Last night, I had both my new and old computers up and running. I have been getting my e-mail through my old computer, because I hadn't been able to figure out how to get the files from my old computer onto my new computer, and I just didn't take the time to try and figure it out. Well, all of a sudden, my old computer just turned itself off and restarted!

I didn't do anything to it, it just rebooted! And just before it got to the Windows log-on screen, it rebooted again! And then the same thing happened about three or four times!! I didn't know what to do except to turn it off at the power strip. Today, I went to see "Avatar" (it didn't have the greatest story or the best dialogue, but overall I loved it...the special effects were incredible!) and when I came home and turned on the power strip, my old computer rebooted over and over, all over again. I was able to go into "safe mode" and actually get it to start without rebooting. I called my sister's boyfriend (my technical wizard) and he was able to tell me exactly where the e-mail (.dbx) files are and I was able to burn them onto a blank DVD. He also said that the rebooting was due to a virus...DAMN!! Now all I need to do is copy the .dbx files to the correct place on my new computer. Fortunately, I do know where that folder is. We'll see if it all works!
Being able to save all my old e-mail was the most important thing to save from my old computer, but there are some programs that I will miss if (when) my old computer really does go belly up.
