[AT] computer problems

[HaliganBar at aol.com]

Boy Cecil, it sounds like you dodged the bullet this time. Back about 5-6 
years ago my brother gave me a UPS for my birthday. I thought it was neat but, 
didn't think I really needed one....I couldn't have been more mistaken. After I 
installed it I was shocked at the number of times the alarm would sound 
announcing that it had switched over due to a voltage sag or surge. Now I wouldn't 
be without one. One of the few downsides of living in the country is dirty 
power. I've also had some close calls with hard drives just crashing. Now I'm much 
more careful about backing -up the important stuff...like tractor pics!

Glad to hear that you made out okay.

Karl

In a message dated 1/15/05 5:53:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
cmonson at hvc.rr.com writes:

<< So, I got lucky this time. FWIW, I have a UPS power supply and
 had inadvertently mixed up the power cords for the monitor with the one
 for the computer several weeks ago and had no surge protection on the
 computer at all - just on the durn monitor. You can be sure it will be
 plugged in the right way when I get it back. Must be CRS setting in
 early.
 
    On a tractor note, I have all of my tractor photos and files
 on the second hard drive on this computer and it would have been a real
 blow to find out I lost them all. Like I said, I got lucky this time
 and everything is OK. >>