I Broke My Laptop
Eek.
Yeah, I cracked the screen this morning.
I'm so upset that I did it. Total accident and I won't get into the sorry details. The worst part is that the latest part of my novel I'm working on is my laptop and I can't see the screen to get it off.
Why oh why didn't I back it up to my flash drive?
I'm kicking myself right now.
Yeah, I cracked the screen this morning.
I'm so upset that I did it. Total accident and I won't get into the sorry details. The worst part is that the latest part of my novel I'm working on is my laptop and I can't see the screen to get it off.
Why oh why didn't I back it up to my flash drive?
I'm kicking myself right now.
Comments
NOT
THE
END
OF
THE
F*#^$*^
WORLD.
Everything happens for a reason, right?
The good news, though, is that you'll probably be able to get your data back, anyway. There are ways of making it happen - probably relatively painless ones, at that.
If your local associates, I.T. professionals or retail representatives can't help you, let me know. Hell, lemme know, anyway.
Good luck and keep your head up. Hope is not lost.
As long as your laptop has a capable graphics chipset and corresponding DVI (digital) or VGA (analog) ports, you should be able to connect to any monitor.
Most desktop-replacement laptops come with a built-in VGA ports, while many of today's smaller ultraportables come with optional port replicators, which offer an expanded array of ports, often including VGA or DVI ports. If you have the appropriate hardware, all you'll need is a corresponding cable to finish the setup.
I hope I can get the data back. It's already FedExed away though so I'm going to let our tech folks work through that. Hopefully my story will be back my way soon. Thanks for offering your help though...if you're in LA ever, I'll take you up on that offer for my geriatric desktop at home.
Chinanow,
Thanks for the suggestion. Hmm. We don't have a tech person in my office so I have to send it away to NYC. Maybe they can just put my old hard drive into a new X40.
The Man,
Thanks also for the suggestion. But, stick a network cable where? --I'm laughing because you're "The Man" and I keep thinking about the phrase "Stick it to the man".
Good luck! I hope it's back with you soon!
The universe is tying to tell us something.
I wonder how they say "laptop" en francais? I am already starting on rewriting just in case...and maybe it's some sort of fate thing, like a forced revision.
Sonia,
Oh no. That's awful. I think it's an exercise in detachment...the things you think are important and valuable can be snatched away in a heartbeat.
Jon,
Wish I'd thought of that before I shipped it off. I wonder why our tech team didn't suggest that.
This info is the clearest I've ever read, and I'm constantly running into inconceivable breakdowns on my old stuff (all Mac; all the time). Can never understand the lingo to get through the problem.
Whose doing this on their blogs?