I had a nice sidejob today, a co-worker of mine wanted me to recover some files from a hard drive for him. He wasn’t sure if the drive itself was failing or if something just went awry in Windows. It turns out the drive itself is fine, despite being made a decade ago and having 50,097 hours on it. The only crime is that it was running Windows Vista when it choked. I got all of his requested files and some other stuff that may be of possible value off of the drive, and also made a mirror image of the drive just to be on the safe side. I’ll have to see if he’s still running Vista on his computer, as he told me that he hasn’t touched this particular drive due to issues. Perhaps I can get him onto Windows 10 Pro and make a little more money on the side, and also do a good deed in proper security. He says him and his wife like playing WoW and a few other games, and you really shouldn’t be surfing the web on OS’s that are past their prime due to numerous exploits and issues at both hardware and software levels. I’m glad I have an AMD system with primary Linux use.
It looks like I won’t be blogging about any food porn of my own tomorrow. I’ve been invited to a farewell party for a friend and former co-worker who is moving out of town. There will be margarita’s involved, and no I won’t be bringing a sombrero; that is only worn once a year… I’m sure watermelon margaritas will play a small role in the evening. I’ll also finish up my next YouTube release; assuming I don’t have one too many. 😛