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robotech_master) wrote2007-03-31 12:54 am
robotech_master) wrote2007-03-31 12:54 am
Computer woes
My computer has been growing more and more unstable over the last few days, ever since I had the bright idea to clean out every file in my Windows temp directory. I'm not sure why Windows should complain at those files being cleared out; I rather thought that the very idea of a temp directory was to put unimportant stuff in it.
Anyway, I think I'm at the point where I need to reformat and reinstall Windows. I just have one little problem: I don't have any way of backing the current contents of the thing up in order to do a slash and burn Windows reinstallation. I have 30 gigs of mp3s alone on the thing.
What I would like to do would be to get a new, bigger hard drive—there's a 350 gig drive for $90 on NewEgg.com—and slap it into my computer, relegate my current 80 gig to slave status, install anew on the 350, then pull everything I need off the 80…but I barely have the money to stay ahead of my bills right now.
Regardless, I need my computer to be stable, as it's what I'm using for business purposes for my podcasts right now. I need to be able to phone in and run my Talkcasts with it, and as it grows increasingly less stable, I'm increasingly unsure whether I can do anything about it.
This is really frustrating. I wish I had a really good webcomic or something that I did so I could post a plea for money and have people send it to me. :P I suppose I could put a plea out on my Robotech podcast, though I don't know if enough people who would be willing to donate listen to it to make a difference, and it seems kind of tacky to me anyway. Sigh.
Anyway, I think I'm at the point where I need to reformat and reinstall Windows. I just have one little problem: I don't have any way of backing the current contents of the thing up in order to do a slash and burn Windows reinstallation. I have 30 gigs of mp3s alone on the thing.
What I would like to do would be to get a new, bigger hard drive—there's a 350 gig drive for $90 on NewEgg.com—and slap it into my computer, relegate my current 80 gig to slave status, install anew on the 350, then pull everything I need off the 80…but I barely have the money to stay ahead of my bills right now.
Regardless, I need my computer to be stable, as it's what I'm using for business purposes for my podcasts right now. I need to be able to phone in and run my Talkcasts with it, and as it grows increasingly less stable, I'm increasingly unsure whether I can do anything about it.
This is really frustrating. I wish I had a really good webcomic or something that I did so I could post a plea for money and have people send it to me. :P I suppose I could put a plea out on my Robotech podcast, though I don't know if enough people who would be willing to donate listen to it to make a difference, and it seems kind of tacky to me anyway. Sigh.
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