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totchipandaAll of 12 entries ago I talked about the troubles I was having with my netbook. (I really need to post more lol. I read my flist every day though!) Windows eventually failed and I only got one successful install of Ubuntu to work, not for very long, before having to reattempt it another three or four times. On the last attempt, I think shortly before I went on "vacation" at the beginning of April (I wanted to take a computer with me, and netbook is so much more portable!), something new went wrong, and it then cycled through a media check which never ever worked again. It wouldn't install, it wouldn't even boot the OS off the USB stick. I toyed with the idea of buying a tablet computer, but kept reminding myself that I had a perfectly good computer of similar size, weight, and capabilities if only it would just WORK. The general consensus was a hard drive problem, and I was looking at about $100 to get a replacement. Funds have been too spotty to really justify it, so I was just waiting.
Vacation was fun :) I'll have to post about those adventures later.
Fast forward to this past weekend. Dad was looking at Memory Express' website and they had some hard drives on sale for $50. Score! Still a bit too pricey while I'm trying to get out of debt, but Dad said he would help me pay for it. We rushed out Monday afternoon when I was done work (got home just before 5, they were open until 6) where we purchased a new HD and screwdrivers to open the case :D Netbook has teeny tiny Torx screws holding the cover over the HD. But... the screwdrivers were huuuuuuuuuuuuge. By then it was after 7pm and being a holiday, everyone was closed. Sadface!
He picked up a new set yesterday afternoon, taking my netbook with him to make sure we got the right size this time lol. And we did! Hard drive replacement was simple once the cover was off, and then the moment of truth... Plug it in, plug in the stick with the OS on it, press power... General consensus had been HD, but that didn't mean it WAS the HD.
Happy to say that the OS installed in lightning speed, and even as I write this, I am typing on the netbook :D It works! It works! It works fast! It installed all the things and was ready to use in under an hour! One install attempt sat on the same item for over 24 hours before I forced it to stop, and this time it didn't do that! It has word processing! It has my preferred internet browser! (which, according to the "more info" blurb, was initially made for Ubuntu/Linux, and then rebranded for Windows use) I already knew VLC would work since I have it on the much earlier version installed on my desktop, but installed that too! THE NETBOOK LIIIIIVES!!
I have no idea what I'm going to do with 320gb on a Linux system I don't intend to use as my main system, but holy crap I'm so excited to have it working so I can take it places again. Certain events/places, I will take the laptop, but now for every day travel, or my intended trip to San Francisco for a Nano event, I have super portability back! It works! It works! YAAAAY!
Vacation was fun :) I'll have to post about those adventures later.
Fast forward to this past weekend. Dad was looking at Memory Express' website and they had some hard drives on sale for $50. Score! Still a bit too pricey while I'm trying to get out of debt, but Dad said he would help me pay for it. We rushed out Monday afternoon when I was done work (got home just before 5, they were open until 6) where we purchased a new HD and screwdrivers to open the case :D Netbook has teeny tiny Torx screws holding the cover over the HD. But... the screwdrivers were huuuuuuuuuuuuge. By then it was after 7pm and being a holiday, everyone was closed. Sadface!
He picked up a new set yesterday afternoon, taking my netbook with him to make sure we got the right size this time lol. And we did! Hard drive replacement was simple once the cover was off, and then the moment of truth... Plug it in, plug in the stick with the OS on it, press power... General consensus had been HD, but that didn't mean it WAS the HD.
Happy to say that the OS installed in lightning speed, and even as I write this, I am typing on the netbook :D It works! It works! It works fast! It installed all the things and was ready to use in under an hour! One install attempt sat on the same item for over 24 hours before I forced it to stop, and this time it didn't do that! It has word processing! It has my preferred internet browser! (which, according to the "more info" blurb, was initially made for Ubuntu/Linux, and then rebranded for Windows use) I already knew VLC would work since I have it on the much earlier version installed on my desktop, but installed that too! THE NETBOOK LIIIIIVES!!
I have no idea what I'm going to do with 320gb on a Linux system I don't intend to use as my main system, but holy crap I'm so excited to have it working so I can take it places again. Certain events/places, I will take the laptop, but now for every day travel, or my intended trip to San Francisco for a Nano event, I have super portability back! It works! It works! YAAAAY!
