I really will post pictures

[Grandma M]

Thanks Camille. I think I will get an external hard drive. It has been a real pain trying to retrive what I can. I have lost some things which I can't replace. I think prevention is the way to go.

When you back up your info does it also back up your program files?

I found that Vista will not work with some of the programs I was using on XP. The computer I bought has Vista on it but I will get a free upgrade when the new program to replace Vista is available. Hopefully my current programs will still be usable.

Fortunately, some, but not all, of the family pictures I lost can be scanned in again. My scanner would not work with Vista but the man helping me said "don't buy another scanner, the one I have is better than most of the newer ones". He played with it until he got it to work. I can't scan using my computer, but he found a way for me to use it using the buttons of the scanner. It is difficult but it works. Saves me the expense of buying a new scanner.

As soon as I figure out how to get my pictures from my files to copy into the forum, or get Photobucket back up, I will have a bunch of them to post.

Marilyn