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[fox]

Okay, so for the past few days, my laptop has been -- I don't know, experiencing turbulence.  Sometimes at random, but normally on events, like clicking a button or minimizing a window or whatever, the screen will sort of fuzz out for a second.  Like, a kind of horizontal ~zzt~ and then it rights itself.

Is this a sign of impending doom?  Do I need to start investigating New Computer options quick, before my loans come due?  Or is it just annoying and nothing to worry about?  Inquiring -- and recently-employed -- minds want to know.  (Thing runs kind of slowly sometimes, too, but it's probably time I did a defrag.  And the HD is just about full, which may have something to do with it.  But right now, every forty seconds or so Semagic is freezing for a minute and then catchingup all at once.  'Sup with that?)

Thoughts on a postcard.

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[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Actually, I66 was almost empty tonight, for some bizarre reason. But I bet the beltway wasn't.

It could be an overactive processor, with those symptoms. Have you cleaned out and defraged the hard drive? We really need to hook it up to a monitor to see if it does it again.

We'll work something out.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

The radio said there was an accident on 66 -- bet it was empty out your way because people were hung up between where I am and where you are.

Anyway. I'm with you on the possibility of an overactive processor. Have cleaned up, and the defrag is in progress, but there's only 2% free space, and it doesn't like that too much. Sigh. What I need is to be able to add more disk space.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

And there were TWO accidents on 66 this morning, the second caused by gawking at the first. sigh

but there's only 2% free space, and it doesn't like that too much. Sigh. What I need is to be able to add more disk space.

Yes and yes. Once it gets that full, it starts overwriting your MFT and you don't want that.

How about an external hard drive? They're not that expensive on-line, and Microcenter carries them too (but that's a ways for you). Hit up the 'rents for a prezzie of an external USB drive? If it was a desktop, I'd just add another hard drive (of which I have lots). You might look online for a newer, bigger hard drive for the laptop from IBM, though I have no idea how much it'd cost.

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

OH! I nearly forgot. How about a gig or two gig flash drive? Microcenter has gig flashes for $15 and two gig for around $35. That might help and it's a cheap thing too.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I've got an external (80GB, I think, unless it's 120; currently partitioned), and a 2GB flash drive -- but there's stuff a person wants to have on the box itself, right?, unless I'm crazy. I mean. When I travel, I'm not bringing the external with me. And if I moved my whole iTunes library (for example), it wouldn't fit on a 2 gig flash drive. I don't want another hard drive -- I want a bigger one. [pout] [looks at whether memory is upgradeable]

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Memory is upgradable, but MS will still freak because of disk space.

You can buy a bigger hard drive, either from IBM or from a reputable dealer. I can help you transfer all your files to the new hard drive, since I've got an adapter.

Lemme know.