Back up

Computer crash. HD failure Tuesday p.m. Computer warned me after numerous blue screens. Did I heed? Lost work done on tax returns. Quicken data was backed up through April 16.

I removed Hard drive, placing into other computer, which ran a chkdsk that took 19 hours. Multiple file sectors were labelled unreadable. After all that, the entire disk was unreadable.

Yesterday I went to best buy to buy a replacement 320 GB drive--cost $65. Windows XP installed in about 3 hours, including the drivers for the network adapter, the video card & sound card.

Clam digging at Roosevelt Beach: pretty poor in the surf, taking us 1:40 to get 15 clams. Cold wind from the NW and rain too. Yecch.