| Oct. 31st, 2009 @ 08:32 am Windows 7 Install |
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Moving from the RC to release version today.
8:30 AM Step 1: backup everything, twice.
I have a 1TB external drive. First I ran the regular sync of my music files. I do this every Saturday anyways.
Next, windows backup. If it goes wrong, at least I can get back where I started with user info bakups and a system image. I've had this running every Monday, just doing it today to have everything up to date and make sure the image is recent. I've been clearing old files off the external drive all week to make room.
Guess I'll shower while that runs.
12:28 AM So, 4 hours and one new router later... The router problem is unrelated, we just got tired of having the internet drop out every saturday morning. Now I'll run Windows Easy Transfer. Also rooting around to find my XP licence, which I'm going to need during the upgrade. It's probably about time I actually stuck that sticker on the case. I notice that for 7 the product key is just in the packaging.
1:46 PM OK, time to put in the disc and let 'er rip.
2:35 PM I'm back online, firefox is installed and i imported back my favourites. I notice that the installation process, rather than formatting the harddrive, just put my old files in folder windows.old, which is interesting. It's nice that I didn't have to reformat, but I would prefer that it had actually asked. Now there are updates to run, and then I'll use ninite.com to get alot of the programs I want installed (thanks Lifehacker!) First, I have to reboot for updates.
4:20 PM My files and settings have been transferred back by Easy-Transfer, and everything seems to be working. I still have some minor programs that will need reinstalling, but all the majors are taken care of. |
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