Apr 21 2008 01:01 am
Hanoi and Harddrive recovery
Well I made it safely to Hanoi this afternoon. The flight in was great – smooth and relaxing. The drive in from the airport, however, was not quite as calming. Noting dramatic happened but I was amazed at how fast and how close cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians come to each other at such high rates of speed. Crazy.
On the computer front… I can not seem to recover my hard drive no matter what I do so I have asked the folks at the hotel for a new copy of windows to install on this machine while I am in country so that I can have something to use. I will reformat the machine back to the FS image when I return to the US but for now I gotta have something! (Good thing I did a full back up just before I left on this trip!) Currently I am using the business center PC to post and do emails but with any luck I will be back online with my own laptop in a few hours.
UPDATE: A new installation of windows is not working…. trying it for a second time now…. ugh… If the second installation fails I then I will most likely have to go to Knoppix or maybe even install Ubuntu to have something that functions.
I will be leaving the formal APFC dinner in a few hours and will most likely not post again until tomorrow.