And a year later... finished unpacking! (And FF7)

[thistlechaser]

More than a year after I moved into this apartment, I finally got the last of the unpacking done. That's something, huh? Usually I have a rule that if I don't unpack it/need it in six months that I throw it out, but this was stuff that I didn't want to throw (even though I'll probably never need it...).

Funny, but in one of the bags I unpacked I found a demo disk for FF7. It was not at all what I expected. Darned nice video in it. Not FFX level, of course, but I was thinking it'd just be silly sprites or something. Makes me want to play it, but...

...I need a new darned computer! This one is slow, and has never, ever had any sound. I can't get the casing off (special screws and hard to get to them) so I don't know if it's lacking a soundcard or just some driver or something. So I want a new one. What's stopping me? Just that I somehow need to get all the stuff off this harddrive and onto a the one. Wonder if a computer store would do that...

Comments

[tersa.livejournal.com]

A crossover cable connected from one ethernet port to the next should be good enough to allow you to copy your stuff yourself. I'm sure the computer store would be more than happy to rip you off for that convenience, though. :)

You let mallen in your house, you could ask him, too. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Huh. Okay, thanks for the information.

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

The ethernet thing is fine, assuming you're set up for it. But otherwise, you could just pull the harddrive out of the old box and slave it to the new one. Simple matter of pulling a jumper and sticking it in there. Of course, all this is assuming you don't have an external storage system of some sort.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd reply to your post, but my eyes glazed over about halfway through that. I may know software and coding, but I'm a hardware dummy. Computer insides are scary! Like car insides!

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

You can also get FF7 for the PSX, which will play on your PS2, though supposedly the graphics are slightly better in the PC version.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought about that, but I really really really do not have time for a videogame right now.