Back up regularly my friends as you never know when disaster will strike.

There's actually some good news and bad news so I'll break out the bad news first.

My old power board was super dodgy and probably quite unsafe so I decided to get out there and replace it. The rocker switch was broken so an accidental knock to the power board meant lights out for many key components in my room (see also: my computer).

I'm now the proud owner of a new concealed power board by ****** which has 6 slots and clips together in a clamshell sort of setup. This is super handy as I have a major problem with dust in my room so this should help to minimise that issue.

As I busily unplugged and replugged all the cables in to my new power board I took the time to also get the dust out of there and make sure everything wasn't tangled up etc. When I was satisfied with my handiwork I decided to flick the switch on my new PC and that's when everything went downhill.

Basically I didn't plug my monitor power cable in properly on the power board end and as I wiggled it around I realised my PC power cable also wasn't quite in the socket. The short story is that in the wiggling the PC turned on and off quite rapidly a few times and as a result the hard disk I had with windows on it and all my productivity applications turned in to my new paper weight.

Thankfully I backed up a few weeks ago so all I really lost was some email.

The good news is that I took the opportunity to order 2 new 750GB hard drives and slotted them in to my machine last night. I now have 1421GB / 2100GB free which means that i'm technically close to a terabyte of used storage, truly remarkable. :)

The moral of the story is to back up regularly and often and always always make sure you check everything is plugged in perfectly before turning anything on!