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Computer stuff
Jan. 12th, 2021 05:40 pmWell, I've already removed the CPU fan, cleaned off the old thermal paste, and reapplied the new stuff, and my computer booted up properly afterward, so I know that that much, at least, still works.
Now, I am just waiting on the Windows Media Creation Tool to finish downloading and installing itself on my USB thumb drive. After that, I will be beginning the adventure of removing my two old HDD drives and installing the one new adapter thing which contains my two new SSD drives.
And then, assuming those work as expected, it will be the task of installing Windows 10, booting into that successfully, then reinstalling everything else I have/had installed on this machine. I wasn't able to find my actual Windows 7 install disks, so if simply using the key from the version of Windows 7 I had previously doesn't work, for whatever reason, I did find an old Windows XP installer disc, so if push comes to shove, I'll fucking install Windows XP first, and then upgrade from that, if need be. Hopefully it won't need be.
(EDIT Update 8:30pm)
Windows 10 installed much faster than I expected (and had no problem using my Windows 7 key), even taking into account that SSD drives are faster than old-style HDDs.
I've gotten Avast Premium Security, AMD Radeon drivers, Firefox, Chrome, and Thunderbird all installed (along with profiles transferred from the previous stuff). Now it's just a matter of copying everything back over from the external drive and reinstalling Steam and Origin and Galaxy and whatever.
(/EDIT Update 8:30pm)
Now, I am just waiting on the Windows Media Creation Tool to finish downloading and installing itself on my USB thumb drive. After that, I will be beginning the adventure of removing my two old HDD drives and installing the one new adapter thing which contains my two new SSD drives.
And then, assuming those work as expected, it will be the task of installing Windows 10, booting into that successfully, then reinstalling everything else I have/had installed on this machine. I wasn't able to find my actual Windows 7 install disks, so if simply using the key from the version of Windows 7 I had previously doesn't work, for whatever reason, I did find an old Windows XP installer disc, so if push comes to shove, I'll fucking install Windows XP first, and then upgrade from that, if need be. Hopefully it won't need be.
(EDIT Update 8:30pm)
Windows 10 installed much faster than I expected (and had no problem using my Windows 7 key), even taking into account that SSD drives are faster than old-style HDDs.
I've gotten Avast Premium Security, AMD Radeon drivers, Firefox, Chrome, and Thunderbird all installed (along with profiles transferred from the previous stuff). Now it's just a matter of copying everything back over from the external drive and reinstalling Steam and Origin and Galaxy and whatever.
(/EDIT Update 8:30pm)
