I agree - odd choice of words. Perhaps he stomped on it in a fit of writer's-block rage? Perhaps he got a virus and doesn't know how to reboot? Perhaps he dropped it while working from the bathtub? Who knows. If he does get a new one, you should ask him for the old one - "for D to play around with". I'm betting you could get it fixed for cheap . Maybe you could just run Scandisk and defrag it?
. Maybe you could just run Scandisk and defrag it?
