Oh Geoff, you know me so well....

We invested in an external hard drive thingy. We downloaded all the memory from the old computer, isolated it, debugged it, and have managed to reload about 99.9% of everything back onto the new computer. Of about 400 pictures, I reckon I lost about 5, which is a pretty good ratio considering we nearly lost the whole damn lot.

This time, I'm going to put a whole heap of stuff onto CDRoms so that at least I have another copy if the worst should happen again.

All I can say is.... RTFM! Read The F(!&ing Manual! If a programme says it isn't compatable with Microsoft - IT PROBABLY ISN'T!

Our problems were caused by Manitas trying to download a programme for a digital video camera. We've got some rules now....

1. Be extra careful when loading new programmes.

2. Always keep a backup.

3. Do some housekeeping at least once a month, if not every week!

LTS