Back to Square One?

Back to Square One?

After trying many of the potential solutions to my computer problems that I could find on the internet, I finally found one that works for me. It isn’t perfect, but it meets my requirements for the present.

I have opted for a combination of 512GB USB flash drives to save the files I am currently working on as well as the files that I want to be able to access on my laptop. In addition, I will have a backup on a removable hard drive. I am also going to reactivate my old desktop PC as it has a 1Tb hard drive that I can use as an additional device on which to save files.

Eventually I would like to store my backup files on OneDrive (or something similar), but rather than try to do it in a rush, I want to take my time and get it right.

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice and support. I am now able to move forward … and I already have several wargaming topics that I want to write blog posts about.


According to THE GUARDIAN newspaper, the phrase ‚Back to Square One‘ originates from the 1920s and 1930s when football fans regularly listened radio commentaries of matches. To help listeners follow play, the pitch was divided up into a grid of imaginary squares, with Square One being one of the nearest to a goalmouth.

Back to Square One?

The pitch plan published in the press for radio listeners of the match that took place at Crystal Palace Football Ground (Selhurst Park) on Saturday 29th January 1927. The Corinthians (a non-League team) played Newcastle United in the Fourth Round of F.A. Cup, and Newcastle United won 3-1. This was the first football commentary of an F.A. Cup match broadcast over the radio by the BBC, and took place a week after they had broadcast the first commentary of a First Division match. This had been between Arsenal and Sheffield United and the result was a 1-1 draw.

The phrase may also have originated with games like ‘Snakes and Ladders’ where players can end up sliding down a Snake to the start of the game’s track (i.e. square one).

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