Hard Drive Rebirth
Posted by Stuart at 08:12 PM on December 16, 2005A couple of months ago, the hard drive on my Sony Vaio crashed. Luckily, I had recently bought a new Mac Mini, and so after using both Windows XP and Mac OS X side by side for a while, I was not terribly distraught that I was forced to be 100% Mac.
But this week, I started thinking that maybe it would be nice to have a laptop on my trip home to the U.S., and so I started making plans to go to Pantip Plaza to buy a new hard drive. But, before I went, I decided to give the laptop just one more try, just for fun.
And it worked.
A little window popped up and asked if I wanted to send information to Microsoft to help fix the problem. I did, and amazingly it came back with some good information about what had happened and what I could do to fix it.
So now, I am very happy to have my Windows laptop back. And to go even farther, I have a very warm feeling towards Microsoft. For once, a Microsoft OS did something unexpectedly good and helpful. Thanks, Bill!
Oh, I'll be back to Thailand, don't worry. I'm not in any way ready to move back to the US permanently.
And you can spend the money on something else. :}. Hope you and yours have a great Christmas and New Year.
Merry X'mas and have a spectacular New Year Vacation
Do you plan to stay in the US or will you be returning to Thailand soon?
Have a nice trip and glad your computer is working fine. You saved some money!!