Larry Hachler came to talk to my class today. He is the hardware maintenance supervisor at Trinity. I think the most important and useful thing that I learned is to back up your files, data, and pictures otherwise you run the risk of losing them. He told us a story about a senior at trinity that was working on a paper for a final project and had put 200 hours of work into it. She was sitting by the pool working on her computer when a bee stung her hand she dropped her computer into the pool. She did not back up her paper and she lost almost all her work. You can back up your stuff at trinity to the Y drive which has 500 megs of storage. You can also save it onto a DVD or some other type of external hard drive.
Another piece of advice that I am taking away from his talk is how to take care of your battery for your computer. He told us that it is a good idea that when you unplug your computer to let the battery go all the way down before you plug it back in and to do this at least once a month. This will give you batter a longer life when you need it. For example if you take it on a plane like I will be doing over Thanksgiving it won’t die right away.
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