The Aerie

Crash and Rebound

*%!>crackle< Hello? Hello, is this thing on? Testing...

Hello. We're back from a smidgen of a crash over the last few days, if you happen to have noticed.
Something screwy happened to my hard drives, and while we didn't lose any personal information (like photos or personal files) the system configuration information got all blowed up. In order to fix it I ended up having to go out and buy a new pair of hard drives and set up a whole new operating system, then copy the information off the old pair.

While that was terribly annoying, it was worlds better than what the alternative might have been: that the drive fails and I lose everything on it permanently. So I am not sure, but I think this gets scored in the 'win' column.

One thing that definitely gets scored in the win column was the assistance of my friend Ben, who diligently recreated much of the configuration and setup on the system. Had it not been for him this would all still be down. Thanks Ben!!