Eeeeeeek...

9 January 2011

SOOC Sunday... didn't happen for me this week...

I turned on my laptop and plugged in the external hard drive and ...

nothing... it wouldn't work...

sad slow chugging sounds...

Goodness, Panic ensued...

What was wrong...

I tapped keys...

I called Neil...

I looked at the control panel...

Then Neil said... "how large is the HDD memory on your laptop?"

Umm... says 160GB on the label... yep...

"but that doesn't mean it actually has 160GB to use"...

oh... I mutter... with a strangled voice...

at which point we check the laptop... only 1.2GB left...

I am shocked...

but... I moved loads of photos onto the external hard drive only last week...

now we are talking about an addictive snapper here.

everywhere I go... 100 photos...

on a special photo outing... er... walk... easily 600+ photos can be taken...

I check the pictures section... only 30GB of photos...

but I reason... where is the rest of the memory???

"when did you last do cleanup?" Neil asks...

ummm...

laptop won't even allow me to use my plug in mouse...

fret... fret...

leave for head ache tablet... and cream cracker...

look at the program files... maybe I can delete something... but they are all so small...

only megabites... not even a kilobyte...

mmmm...

mind is churning...

then I look at the folders on the computer C drive...

we have everything listed now to show details...

I spot a little folder called N360 back up...

hover the pointer over it...

52GB... what... size... 52GB...

I don't have N360... I now have Norton 2011 Security...

N360 has been doing over active amounts of backing up... to the tune of 52GB in one year?

Neil looks at me... "did you set it to do back ups?"...

hmmmmm...

I delete the whole file... impolite word muttered at this point...

sigh of relief... I now have 53GB of free hard drive...

it is now after midnight...

go downstairs to watch the new episode of CSI NY and de-stress... with a mug of camomile tea...