Computer Problems

So my laptop (which is my business & internet computer rather than my music making computer) is down.  Getting a blue screen with an error message (which I have heard happens on PCs “all the time”, but had never personally seen in over 25 years of using PCs).  I think I have all the data retrieved (though my back log of emails that need to be answered might be gone), but I’m still working on getting it fixed (trading repair time for teaching some music mastering/engineering skills).  I’m hoping to get it repaired without needing to go through re-installing all my softwares, but I’m not sure it can happen (the suspect is a bad hard drive, which I guess happens plenty when a computer turns 7 like mine has).  So that’s why I have been out of touch with folks the past few days.  Hopefully it will be back up by next weekend.  I probably won’t do another blog until it is up & running as my internet time is now limited.