Tommy says…

My ASUS laptop screen has died, after months of death throes. Well, the screen itself isn’t dead – it still lights up when I start it up. but no signal is getting through, so it just goes from blank to a slightly more grey blank.

Not being very diligent when it comes to backing things up, I spent 3 hours getting my law notes off the laptop and onto the PC. At first, I thought it would be easy – just plug in another monitor and copy it to disc. However, Windows XP, being so smart, blocks off the output once you get to the login screen.

I tried to get around that by going into DOS, but then realised that DOS (or maybe just my circa 1993 command of it) can’t burn to CD or copy to USB. In the end, I went back to the (invisible) login screen, and operated blindly to log in.

So no more laptop… back to the stone age with pen and paper. *sigh*. If you have a spare $2000 lying around, please send it to Tommy’s Laptop Fund – email for details.