We were talking to my daughter and granddaughter on Skype and my son-in-law called so we did a three way conference. He's in Texas now, but was able to get into our computer here in Hawaii by magic and search to find what was wrong. He then did the backing up for us.
Ed verified that yes, our hard drive is actually malfunctioning and ready to die.
Doggone it! However, the Seagate does have a 5 year warranty so Ed took care of finding out the model #s, codes, etc. and is having them mail another hard drive out to us in a couple of days.
Then the plan is to take an "image" off the dying hard drive and transferring all the data onto the new one. That's where we'll be calling my brother, Dennis over to connect the correct wires, etc.
Thank goodness!
Poor Ed. He's stressed and tired from his job in another state, called to say hello to his daughter and had to work on his in-laws' computer from afar. I sure do love that guy! I wish everybody could have a son-in-law like Ed. I also wish I could send an andagi (Okinawan pastry) that he loves to him right now.
You've got one handy (and extremely intelligent) son-in-law!
ReplyDeleteso glad your son in law was able to fix your problem before you lost everything. you'll have to fix him his favorite pastry next time he comes for a visit, :) hope you had a nice talk with your family. have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat a relief!
ReplyDeleteWe lost everything when our computer died. I still mourn over my old photos.
Ed is a lovely man!
When my computer died last year, we took it to PERSONAL TOUCH COMPUTERS in Pearl City to fix. The technician there was able to transfer all of our data to a new Dell computer. So far so good! It is still good.
ReplyDeleteThank God you have such a wonderful son-in-law, Kay. Not to mention a great brother! Blessings!
Amazing! I had no idea you could do all of those things virtually.
ReplyDeletewe all need a son or son-in-law to help us with computer stuff. I suppose a dg or dg-in-law could do the same thing but they are usually too busy with family to take that on too. Glad you are able to get so much help...
ReplyDeleteOi, bad luck with the computer.
ReplyDeleteBut good luck that you have Ed.
We should all take this as a warning. We should back up everything. Everything, everything, everything. Good grief, it sounds absolutely dreadful to be going through such a thing, scares the wits out of me.
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Kay, Alberta, Canada
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You daughter certainly married well. What a relief to have someone like him to rely upon.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it grand to have a techie in the family?
ReplyDeleteMy ex-husband is my tech. It's not the ideal but he's forgotten more about computers than I'll ever know. I reconcile his assistance by calling it the alimony I didn't get. lol
So sorry to hear about your computer problems. Thankfully, you have a son-in-law who takes care of such things so well. We have Jason, Julie's intended. After her death, he is still family. He has been always been so gracious about fixing our technical difficulties.
ReplyDeleteKay that's wonderful. Wonderful that Ed can troubleshoot like that, he is a good son in law.
ReplyDeleteMy computer starting gasping and it turns out it was just the fan. Whew!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I would do without my computer expert, my husband.
It's scary when your hard drive is on the edge. Great that you SIL could back things up before it's too late.
ReplyDeleteCool. You have someone to take over your computer remotely and fix it too. I just love that! Our son-in-law is good with hands on conmputer stuff but Tad, a young friend, is our remote go-to guy.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear about your new hard drive but glad you have Ed and your brother to help when you're having computer problems.
ReplyDeleteI hope the transfer goes smoothly!
ReplyDeleteKay;
ReplyDeleteWhen my kids narrow done their choices for life partners. I'm going to have a checklist( HAHA)
and computer tech whiz supreme will be in the top five qualities that MAMA will be looking for.
I'm having computer issues too,and backing up with an external hard drive is even beyond my expertice.
Thanks so much for the B_day wishes, Jim has not been feeling well again and he's being stubborn.
Thank you SOOOOOOO much for remembering!
I'm thinking about hooking up skype and advice?
Glad to hear that your computer genius helped you to save your computer! I should start backing up soon:) Thanks for alerting. LOL
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend.
Yoshi
I hope you make regular backups as a habit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a winner of a guy.
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