Trying desperately not to panic

but feeling rather sick.

Nope, not the kids, for once. While transferring my laptop upstairs to work in peace and quiet I happened to knock it against the door. Not hard at all, but it gave a plaintive beep and switched itself off, and has resisted all attempts to turn it back on.

Aaargh….

obviously I have it backed up, just as obviously the stuff I’m working on right now isn’t backed up (don’t worry Merry, I’m backing it up now!) and trying to work on a different machine is akin to trying to write with my other hand.

And I miss it already!

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10 Comments

  1. Merry
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 16:19 | Permalink

    Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring…..

  2. Gill
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 16:57 | Permalink

    Oh no! Fingers crossed….

  3. karen b
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 19:04 | Permalink

    What is it you were panicking about - the feeling sick or the laptop not switching itself on????

  4. jax
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 20:04 | Permalink

    the laptop, Karen, as it had most of Merry’s site in progress on it at the time.

    But Tim performed minor surgery with a paperclip and all was well again. Nasty couple of hours though :(

  5. Jan
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 20:05 | Permalink

    Pheew!

  6. Nic
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 20:33 | Permalink

    wow, read all that with bated breath ’til I got to the last comment. Talk of laptops dying brings me out in goosebumps, cold sweats and the stuff nightmares are made of!

  7. Barbara
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 21:05 | Permalink

    Ug - Glad I’ve only just read this now. Glad things have calmed down.

  8. Jules
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 23:41 | Permalink

    I was hoding my breath too…

  9. Jules
    Posted Sun Feb 20 2005 at 23:42 | Permalink

    I was even holding it for a moment there…

  10. rosie
    Posted Tue Feb 22 2005 at 0:22 | Permalink

    phew! about the laptop. Aparently, mine fell on to the stone kitchen floor yesterday when someone tripped over the lead (battery doesnt work)and they didn’t tell me. Luckily it must have bounced.