So, my laptop, Benjamin, was having some issues. I had to send him to the shop to be fixed. He had some minor problems and I was going to send him but a couple of days before I planned to do it, he crashed. The screen went blue and it said that windows was forced to shut down. Of course, I went into a silent panic.
We took him to the PC doctors and they said that the hard drive was damaged and it needed to be replaced. So ok, we replace the hard drive and fix the other small problems too. Now, I know what replacing the hard drive meant. I expected to lose all my data and I did, I expected to have to reinstall some things like VLC and perhaps Google Chrome. I was prepared for that.
However, things hardly ever go according to plan, right?
As it turns out, I have Benjamin but back it's like he's a totally new thing. The usual suspects were missing (i.e: data, VLC, latest Skype). BUT, something feels a little off with it. Something wasn't quite right.
That's when it hit me. MICROSOFT OFFICE! Benjamin didn't have microsoft office installed anymore! So I can't open any words files. All my thesis work and part time work can't be access on Benji yet because he doesn't know how to do it. Damn it.
Also, the mouse pad is different. I used to be able to scroll with it using two fingers. Now, it's kinda of backtracked to an old fashioned only-one-finger-function mousepad. So no scrolling at all. I only just realised how much I rely on that function. I'm trying to scroll through things and I end up feeling like a fool because it doesn't work anymore.
That stumps me, though. Why would changing the hard drive affect the mouse at all? I suppose this must be a software issue. Did I get an old mouse software to replace the one in my old hard drive?? That really sucks.
All in all, I am happy that I have Benji back but I wish the mouse was the same. :(
The screen also feels different to me but maybe that's just me