Almost done, computer appears to be working ok, just downloading the updates. Four and half hours! One almighty update! Sent from my iPad
Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts
Monday, 28 February 2011
Hour and half in and about half way through the upgrade!
Slowly slowly so it goes. It looks like I am half way through the process - although you never can tell - these can take forever or does it just seem that way? Sent from my iPad
The upgrade starts
Well I have started the process and things are already getting complicated - ran the compatibility check and I have a couple of issues - one being iTunes which I think I have corrected. Just restarting machine as requested and seeing what happens then. Oh if life were so straightforward! Sent from my iPad
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Read the bloody instructions!
It is really easy to read the letters XP isn't it. Well I didn't find it so and as a result I thought the whole upgrade procedure to Windows 7 was really over the top. I just couldn't understand why this particular upgrade was so complicated and why I would loose all my system info and programmes. It just didn't make sense. So I did a bit more digging and according to the Microsoft website the upgrade from Vista to 7 was suppose to be very simple and I wouldn't loose any data at all. Why the confusion? Well the answer is simple I had missed the afore motioned letters XP at the top of the instructions in the upgrade box. Now I have suffered from this form of word blindness all my life and in my past profession I developed strategies to overcome it. Now that I am a man of leisure I tend not to need these strategies and so I get myself into a pickle every now and then. I have no idea whether this is dyslexia or some other problem but it can be very frustrating. In short I should take my time and carefully read the instructions. However, it is very difficult teaching an old dog new tricks. User error I'm afraid. Sent from my iPad
The journey begins - I'm upgrading to Windows 7
So the here we go. I've unpacked the upgrade packet, read the instructions. It would seem that the Windows 7 upgrade is a major process which rips the heart out of the computer and will result in me having to reinstall all my programmes. This, in itself, is not such a bad thing but I've never had to do this before with an upgrade. Goodness only knows how long this going to take so the only way to find out is to do it. Here goes....wish me luck???? Ps - I know the irony of sending this blog from an Apple Corp product but there we go. Sent from my iPad
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