testing new modem with laptop

at the crack of dawn (well earlier, i got up at 0430, overheating ...) my pc crashed.

i moved the laptop upstairs, but found that the software i'd thought i'd downloaded, the modem driver, hadn't downloaded properly and there was nothing there. major deprivation moment.

had to buy a new modem.

rather think the pc is totally stuffed. went into set up 4 times, but it would not recognize the main hard drive (i have two, but the one that wasn't working was the one with the os on ...)

so i won't have to ask to borrow anyone's pc to post ... and won't have to post from work, which is seriously frowned upon ....