Done and dusted!

[vilakins]

That's a British expression meaning a task has been completed properly, and in this case it's literal. I now have a new hard drive (well, new to me--it's Greg's old one which he replaced with a much bigger drive a while back) and while we were putting it, we took the opportunity of cleaning the dust off the fans and other components. It only took about 30 minutes to restore from backup, so I'm baaaack, and with a drive that doesn't thrash around due to bad sectors. :-D [pats drive] I shall defrag you frequently.

I'm lucky to have a resident computer tech, and a much better-tempered one than Avon.

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-)

Not that it is difficult to be better-tempered than Avon. My personal theory is that he just wasn't getting enough ice cream. That can have a terrible effect on a man.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Especially when a certain thief breaks into his cabin and nicks the ice cream he does have.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that's just revenge taken too far. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They often end up sharing it though. You saw my virtual Christmas card. :-)

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

I did, and it was excellent. :-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Good news. :)

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Yay, welcome back to the internets. XD Glad it was so easy and painless. Wish Greg could come over here and look at a problem I'm having. XD

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It was a lot easier and faster than I expected! I thought it might take days to sort out, and it was about an hour.

You pay, we'll come! ;-)

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I'm glad you're back with your own setup.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Me too! It's also things like the keyboard being at the right height for me, even though it's hotter in here, the heatpump being in the other living (TV) room where Greg's PC is. Also he has Windows 7 while I'm still pre-Vista. [wonders if should update]

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Happy defragging!

Ditto on the resident computer tech, although sadly and as much as I love him mine is just as snarky and bad-tempered as Avon. I think I imprinted at an early age :-D

The icon isn't a comment on anything. It's just the mildest of the two Avon icons I have.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

See, with me it was with uncle Vila (he seems very like a favourite one back then).

I don't defrag that often because I have about 8 gigs free, not storing as much as Greg does. Greg has to do it a lot because he downloads so much.

[uses fairly neutral Avon icon]

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

Yay! :)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

If you ever get back to the UK I will kidnap him and make hime do nice things to my computer. Isn't it lovely being on line again after an absence?%D

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really off, having Greg's PC, but I was bereft of bookmarks and things like the scanner and graphics tablet. Also it wasn't comfortable enough using his keyboard (higher than mine) to spend much time there.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Glad that's all sorted and you're back.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You've got a new tech icon!

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

You've got a new tech icon!

Yes, I thought it was time for a change. It's part of the motion of a Black 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_5) on the North York Moors Railway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Moors_Railway).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I thought it was part of a steam engine!

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're back!

[trixieleitz]

Hurray for resident tech and resurrected tech!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

:-D Yes!

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

wow that was quick :-) Nice work, computer tech :P

It's not hard to be better tempered than Avon. lol!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that too, but my father didn't manage it. He was rather Avon-like: good-looking, big nose, dark, snarky, and uncaring of others' feelings. Maybe that's why I never much liked Avon; I'd suffered too much from snark in the home.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Yupeeee!
What - only 30 minutes? ohhhh....
Great!!!!!!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Installing took longer than restoring. :-) I have lots of room free.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

HUZZAH for returning to your comfort zone computer set-up. :^)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes! Though I really should get a more up-to-date operating system.

[luinielle.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you have a new hard drive and you're back to your own computer! It's always such a relief to get back to your own computer with all your own bookmarks and everything set up just the way you like it. I used Craig's computer once and got so frustrated (his keyboard shortcuts were set different from mine) I didn't want to get online.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just got onto LJ and left it at that.