Richard Lennox

I have spent the last couple of days rebuilding my machine.  Reports of internal organ failure were slightly premature, it was more like a life threatening internal bleed than complete internal organ failure!  My rebuild consisted of 3 components:

1. Format the HDD.
2. Clean reinstall of Windows.
3. RE-install all my applications and data.

Luckily I have my Netgear Storage Central (little box connected to my home network that adds hdd storage to the network!) that still has a backup of the majority of my important data.  I didn't have too much to lose just my time.

I was impressed with the support I got over the phone from the supplier of my machine, pcoption.co.uk.  We had a chat and decided that while it may have been the hardware, there was no reason not to try a clean install of Windows (steps 1 + 2 above).  If that goes ok, then maybe it was a corrupt Windows installation.  Luckily this seems to [touch wood or forehead here!] have been the case as over the last couple of days the Windows installation has appeared stable.  I am still a little nervous about it but am assured that any problems will be covered by the warranty!!

Next on my list will be an upgrade of this WordPress installation, scheduled for Monday!