Technology troubles

One small incident which happened this afternoon scared the daylights out of me. All was set and I was about to leave for work precisely in 15 minutes to catch my fixed train, when a strange (not by its occurrence, but by its outcome) thought crossed my mind. I thought in the 15 minutes that I have on my hands, why not charge the MP3 player (it is a few days old). So, there I went. Fixing the USB chord to the PC and watching over fondly as the player was getting charged. But, my happiness was certain to get eclipsed. As the 15 minutes got over, I thought of safely removing the device from my PC. At that instance, I was shaken up. The reason: the device was not configured. It just wasn't showing. That scared me even more, because all the devices (read: pen drive, MP 3 player) that I possess are managed in my PC. And a candid confession is that I am ok but not great with these things. My mom started with her lecture that you didn't check before buying and someone bluffed you. At the spur of the moment, I even snapped back at her. I kept on asking my sister if she had uninstalled something (as she has the unique knack of sending the softwares to the recycle bin). She assured, ensured and convinced me that it was not a result of her antics. That scared me even more.

To avoid any further snapping back, I decided to shut down the PC and leave for work. At that jiffy, my sister suggested (brilliant) that we check if the pen drive is working. So, I inserted the pen drive in the PC. This time, in the neighbouring port. To my surprise, it got configured and the folder could be opened. Now, I tried the same with the MP3 player and it worked. I was happy and relieved and finally left.
The 15 minutes had now become half an hour.
The train... It got delayed and so I didn't miss it either.
Alls well that ends well

Manjiri