PCs do fail, but then, what doesnt?
And PCs only fail at the end of the month or right at the beginning
. Just before bill paying time
. And on holidays
. And at one year intervals
. And just after the service plan expires.
Thankfully the in home service plan enables the associated support team to shuffle through the entire gizmo, replacing everything within it as they dont actually know whats wrong to begin with
hence you wind up with a new pc
such is my case on the last 3, anyways. So Ive two more waiting in the wings
. If needed.
My first one from 2001 still runs
but I gave it away to a friend.
The only true big deal is if no backing up was done along the way and significant data was lost due to a failure.
I found one app I really like for keeping the pc and me safe. Acronis true Image. About once a year I have that app completely wipe and reinstall the os. It takes about 30 minutes. Then a couple hours to redo all my preffs, securities and themes, other apps, etc., as its back to the right out of the box way it came. Its Easy. If my mind wasnt so sieve like Id save an image of the finished reinstall, and simply mount that one instead of going back to scratch each time. Oil well, maybe someday Ill figure that one out too.
Using that reinstall app, I've only had to call support once in the last 3 years. It was my fault. I applied a uh, tweak to the front of the tower with my fist when it became hard to start. Apparently, PCs that fail to start up, don't react well to being struck with great enough force to dent the cabinent and break the front plate into pieces.
Who knew?
