Glad to see you again!  Peggy --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Pauline Schwarz <pschwarz3@verizon.net> wrote: From: Pauline Schwarz <pschwarz3@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] -Computer Down- Off subject To: arizard@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 8:00 PM    Hi Harold,    How lucky to have computer person next door.  And that he saved all your    data.    I am now struggling with Windows 7 and wish I had my old XP back.  When my    computer almost died and had to get a new one    my son who is computer person transferred everything from old computer to    new.  No down time except learning Windows 7.    Glad you are back.    Pauline Harris Schwarz    Sep 30, 2010 04:43:41 PM, [1]arizard@rootsweb.com wrote:      >      >Well, I am back on line after about a two-week vacation, courtesy of my      >computer's      >hard drive ! It suddenly decided it didn't want to boot up so I suspected      >      >right away      >that it was the hard drive. I am one of those folks who was taught to      turn      >everything      >off when you finished using it, so if I used my computer six times a day,      I      >      >turned it on      >and off six times!!! Guess I just wore the poor thing out....and only 6      >years old!!!!!      >      >I am very fortunate to live next door to a young computer engineer who      works      >      >for a      >large aerospace company here in town. He took the computer, took the hard      >drive      >out and downloaded its contents onto a storage disk, then ran a recovery      >disk to try to      >get the disk working again. He was not successful, but he was able to      save      >all my data.      >      >In the meantime, I purchased a new computer, with much more capability      than      >      >the old      >one and at about half the price I paid six years ago!! So much for      >technology......great!      >      >I have spent all day getting all my programs back on the new      >computer...found out quickly      >that Outlook Express will not work with Windows 7!!!!...so went to      Windows      >Live Mail &      >am learning to use that. Was happy to find that my MS Office XP would      load      >      >into Windows      >7 so that saves me having to buy Office again.      >      >So I am battered and bruised but not broken......(only had 300 emails in      my      >      >inbox this a.m. when      >I finally got back in my mailbox, most of them from ARIZARD )......sure      >appreciate you folks and the      >fine work you do and enjoyed reading every one of them......glad to be      >back.......Harold B.      >      >      >      >-------------------------------      >To   unsubscribe   from   the   list,  please  send  an  email  to      [2]ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the      quotes in the subject and the      >body of the message      > References    1. mailto:arizard@rootsweb.com    2. mailto:ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message