photos, although the "best" have been uploaded to Picassa. What would've made me sick would have been losing my music, especially the six different versions of "It's a Long Way to the Top (if you want to rock and roll)".
December 29, 2010
Beep! Beep! Beep!
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3 comments:
at least you're organized and have stuff in folders. I have been working with my office mate who is semi computer illiterate. He had no idea about folders or even how to edit an old document and save it under a new name. He just had one BIG word document that he kept adding text to, that's how he wrote all of his quizzes, syllabi etc.
Trying to remember that British woman's name that was in 4R for a long time....oh well, anyway....she was an English as second language teacher and told a story about some guy in her office who, when defragging his computer, would just sit there and watch the blocks fly. I can't remember exactly what else she said about it, but that he thought he was "working" while that was going on, refused to so anything else, even non-computer stuff.
When I discovered folders, I went to town with them, and still make too many. I save recipes from StartSampling and several other sites I subscribe to, and really need(ed) to classify them a little bit better, such as "desserts", "salads" "drinks" etc. Maybe on a rainy day, or when my internet is down.
Thanks f/ posting!
so="do". Hands are cold, that's when I make the most typos.
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