Well there we go then, laptop formatted, partitioned, formatted again, and finally a fresh installation in place. It\'s quicker, not overly quick, but quicker. Next stop more ram, possibly. It\'s nice to have a clean start though, everything put on in the proper order, virus checked and firewalled, feeling secure and snug. Rsync worked well, did it\'s job perfectly and hopefully a new bigger drive (yet to be purchased) will allow it to continue doing it\'s job.

Now we move onto starting M301, tutor group up and running (hello there ) course material unpacked (if not yet read), tonight will see the software loaded and then off we go, one long hard slog until october. Great fun