I've committed another gaffe regarding my PC. Frustrated at being unable to find a venue that would allow me to recover files I stored on a number of floppy discs, I bought a converter at Amazon, using $21 in gift certificate money I'd earned online so I wouldn't have to dig into my own pocket per se. Like a knucklehead I assumed I'd simply plug it into the USB port, slide a disc in, and read. No, it requires a small program to be uploaded into the computer, and I failed to check if it would be compatible with Windows 7. It isn't. It is with XP. I researched downloading XP, but it was complicated and there were a lot of warnings about it not running well, so I passed. For the second time this month I feel like an idiot. I should have learned not to be presumptuous when I downloaded Microsoft Word and failed to note the annoying extras that could have been avoided simply by unchecking a box.
The day wasn't entirely negative. Wondering if my Cruzer backup stick would work while I was disconnected from the internet, I plugged it in, spotted a "Launch" tab, and clicked on it. It asked for a password. I typed in the one I use for all non-monetary sites and voila -- the stick is functional again. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a system backup on it, although I was certain I'd done that when I'd first bought the thing. What a month.
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