The new PC tower has just arrived.
I am going to devote tomorrow to setting it up. I just realised how many other things I need to do. All the passwords to everything that are automatically saved on here. Bookmarked sites, and favourites too. And the various programmes like antivirus I already have set up on this one. Been writing down a lot of stuff in a notebook, and have also backed up the photos and documents onto a portable hard drive.
Fingers crossed I don’t end up throwing it through the window!
If I am not around for a while after today, you will know why.
(And of course, this old PC has decided to work perfectly well now!)
Mine arrives tomorrow, and I fear the job transferring of information. Fingers crossed for us both!
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I had already put what I needed to save onto a portable hard drive. Good luck, Jennie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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If you donβt hear from me all weekend youβll know why.
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Ooops, it doesnβt arrive till Monday! Sigh!
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The old PC decided to work, did it? Have you ever thought that you might have hurt its feelings by buying a new one?
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I could almost believe that, John. The day after ordering the new one, the old one revitalised magically! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m telling you, “It has feelings!”
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It is unplugged, and sitting in a corner under my desk now. No doubt it will be ‘sulking’. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope you can either keep it as a spare or find it a good loving home.
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When the computer shop reopens, I will get the hard drive wiped, and donate it to a charity, John.
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You could run puppy videos on it for Ollie. I think he might get a kick out of that.
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He gets excited hearing dogs on the TV, but he doesn’t seem to recognise dogs on the screen. He looks around the back, to see if the noise is coming from behind. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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What a sweet little child he is!
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I hope you’re feeling much better now, Pete, and that the setup doesn’t provide unneeded aggravation. (as opposed to needed aggravation?)π€£
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Thanks, Pete. The setup has gone very well so far this morning. Not having all the tech hassles definitely improves my mood! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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“If I am not around for a while after today, you will know why.” We will surmise it threw you through the window.
“(And of course, this old PC has decided to work perfectly well now!)” I have adopted the practice of putting off as long as possible setting up new machines. Especially when the old one decides to work properly. Keep using the old one until it things it can give up functioning again.
I use thumb drives as well as external drives to store things on rather than on the computer itself. They are cheap and that was I can have a backup as well as a working set of files.
In any event, good luck. Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. Julie paid for half of the new PC as my birthday present, so I think she expects me to use it sooner rather than later. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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good luck, Pete! π
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Thanks, Wilma. I’m as nervous as if I am going into a boxing ring! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope everything goes well Pete.
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I only have to connect the Intenet cable, mouse cable, keyboard cable, and then switch it on.
What could go wrong?
I know. Everything! π π
Best wishes,
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You couldn’t wait a little longer for a quantum computer? π
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I thought I was being adventurous going for one with a solid state drive! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good luck…..chuq
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I have just opened the box and looked at it. That’s enough for today. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope it all goes well, Pete. You donβt need any broken window panes right now.
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I will have everything crossed, Maggie! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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I might open the box soon, but not even attempting to connect anything until I feel perky enough. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good luck! I hope the gods of technology smile upon you! π
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I am considering sacrificing a chicken to them, Olga! π
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I much prefer pen and paper…
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I don’t write that well these days, Stevie. And my failing eyes prefer the large bright screen too. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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The last time I got a new computer the most time consuming part was sorting through my photos on the old one and transferring them to the new one. It was literally painful!
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I have already put them all on a portable hard drive, Susanne. I update that every time I take any new ones I want to keep. It is smaller than my phone, and a very reasonable price,
https://www.buffalo-technology.com/productpage/ministation-hd-pzfu3/
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for the tip! I’ll look into it. Trying to back up my pictures piecemeal has been a nightmare.
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You just open this in one window, then open your photos folders and slide them across to copy onto it. Even I managed that! (Okay, a friend phoned me, and talked me through it… π )
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My problem was I had so many billions of photos that I was trying to edit out the extras as I went along, and then save them onto thumb drives all of which were way too small… all that sorting and moving gave me ‘tennis elbow!’ But you’re saying with this new portable hard drive, you just save off the photos you want as you go along and it’s got great capacity so it’s easy! That’s what I need. (I also need to take and save fewer pictures, but that’s a whole different matter!)
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They are not a new idea, but well-proven and very reliable. I just add each new photo file as I go, copying it from the main computer. Now I am getting rid of this old PC, it has proved to be worth its weight in gold to have them saved on the Buffalo. You can get them in bigger capacities of course, I just got the 500 GB as it is all I will need for a long time. Other companies make them, like Western Digital, and Passport. All are available through Amazon here. You would be surprised how small it is.
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Best of luck with it, Pete. Cheers, Jon.
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Cheers, Jon. I haven’t opened the box yet. Psyching myself up to it. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Best of luck!
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Thanks, Sue. I will have to pace myself! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good luck!
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Thanks, Pit. I just have to convince myself that it is all going to go smoothly. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good luck with your tech chore today.
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Thanks, Lauren. I am leaving it until tomorrow. Don’t want to start someting like that late in the day. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yay! Hopefully the window stays in one piece~and so do you π blessings on all your catching up!
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Thanks, KL. I will be approaching the new set-up with a clear head in the morning. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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That last line haha. Ain’t that just the usual?
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I’s as if Hewlett Packard sent a ‘bot’ to make it play up, then once I paid Β£500 for the new one, they deacitvated it. π¦
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh no!
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