Just went through a terrible experience. The hard drive on my trusted laptop crashed. Should have known it was coming though. It (the laptop) began making some funny noises; sort of like a rubbing or grinding noise. Having been very fortunate in the past in never having a hard drive crash, I did not recognize the signs.
Called the manufacturer and they gladly sent me (under an extended warranty) a new hard drive. Before it arrived I sent the old hard drive to my local computer guru to see if he could save data on it. You guessed it, no help there.
Now the good news. I had, at the urging of my friend Angus Woodbury, backed up the data on my hard drive to a great program called Carbonite.
Given all that, I was faced with the question of whether or not to keep my laptop or get a new one. What can you do with an outdated laptop anyway?
Decided to give it to my grand daughter who was about to graduate from high school; she will be attending college in the fall. She could put it to good use and her parents had enough expenses to think about in addition to buying her a laptop.
Am sure that there are some other suitable uses for a "used" laptop; other than being used for an umbrella that is. What have you done with any computers you have decided to replace?
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