Hey lads, had a scary moment there during the week when I virtually threw my A217m against a wall... not deliberately, obviously. I had put it into its carry case, leaning against a wall, but I forgot to zip it shut. Then, I was in a rush out of the room so I grabbed the case by the handle and lifted it very quickly.... Result: laptop flips out of case in the direction of the stone wall, at a very high speed.. I literally stood there for a minute in shock at what I had done.
There wasn't any obvious physical damage, like scratches or dents, but the dvd-drive was hanging out, not very reassuring. I tried to turn it on a few times. Each time the bluetooth and wifi lights would come on, and it'd make the booting-up whirring noise, but then it would die with a click. I was really shi**ing it at this stage. I have about a dozen important college projects on it, but hadn't backed up in about a week.. eep! So I tried removing the battery and putting it back in, and trying to turn it on plugged in or just with the battery. Nothing. Then I happened to turn it over just as I pressed the power button and Joy! the familiar "tadada" could be heard. I flipped it back over, and there was the welcome screen, then it came out of hibernation, and incredibly everything was ok. Paranoid, I checked everything to see what was broken; the DVD drive, the bluetooth, the wireless, the keyboard, anything at all. All fine! Quel chance! :smileygrin:
A few days later and everythings still ok. I can't believe it, the thing deserved to be in bits the way it got treated, but I suppose its a testimony to Sony's build quality and design. Thank you Sony! There'd be no degree for me if I'd lost all that data!
