I *finally* got my laptop restored! I guess 'easy restore' is a relative term? *g* I didn't get a bit of help from the makers of my external HDD, but thank god for Google! I did find some helpful tips on the geek boards. So, despite an incredibly steep learning curve, I got everything put back the way it was. Well, mostly. Some of my registration codes didn't transfer, but that's easy enough to fix.
Now that I've spent *hours* getting it back the way it was, I'm considering wiping the drive and starting from scratch. I'd save the important stuff, all the lovely manips and pics I've got saved, my fic folder, oh, and probably my taxes, but I've got tons of stuff I've accumulated over the years that I really don't need or use.
Of course, all this will have to wait until I'm done writing my latest for
pic_fic *g* That March pic was very inspirational!