Western Digital Portable Hard Drive

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9253648.post-79878487329920385652008-05-13T12:40:00.001-04:002008-05-13T12:40:44.906-04:00Western Digital Portable Hard Drive<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midgefrazel/2490074216/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2323/2490074216_05d008d334_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midgefrazel/2490074216/">Western Digital Portable Hard Drive</a> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/midgefrazel/">midgefrazel</a></div>A week ago Monday, there was a power outage in my area that only lasted for 35 minutes. I have a UPS on my desktop computer which allows me to save my work, and shut down the computer. But, things are not perfect when electricity fails. When I turned on my computer again, my router was malfunctioning and Windows was acting up. The next day, I bought this shiny USB based portable hard drive which is 350 GB. After getting my computer to stay booted, I copied the entire contents of the MY Documents folder to this drive. It took many hours as my desktop computer is only USB 1.0. But, it was successful. I did have to reformat my drive and use another router but, I haven't lost any data. It is a lifesaver. (See the candy?) It is hard to photograph, being shiny black but I wanted you to see the friendly glowing light. Yes, I need a new computer. Sigh. Midge Frazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817669854967092840noreply@blogger.com