Yesterday I finally caught up on all my blog reading, so I thought it was (way) past time for me to update the world on my May. Pictures of the girls, trip to New York, and trip to Disney World. It's been a busy month. Just as I was about to put the SD card into the laptop, it turned itself off. What?!?! The only things running on my computer were my picture album and Internet Explorer with three tabs open. I checked to make sure it was still plugged in since the battery doesn't work anymore and the blue light told me it was. Yet, the darn thing won't turn back on. I push the button and nothing. I hold the button down and nothing. I'm at a loss. All I know is that ALL the pictures of my girls are on there and if I lose those I will be extremely upset. So any computer saavy people out there with any suggestions for me? I suppose I will just take it to the repair shop later today. If I am able to get my pictures back, any suggestions for how to handle digital photographs in the future? Thumb drive, CD, external hard drive? What's the best option? Any suggestions for new lap tops? Preferrably ones that don't shut themselves off randomly and refuse to start again.
Okay, must rescue my office from my coloring kids.
Definitely an external hard drive. You can get good ones for ~$75-100 that hold a ton. They are about the size of a wallet too, so they are very portable.
ReplyDeleteI think the best laptop out there is the Dell Inspiron.
Oh, and sorry to hear about your computer. I think that would have sent me to the ER. I would have a heart attack if something happened to my pictures.
ReplyDeleteI would go for an external hard drive for sure!
ReplyDeleteWe use an external hard drive to back up our pictures and other important stuff. But I know my husband doesn't back things up as frequently as I'd like him too.
ReplyDeleteDon't have any advices (we had the same situation last October and I don't learned and did the same), I need to buy an external hard drive.
ReplyDeleteWe back up with an external hard drive & a backup hard drive. We also keep the "good ones" on winkflash (easy to share with & order for family)... sounds excessive, but I'm thinking about adding a safe deposit box with cds of the professional pics because we lost so many in our fire. Winkflash was invaluable when the hard drives burned.
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