I think the chewing gum maybe the problem, at least it always is in my lab computers

Shall we all revolt for you? Would it help?

Its raining in Myrtle Beach--i hate rain at the beach

your necc reflection blogs were really good- I need to tell you sometime about my infiltration of the upper lounge

tclarkeee yep-off to the outlet then movies-sigh-rather be on the sand w/ ipod

I tried it on my MacBook but now can't get the gum out of the disk drive. Steve, what do you recommend?

I call my work laptop the hunk-of-junk. I hate when I'm in demonstration mode and it freezes a million times.

tansmom Thta's a story I want to hear!

tansmom hmmm. The "upper" lounge really set an example. Would love to hear the story too!

go to NewEgg, buy a new Hard Drive. Install windows fresh (or Ubuntu or Leo, whatever) and then get a 2.5in external drive enclosure.

You can move your old data over as you wish, or put the drive back when you turn in the machine.