the working room: When a Computer Dies

When a Computer Dies
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

My file server just had to die on me. It's an old box - over 7 years old, which I use to print, scan documents, grab additional disk space via my external hard drive for the other computers I have. The file server is not critical, yet it is necessary.

Procrastination caused this mess: that might as well be my middle name.

I make backups, but the files I have on my backup drive are not the most recent. It's been over a year and a half since I copied files to the backup drive.

Damn.

Fortunately, I don't erase files off of my camera's SD card. I usually copy the files from my SD card directly to the backup drive. Yet, lately I was solely using the file server.

Why!?!

I wish I knew. This thing has been screaming in high pitched death throes for over three years. Lately, there was a burning smell, which I thought was one of the printers. I didn't know it was the file server.

Duh.

I sent it off to be repaired. I know the power unit was what died. I only hope that was the worst of it. The machine runs on Windows XP Professional. I don't want a new box with Windows Vista. I'm not in the mood for that kind of time wasting agony.

Labels: backup drive, backup files, file server, windows vista, windows xp professional

posted by GoldenAh

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