updating paranoia Options

[brooklyneast05]

is anyone else paranoid when it comes to updating or changing something on ur computer?

i am, i don't know what my deal is but i always put off updating things. i think because my general feeling is that if it isn't broken, i shouldn't try to fix it. i'm always afraid i'm going to do an update, and something is going to go wrong and screw me over. i just updated the firmware on my comp, finally. of course, it had to have all these stupid directions about holding some button until something else happened. those kinda directions make me even more paranoid about screwing up. then my comp made some loud beeping noise that nearly gave me a heart attack. we survived it though.

so yeah, are u one of those people who loves to keep everything up to date at all times, or someone who puts it off out of fear or just laziness?


oh yeah, and i hate updates because the majority of the time it's not anything noticeably different. that pisses me off, i wanna see that i accomplished something.

[brooklyneast05]

my last laptop, i actually did end up losing every single thing on it. well...maybe i could have saved it, if i had put more effort into it. the little place where u stick the charger thing in, (note my advanced knowledge of technical terminology) well something was screwed up, so that it couldn't recognize my charger. so once my battery charge was gone, my comp was just dead. so i went through this mad rush to get as much off my computer as i possibly could before my remaining battery went dead. which also reminds me, that i hate computer battery readings, because it will tell u that u have 40 minutes left, but in reality, u have about 15. so my battery went dead, about 20 minutes ahead of time, and i lost everything, and then proceeded to rip my screen off out of frustration. so that made it even more unlikely that i'd get my stuff back. some guy said something or other about trying to hook my laptop up to another monitor, but i don't have time for all that mess. i bought a mac, and transfered my songs from my ipod back onto it. so i saved all that music, at least.

anyway, this story is pointless, just to say that i've risked everything once and lost it, and somehow i'm idiotic enough to be risking it again without a back up.

i hate when things can't just work on their own.