Hollaback young'un!

Well, the only thing that is back is my ...

LAPTOP!

My dad, who is the least sports-y (his forte is golf), least outdoors-y (he abhors hunting), least computer-savvy dude did something to the motherboard, and it's been working!

I instantly backed up all of my photos and docs, and then deleted everything that was on a disk or that I didn't need; which I will do from now on. THEN I went through myTunes collection, which has taken a full day, and backed up all my music, and deleted the stuff from iTunes that I just really didn't need - which turned out to be 8 GBs!. THEN I used the Windows tool "clean up disk C:", which gets rid of temp files and things that you don't need. I got rid of 1 MILLION KBs of info, not to mention about 9 GIGS! from myTunes and my photos. THEN I de-fragged my computer, which streamlines your files so that they are in order (when you download things, your computer puts them wherever the free space is.) This took about 2.5 hours! But I think Old Bess is working okay, and that takes $800 of the stress of buying a new computer out of my life! YAY!
I just COULDN'T BEAR to lose this computer, so I will attempt to take care of it to the best my inept knowledge of technology will allow.
Hollaback, young'computeruns.