Almost

Yesterday afternoon, my laptop's networking feature was corrupted - internet access was impossible, the bluetooth cannot be detected. It was like my laptop became useless. I became distracted because I needed the internet badly (nowadays, who doesn't?).

I had no choice but to go to a service center and have my laptop fixed. At the back of my mind, I anticipated that it may have to be reformatted. The last time I reformatted my laptop was way back October 2009 when the fan broke down. I brought it at Sony Service Center near my previous training hospital. I didn't pay anything because it was still covered by its 1 year warranty. Thank goodness for my already stored file at the Seagate external drive, creating back-up files were very short. I admit I never copied some files (i.e. Adobe Lightroom, new mp3 files) thus I have to painstakingly download them again. My anti-virus program (Kaspersky 2011) will also be erased. I still have the cd but I don't know if I can still install it (since it can only be installed in 1 computer). Sayang.. Hay..

The technician told me he'll try to solve the problem by reformatting the entire system, the problem could be the software. Otherwise, the problem lies with the hardware and changing the hardware is expensive. I had to wait patiently for 3 hours while it is being fixed (hopefully). I started to windowshop for a new laptop since I thought the possibility of buying a new one is inevitable (ouch!). I had a target - Toshiba Notebook NB--- worth almost Php25K. I was keeping my fingers crossed that the problem is just with the software. Sana.. Sana..

When I got back at the center, I was happy to learn that it was just a software problem. He was also generous to (secretly) install a new anti-virus for my laptop. To test if the network connection is restored, he installed Yahoo Messenger and Google chrome. The system runs faster compared than before. My laptop seems very new. At least, I only paid for the service fee, a smaller amount compared to a new notebook. It was a close call in spending something that I don't need at this time. Almost..