AND FOUND

A couple of months ago, I offered to reformat my old computer and give it to Christian and Nathalie for their son. When I went to do that, however, the computer would not boot up and I couldn't even get it to boot off of the CD drive. So, I just put it back in the closet.

After the loss of my recipe file, JM and I were talking and he asked if it wasn't on the old computer. Well, an older version (but with the most important stuff) was on there, but the computer didn't work. He convinced me to try it, figuring that if it didn't work and the other hard drive was totally trashed, maybe someone could recover what I needed off the old machine.

I pulled it out, plugged it in, and damn! It booted right up! Okay, it was slow and cumbersome, but I was able to save the files I needed on a USB key and they are now back where they belong on my now working computer. I'm going to do an immediate back up of all my files to my webserver and look for a good back up program to help automate the process.

So, I guess that's my little pre-Valentine's day miracle.

Ciao for now,

Randy