Crash

As Dr. Gilbert poignantly put it, "technology will always fail you." I have experienced this many times, but the strongest blow came a few weeks ago. This summer I decided to convert all of my CDs to mp3 files via iTunes. I bought a 500 GB USB drive and transferred everything over. It worked wonderfully, very compact, I could access any song I could think of with a few keystrokes. But as you have probably guessed it turned sour. One day the drive would not wake up and I lost all of my music. And of course I was foolsih enough not to make a back up. A lesson I have already learned a few times before, but somehow forgot. Maxtor/Seagate (the manufacturer) offers a full waranty, they will replace your drive for free. But what about the data? gone. I'd much rather have my data than a new drive that will likely fail me in a year, the way I see it, it's delayed pain. So I decided to venture into the world of amateur hardrive repair. It was a failed mission. So I'm starting fresh, if you have any suggestions for music I should listen to, please send them this way. I'm open to anything, except John Mayer.