Windows grief, part two
TL;DR: I got through all the steps in my previous post, and now have a semi-functional Windows install. After getting all the data off my desktop PC SSD, I re-mounted […]
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Windows grief
The SSD that I installed in my desktop PC a couple of months ago has been working fine. Up until yesterday. I got a random blue screen error yesterday, while […]
SSD upgrade, part two
I finished my SSD upgrade last week. (Here’s part one and part zero of the SSD saga.) The bracket showed up in the mail, so I opened the case up, […]
SSD upgrade, part one
Amazon’s same-day delivery got me my new Crucial MX500 SSD at around 6pm yesterday. It came in minimal packaging: no screws or cables or anything useful, just a 7mm to […]
Finally upgrading to an SSD
I’ve been thinking about replacing the old hard drive in my desktop PC with an SSD for quite some time. I bought the PC in 2016, from Costco. It’s a […]
MacBook Air and WWDC
Here’s one more post on my new MacBook Air and other Apple-related thoughts. When the old MacBook went south, I was initially considering dropping macOS entirely, just getting a new […]
MacBook Air migration
I’m just about done setting up my new MacBook Air. I hit a few bumps, but I think everything has worked out in the end. My initial plan was to […]
new MacBook Air
I have now officially given up on my old MacBook Pro and bought a MacBook Air. I’m not entirely happy about this, but it seemed like the path of least […]
probably giving up on my MacBook
I think I’ve gone from worried about my MacBook to “almost ready to consign it to the scrap heap.” I’m pretty sure the hard drive cable has gone bad again, […]
Worried about my MacBook
My MacBook has done a fair bit of random crashing today. I’ve had it since 2013, and I’ve had problems with it before, so it wouldn’t be surprising if something […]