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Computer woes, again
Jan. 7th, 2012 11:00 pmWell, I am back on a computer yet again. My woes started two days ago when the other computer froze on me around 5 minutes after I started up. I thought it was some kind of software problem. but after taking the SSD out and putting it in a bay on this computer, I discovered that the SSD was freezing after around 5 minutes. Luckily, I back up everything daily, so I only lost a few hours of email, and the other disk is OK, so all of my real data is present and accounted for as well.
So I've restored my Thunderbird profile from backup, downloaded two days' worth of email, got Chrome up and running, and learned some stuff.
First, I've learned how to switch my profile directory from C:\Users to F:\Users and link it from F:\ to C:\. This will mean that my C: drive will remain mostly the operating system. On the other computer, I didn't know how to do this, and my C:\ drive was more than 95% full. Won't happen again.
Second, I've decided to replace the SSD in these two computers with regular HDDs: 2-1/4" 250GB drives. HWMBO will source them from Singapore when he goes next week. Yes, the computer will be slower booting up. However, after some investigation online, I discovered that, in general, this generation of SSDs is not considered to be very reliable. The one in the other computer lasted around 9 months. A regular HDD, for me, generally lasts around 3-5 years, and some have lasted much longer than that.
Now I have to reload all the programs that I had on the other computer. That should be a treat. Will do it slowly. However, as I've backed everything up, I don't have to bother with disks and things (generally).
So I've restored my Thunderbird profile from backup, downloaded two days' worth of email, got Chrome up and running, and learned some stuff.
First, I've learned how to switch my profile directory from C:\Users to F:\Users and link it from F:\ to C:\. This will mean that my C: drive will remain mostly the operating system. On the other computer, I didn't know how to do this, and my C:\ drive was more than 95% full. Won't happen again.
Second, I've decided to replace the SSD in these two computers with regular HDDs: 2-1/4" 250GB drives. HWMBO will source them from Singapore when he goes next week. Yes, the computer will be slower booting up. However, after some investigation online, I discovered that, in general, this generation of SSDs is not considered to be very reliable. The one in the other computer lasted around 9 months. A regular HDD, for me, generally lasts around 3-5 years, and some have lasted much longer than that.
Now I have to reload all the programs that I had on the other computer. That should be a treat. Will do it slowly. However, as I've backed everything up, I don't have to bother with disks and things (generally).
