A "New" Computer

After many months of turning on my computer 

knowing that within minutes it would freeze for 

at least an hour and then come up with this 

same old message of failure...




... it was time for drastic action. 

1: Buy an external hard drive
2: Back up everything on my computer
3: Spend hours over several days working with three different Microsoft advisors online to finally get a full computer reset to work

4: Wait hours for the computer to build a new operating system

5: Spend a couple more days reinstalling all my software and files
6: Knit (restocking the Etsy shop with mittens) while waiting



It was worth it! I can now hit the power button 

and get right to work. What a novelty!