Today we are getting ready to leave for a visit to Utah to see my son and his family. An ordinary but busy day. I sit down at my desk to finish up some paperwork and notice my computer was off. I’d left it on sleep mode the night before.
No matter. I push the button on the top, expecting it to light up. No joy. Press it again. Still no joy. Check all the plugs and notice that the surge protector strip into which it was plugged is off. That’s the ticket! I turn the strip on and push the computer button. Nothing.
At that point, I started to sweat. Called to the Hubs. He came in and checked it over. Took out various plugs and reinstalled them. Pushed a button on the back and the fan motor came on, but only as long as he held the button.
I’m toast. I’m ruined. The last revision of my book is on the computer and not backed up. I’m an IDIOT.
I call my son-in-law, the computer whiz, who is out of town and tells me, “Why don’t you just leave it until you get back?”
ARG! I’d have one hundred more worry wrinkles by that time.
What to do? I pick up the computer, earning myself bad twinges in my back, and take it across the room and plug it into an outlet all on its own.
HEAVEN SPEAKS! It comes on.
More back twinges and I get it back to the surge protector strip, which is still working for plugs from my printers. I plug the computer into a different outlet. IT WORKS!
Now I am trying to get my external drive recognized by the computer so I can back up my book. No joy.
And the day has just started.
Oh no…. I hope by the time you see this you have managed to back up your book.. I am sure it has not gone and that it can be retrieved.. I will keep my fingers crossed.. in the meantime have a wonderful trip to see your son and family. ♥♥
Not successful in getting the external hard drive to co-operate, Sally. Fingers crossed the computer stays healthy while I am away and I’ll get my son-in-law to help once we get back. Thanks for the visit!
It could have been so much worse, Noelle. I’m glad it was just a faulty plug. Sorry about the new 100 wrinkles though. I usually break out into a panicked sweat when I have computer glitches. I hope the rest of your travel plans went perfectly. 🙂
Well, the rest of the trip didn’t start out great. See my next post! At least I can laugh about it!
Wow! Perhaps you could try saving it on Google Drive as a last resort, if you use it at all. That way you can always access if from elsewhere. I seem to collect big USB sticks, as those tend to be less problematic with the computer, but I just hope things get sorted. Fingers crossed, good luck, and good trip, Noelle!
That’s my next resort – a USB drive and getting my son-in-law to figure out why my external drive isn’t working. I bought it just for this purpose.
Ah, technology!