On 8/27/15 3:41 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:18:48 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

My wife got a new desktop computer, and I'm "preparing" her old Dell
desktop as a giveaway. So, I'm installing a "fresh" version of Win 7 on
it. I just know it will crash halfway through or fail to install drivers
or, well, the usual Windows crap.

"Your computer will restart several times during installation."

Until it stops restarting altogether.

Why don't you have an image of the machine when it was new?

Always make an image of a freshly loaded machine after you get
everything working and put it away. It will usually fit on a DVD.


I thought I did have an image, but it was "unfindable." In any event, it
seems to be running properly now, after I wasted a day of babysitting
it. Just checked...the reinstall of Win 7 runs about 50 gigs... So I'll
have to image my wife's new machine onto my server, since I am sure
it'll take a bit more space than that.

On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:42:46 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

.the reinstall of Win 7 runs about 50 gigs

Yikes, talk about bloat!