VF21 said:
Heheheheheheh.
Arrived late, did you?
We've got an archaic computer at the office that we've stopped using, but haven't completely trashed yet because we need to remove all of the sensitive information from the hard drive.
Thing's a complete heap of junk, but he asks if he can take a look at possibly expanding the memory and continuing to use it. Since we had a bit of a lull at the office, and the person who is actually handling his training was busy with an appointment, I decide to let him busy himself with the impossible dream and stay out of my way.
He takes it apart, looks at the motherboard, looks at the available slots to expand the RAM and all of that before coming to the conclusion that its a lost cause. Big surprise. Seeing as we hadn't yet had the time, he offers to go ahead and wipe the hard drive so that it can be donated, or trashed, or whatever we plan to do with it.
He tried to do this first by using the system restoration discs, but soon realized that the computer had stopped reading its own CD Rom drive. So, I suggested that he just reformat the C drive and do it the easy way. He's back there clicking and clacking for about an hour before I have time to check up on him. At this point, he offers to let me "take a crack at it" and, needless to say, two seconds later, the job is done.
The little hang-dog expression on his face was almost sad.
Wait until he learns that, even though I am currently the lowly secretary at our office, I will be handling the bookkeeping as of Jan. 1 and will be higher on the totem pole than he is.