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Saturday 8 October 2011

Surviving a system crash

Yesterday my laptop failed to boot up. I had to go for a system restore. This caused an OS reinstall deleting all files on the C: drive leaving the D: untouched. The result - lost all pictures, all music, all audiobooks. Moral of the episode - store good stuff on D: more importantly take a back up.

I got in touch with iTunes and Audible. I managed to get back some of the songs and books from my iPod. Nothing could be retrieved from iTunes store. The reason according to the customer services was that the albums might not be stocked in store now. The good news was from Audible. I managed to get back all my audiobooks.

Installing the browsers, file compression systems and yes Microsoft Office was a pain. The good part of the story is that the computer is a lot faster than what it had been before the crash. All is well!