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Dec. 20th, 2007
Figures...
Dec. 20th, 2007 09:37 amMy personal Sony Vaio laptop travels with me to work regularly. When I have spare time during lunch, I use it for composing square dance choreography or updating/amending existing sequences and such.
We have a separate laptop with a much larger screen we use for regular or joint calling gigs. It's kept relatively pure: no extra software or such on it to ensure we don't suffer unexpected Windows crashes in the middle of a dance or such. I update it regularly with the choreo files from my personal laptop.
Yesterday, I attempted to copy my latest & greatest from my Vaio, mostly some amended C1 sequences from my latest challenge gig. The power supply is dead. I didn't notice it previously and the laptop must have been running on batteries so now there's not a volt of juice left to get to newest files. And of course we're calling tonight for DCLS and tomorrow for Zig Zaggers.
I've ordered a replacement power supply via eBay for $20. Hoping for faster gratification (and a spare), we did a quick dash to Radio Shack: they had a universal power supply for most models of laptops but priced at $100. No, thanks.
Just to get at my current files, I'm going to crack open the case and transplant the hard drive into a USB-connected external drive case. Please keep thepatient laptop in your thoughts for the next few hours.
We have a separate laptop with a much larger screen we use for regular or joint calling gigs. It's kept relatively pure: no extra software or such on it to ensure we don't suffer unexpected Windows crashes in the middle of a dance or such. I update it regularly with the choreo files from my personal laptop.
Yesterday, I attempted to copy my latest & greatest from my Vaio, mostly some amended C1 sequences from my latest challenge gig. The power supply is dead. I didn't notice it previously and the laptop must have been running on batteries so now there's not a volt of juice left to get to newest files. And of course we're calling tonight for DCLS and tomorrow for Zig Zaggers.
I've ordered a replacement power supply via eBay for $20. Hoping for faster gratification (and a spare), we did a quick dash to Radio Shack: they had a universal power supply for most models of laptops but priced at $100. No, thanks.
Just to get at my current files, I'm going to crack open the case and transplant the hard drive into a USB-connected external drive case. Please keep the
Figures...
Dec. 20th, 2007 09:37 amMy personal Sony Vaio laptop travels with me to work regularly. When I have spare time during lunch, I use it for composing square dance choreography or updating/amending existing sequences and such.
We have a separate laptop with a much larger screen we use for regular or joint calling gigs. It's kept relatively pure: no extra software or such on it to ensure we don't suffer unexpected Windows crashes in the middle of a dance or such. I update it regularly with the choreo files from my personal laptop.
Yesterday, I attempted to copy my latest & greatest from my Vaio, mostly some amended C1 sequences from my latest challenge gig. The power supply is dead. I didn't notice it previously and the laptop must have been running on batteries so now there's not a volt of juice left to get to newest files. And of course we're calling tonight for DCLS and tomorrow for Zig Zaggers.
I've ordered a replacement power supply via eBay for $20. Hoping for faster gratification (and a spare), we did a quick dash to Radio Shack: they had a universal power supply for most models of laptops but priced at $100. No, thanks.
Just to get at my current files, I'm going to crack open the case and transplant the hard drive into a USB-connected external drive case. Please keep thepatient laptop in your thoughts for the next few hours.
We have a separate laptop with a much larger screen we use for regular or joint calling gigs. It's kept relatively pure: no extra software or such on it to ensure we don't suffer unexpected Windows crashes in the middle of a dance or such. I update it regularly with the choreo files from my personal laptop.
Yesterday, I attempted to copy my latest & greatest from my Vaio, mostly some amended C1 sequences from my latest challenge gig. The power supply is dead. I didn't notice it previously and the laptop must have been running on batteries so now there's not a volt of juice left to get to newest files. And of course we're calling tonight for DCLS and tomorrow for Zig Zaggers.
I've ordered a replacement power supply via eBay for $20. Hoping for faster gratification (and a spare), we did a quick dash to Radio Shack: they had a universal power supply for most models of laptops but priced at $100. No, thanks.
Just to get at my current files, I'm going to crack open the case and transplant the hard drive into a USB-connected external drive case. Please keep the
I finally managed to take apart my Sony Vaio laptop and extract the hard drive.
Problem: The laptop hard drive is serial ATA, but the external disk enclosure I have is IDE. Damn!
I can't think of any other machine to which I have immediate access that supports serial ATA, except perhaps![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kent4str's iMac which I doubt he'd let me dismantle even if our lives depended on it.
The replacement power supply for my Vaio should be arriving in about one week. I think I'll just reassemble the laptop and try to be patient until I can power it up again on its own terms. *sigh*
Problem: The laptop hard drive is serial ATA, but the external disk enclosure I have is IDE. Damn!
I can't think of any other machine to which I have immediate access that supports serial ATA, except perhaps
kent4str's iMac which I doubt he'd let me dismantle even if our lives depended on it.The replacement power supply for my Vaio should be arriving in about one week. I think I'll just reassemble the laptop and try to be patient until I can power it up again on its own terms. *sigh*
I finally managed to take apart my Sony Vaio laptop and extract the hard drive.
Problem: The laptop hard drive is serial ATA, but the external disk enclosure I have is IDE. Damn!
I can't think of any other machine to which I have immediate access that supports serial ATA, except perhapskent4str's iMac which I doubt he'd let me dismantle even if our lives depended on it.
The replacement power supply for my Vaio should be arriving in about one week. I think I'll just reassemble the laptop and try to be patient until I can power it up again on its own terms. *sigh*
Problem: The laptop hard drive is serial ATA, but the external disk enclosure I have is IDE. Damn!
I can't think of any other machine to which I have immediate access that supports serial ATA, except perhaps
kent4str's iMac which I doubt he'd let me dismantle even if our lives depended on it.The replacement power supply for my Vaio should be arriving in about one week. I think I'll just reassemble the laptop and try to be patient until I can power it up again on its own terms. *sigh*