Well, the hard drive on my Dell Latitude is no longer making that horrible grinding noise, the sound that preceded the previous hd failures (two in the last year) on this machine. I'm beginning to wonder if I've got some bad heat condition or possibly a structural or shock-absorption problem. It doesn't seem like it would be the drives since each one has been a different model and they failures have all happened in this one machine (but none of my co-workeers with identical machines have had the problem.)
Things sound good today and I'm now well backed up. I've only got this machine as long as I'm with my current employer and that's scheduled to end in about five weeks so I'm still crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
Laptops kick ass. Laptops suck.
