Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Laptops and Networks and Hard Drives, Oh My!

I properly installed our home network over the holiday break, which was a long-overdue chore. I replaced our router with a wired/wireless router, which happens to be a bit faster than the old one. Then I set up the wireless network for my laptop, which was ridiculously easy. Now I can surf the web and watch Cartoon Network with Jackson at the same time.

So, we have the new pc, the old pc (which some family members aren't willing to give up quite yet,) the iMac and the laptop. Beauty, eh? Almost. The iMac suddenly refused to let me logon. Disk Warrior couldn't save the hard drive, but it allowed me to rescue documents, like so many passengers from the Titanic. Ok, more like the S.S. Minnow. All I need is a used 6 GB-or-better drive to get it up and running again.

Then, the old pc's CD-RW drive failed, making it difficult to load printer drivers and networking stuff. I should get around to re-installing the original CD-ROM tonight.

In a shockingly synchronistic event, my work pc's hard drive failed, too. Before you blame the common denominator in all these failures, remember that each computer is four years old, and the iMac is five years old. That's like 70 in human years, you know, so you kind of expect to replace a few parts at this age. Perhaps, some day, I can look forward to a hard drive replacement, too.