my (only 1 year + 2 months old!) WD hard drive died, a few months ago now - where does time fly? i still think my pc is overheating, so need to get that checked/fixed asap too before it happens again.

guess i should have seen it coming in retrospect [see my last entry]. i'm sorry i bought this pc now.. never ever buy on price and specifications alone. buy from a good manufacturer and from somewhere with a good customer services reputation in case of problems later.

but above all, purchase an external hard drive or something and back up regularly. even if it's boring (there is software to do it automatically, i guess).

i've lost my main email account's password and strongly suspect the only way i'm getting it back now - along with about a year's worth of downloads, etc. - is via v.expensive data recovery services.


on the positive side, i did get most of my other online accounts back after some effort. i thought i was going to be completely shut out of my digital life and forced to start again.. thank god, no.

thankfully too i have more than one email address.


yup, so that's it.. my unrequested, belated explaination for my (mostly) unnoticed absence. *shrug*

Thanks to everyone who added me to their devWatch/friend's list and +fav'd stuff, etc.



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