Pretty Proud
Akasha on Feb 26th 2008
I think the winter really is getting to me. This weekend was pretty productive; I felt restless for a majority of it and it ended up paying off - I wiped my hard drive clean and reinstalled Windows. All I can say is, thank God for MDG Computers and their step-by-step instructions. If it weren’t for the idiot-guide they provided (which was totally what I needed) I think it would have gone a lot worse. I went to G’s on Sunday so I couldn’t finish putting all the programs I need back onto it, but I’m excited to finish that up tonight. The best part is finding the next generation programs that my old girl couldn’t handle before because of the trash clogging her up. Microsoft Office 2007, here I come!
The one thing I didn’t do was partition the hard drive. I was worried that I would do something wrong so I’ll leave it until the next time I feel brave enough to wipe out everything on my computer, lol. Now that I’ve done it once, though, I’m fairly confident I can do it again. Baby steps!
I must not be the only one who enjoys clearing out her computer, am I? You have to admit that there’s a real pleasure in restoring your computer to its factory settings, n’est pas?
*Quiet silence*
Okay, so I’m the only nerd on the block … I get it. Whatever!
Further evidence of my nerdiness? At lunch today, I went to the dollar store and bought a candy bowl and some Easter candy for my desk at work. Yes, I’ve become that admin assistant - the one with the food. I must say, it looks pretty snazzy. It’s full of Easter Hershey’s kisses and fake Easter “grass” (the kind you put into an Easter basket). The grass cost me a dollar - I wasn’t going to say no to that kind of value, ok?
On that note, I think it’s time to sign off. There’s mucho to do to get this computer back in working order. Did you know that you can’t even install Itunes if you don’t have Windows XP Service Pack 2?! I’m living in the stone ages! I gotta upgrade!
Filed in Computer Issues, Work | 2 responses so far
Shen Feb 27th 2008 at 06:23 pm 1
Thanks for your input on my blog. It was very much appreciated. Oh, you’re damn brave to interfere with your computer.
I’m too scared to do anything major with it. The only thing I probably do is install drivers.
Destiny Feb 29th 2008 at 01:10 pm 2
Partition drives could be useful, especially for system restore… not too much that you can screw up with on the setup of that… and you can only set it up in the beginning. However if you ever choose to wipe our computer again, you may be able to do so!
MS Office is great…. but not a lot of people have that, so most of the time, you’ll have to save it as 2003 version. Hope you get it though!