Last Sunday my modem died :'(so on Monday I did a deal with my service provider and they sent me a new modem 'free of charge'.
![Cheesy :D](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
It arrived on Thursday and I had a few problems with connection ???and had to go to the local computer shop they asked me to take my computer in to them, so I dropped it off & they said that it would be ready to be picked up in 1 hour. Went back a little earlier and the lady at the desk asked if I had had a noise when it was switched on yes I said its just the fan (because that was the problem once before), no said the lady the hard drive is dying. C#*p.
![Embarrassed :-[](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif)
While thinking that the computer tech. came out looking very sheepish and told me that it had just died.
![Cry :'(](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
Yes I lost the lot.
![Cry :'(](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
Thankfully I had backed up all of my photos,
![Cheesy :D](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
but nothing else.
![Angry >:(](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/angry.gif)
So I have spent a fair bit of today putting back things I can remember,
![Huh ???](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
wrong time to have a seniors moment.
![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
So the moral of this story consists of 3 parts. 1 don't do deals to get a free modem. 2 Listen to the computer when it is making a weird noise and 3 backup EVERYTHING.
![Kiss :-*](https://www.stevedgood.com/community/Smileys/default/kiss.gif)
Marg