“Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating.”
Dave Barry
I'm razing the OS to the ground, and reinstalling all over again. Scorched Earth, so to speak.
As with most Windows Operating Systems that see heavy use, this installation of Windows XP is looking pretty ragged.
For those of us who live on the ragged edge, you've seen it. Usually your system starts getting slow, and defragging and temp space clearing only does so much good.
For those foolish or daring enough (I'm not sure which I am yet), this is the time for a total rebuild of your system. Rebuild it from the ground up.
Lucky for me, I've got some of my building blocks in place. So before we start, here's what we have.
1) An image created for Vista 64 bit on this machine. (I created it a ways back, just in case).
2) Installation disks for Vista 64bit. Just in case the image turns out to be bad. (This is my first use of it, so I'm makings sure to have a backup plan).
3) Installation disks for all my software that will eventually live on the system.
So all that is in play. Now we start the long 'progress bar rodeo' of backing up all my data. (There's no way I'm attempting this without a backup!).
As I write this, my system is backing up to my portable hard drive. That's going to take into the evening.
Tonight, I expect to get the image installed. Forunately, tomorrow is a day off for me (mental health vacation day), so I can finish out tomorrow if needed.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. "What kind of freak are you? It's your vacation day and you're installing software?!?"
It's the best day to do it, and besides, most of what I'll be doing is letting progress bars do their thing.
In any case, wish me luck. Hopefully tonight is met with much rejoicing, instead me cursing the error of my ways.
I'll keep everyone posted!
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