Good evening all :)
20-20 hindsight: make a list of all the programs you have downloaded now, just in case your computer dies.
It takes AGES to re-download them all again should the worst happen... my computer just doesn't feel like home at all!

/HD crashed, now running on new shiny 120Gb drive blog
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:13, archived)

or:
keep everything you download and dump them onto DVDs every now and then.
( sex and dougs and rock n roll, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:14, archived)

Or maintain a small 2GB harddrive
and dump the .exe there every time you update/install something
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:15, archived)

eh?
but DVDs are like two removeable 2gig drives which take up less physical space...
( sex and dougs and rock n roll, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:17, archived)

WITCHCRAFT!

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:18, archived)

although, to be fair
it is easier to remember to do this with a HDD, and hard to lose!
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:18, archived)

well maybe
but i'm quite an organised and tidy person.
( sex and dougs and rock n roll, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:19, archived)

Ah.
I'm not. And dreading the day when I need to re-install everything.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:19, archived)

This
and also, HDD you can replace your Firefox 10.03.6.4.567 with 10.03.6.4.568 so you always have an up-to-date one. Unless you use DVD-RW, which is officially the work of Alchemists.
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:22, archived)

But they're not incremental.
/USB HD owner bog
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:18, archived)

i don't care
i'd rather keep my HDs tidy for other uses (ie audio recording, and mp3s)
( sex and dougs and rock n roll, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:21, archived)

Yeah, but 2GB
is really useless for most purposes. And you dont' want to be accessing ancient HDDs too frequently or they die the death of dogs.
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:24, archived)

I'm now planning a bit of a rebuild
another new HD, better motherboard, bit more RAM and a DVD writer should cover my needs for another three years :)
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:18, archived)

well it does give the chance to fill up your music and porn collections with lovely shiny new things

( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:15, archived)

They have porn on comupters now?
Where might a discerning gent about town purvey some of this filth?
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:17, archived)

type teenage lesbians into google

( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:18, archived)

Its not an impressive load...
images.google.co.uk/images?q=teenage%20lesbians&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:20, archived)

did you remember to turn off safesearch?

( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:22, archived)

Oh my

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:24, archived)

Goot eefnink
and hooray for the RAID :)
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:15, archived)

if my hd were to go i would be fucked
*ponders some back upping*
( connor, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:16, archived)