Technology

[olivermoss]

I write on a laptop that I bought 7 years ago for 99 bucks. I don't let it go online. It's a little walled garden away from the internets. The other day, it stopped being able to talk to my main computer, so I let it and it's programs update. I was worried that the update might bork the harddrive, because updates borking harddrives is what killed my last two main computers. The update went fine.

However, now it powers on slowly, the writing program takes forever to load, it responds slowly to everything and also it did a restart of it's own accord and lost some of my work. It's become an absolute pain to use and now I feel dumb for not finding a work around for the file passing. I could possibly restore it to factory settings, but all the files has associated with the updated programs and ... it would be a very lengthy mess even if the restore worked. I've never had a restore actually work as a fix.

I don't want to replace the system, but I may have just been an idiot and just gave the system obsolescence. I am going to poke at it for a bit, but I am not as tech savvy as I was. Maybe I should re-work how I even do my writing process. I want to be writing not sitting here complaining dealing with this.

Comments

[shipperslist]

Uh-oh, technology... my laptop is 6 years old and while it works properly now, there was a period when some update screwed it up completely and it tended to overheat when put to sleep. Nice (not). All my writing is n cloud but it’s also in Scrivener file so I can’t open them with anything else. 😬😁

But yes. Sometimes I wish I just used an old-time typewriter...

[olivermoss]

Compatibility issues and forced obsolescence are so annoying. I might be able to fix some of this, but it would be a huge time sink. Also, I hate the cloud for personal files. I want my stuff stores locally.

I'd say "I just want things to work!", but then I'll sound like my mother.

[shipperslist]

I’ve resigned to the fact that each year, I sound more and more like my parents. 😑

[highlyeccentric]

Depending on the system and its age, there may be a 'roll back to yesterday' type restore option. I had to use that a few times in 2019, installing and uninstalling work software that had compatibilities, and it was a lifesaver. System restore points, i think they're called?

[olivermoss]

I don't have any restore points. I could do a factory reset, but those don't always work and would still leave me with problems. My safest bet is just trying to bash the current version into shape somehow. It's not a disk space problem, I think maybe the Bios is cranky at me for not keeping it up to date.