Well playmates, after 40 years of using computers only for work, I have finally started to play video games on my laptops and tablets, which obviously puts a lot more strain on them. And oh dear me! - this morning I thought I& #39;d lost the D drive on my main 15.5 inch laptop! 1/

I have put a number of games on my laptop, including #Civilization6, #FarCryPrimal, #TheWitcher3 - I& #39;m so new to gaming, at the age of (ahem! - a few of you know!) - and am such a beginner at this - but OMG, what a huge culture of gaming there is! 2/

Anyway, I had to put the games from #Steam, #Epic, #GOG, etc. on my D drive & #39;cos my C drive is only little - and I thought I& #39;d buggered up the laptop for good this morning, when the D drive seemed to disappear completely! 3/

I got the D drive back by rebooting a couple of times, and I can tell you it really put the wind up me. So I decided on the spot to do a complete backup and system image using that old Window 7 backup you seem to get even on Windows 10 PCs. 4/

The extended warranty on my Lenovo laptop has JUST expired, so if my D drive had really given up the ghost in protest at my recent decision to start playing video games, I& #39;d have been well and truly buggered. So the point of this thread is to remind y& #39;all to DO BACKUPS! 5/