computer fixed...mostly

Well, finally got ahold of The Geek Squad this morning. (Not what I wanted to spend my day off doing, for sure, but oh well). Apparently they were supposed to tell me when I picked the computer up that the hard drive acted like there was nothing on it and that it was completely blank. At least I decided to go ahead and buy the new one instead of having them run the diagnostic to tell me that! I can apparently take my receipt in tomorrow and get refunded the money for the transfer that didn't happen. We really didn't lose too much. I lost some pictures, but most of them were on Shutterfly so at least I can still order them. The ones that weren't on Shutterfly were still on my camera. Having to update really stinks though! We've got the new version of Windows, Windows Vista. It won't recognize my Canon software! At least I was able to transfer the pictures on through Windows picture viewer and just not use the software that came with the camera. I would have REALLY had a fit if I hadn't been able to get those pictures off the camera! I'm off again tomorrow, so I will try to get some pics posted then. Thinking it's about time to go to bed tonight! I spent most of the morning today reloading programs on my computer since everything was lost. The only thing that wouldn't work was our web cam. Guess we'll have to get a new one! For some reason, the company that made ours know it doesn't work with Vista, but they are not going to change it. CRAZY!!! Everything else I'm sure will get redone over time. I just have to say thank goodness for Shutterfly. Otherwise, I would have lost pictures from the last year. I have run out of room to store the actual pictures, so I haven't ordered for a while. Better believe I'm going to start backing up once a month (I'll schedule it in my planner so I do it) and ordering pictures when I send them out! ~I also need to find time to scrapbook so I have room to keep all the pictures. I'm cropping all day next Saturday. I can hardly wait!