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lsandersonMa current computer is getting long of tooth, what's worse, it's generating a constant string of CLOCK WATCHDOG TIMEOUT errors and crashing. I guess I could try patching the boiler, or adding a few more hamster cages, but even I can read the writing on the wall when it's written in glowing iridescent ink.
Of course, I keep looking for the best new update, spending hours on YouTube and review sites, and I haz discovered that technology haz moved on. I have a slew of hard drives and three 5.25 bays. Cases are not like that anymore. My case will take one tiny squarish radiator, and is that enough for a new CPU? I'm currently in the Intel camp and am thinking of deserting to the Team Red camp. And in a time o' plague! Life is just so confusing! Then ma store that I can skip the sales tax closes for Passover! And they do not have my picked-out MB in stock anyway! Besides, who needs a new computer in times o' plague?
Just like Scrooge McDuck, I hates spending money, but unlike Scrooge McDuck, I haz no money bin I can swim in.
Of course, I keep looking for the best new update, spending hours on YouTube and review sites, and I haz discovered that technology haz moved on. I have a slew of hard drives and three 5.25 bays. Cases are not like that anymore. My case will take one tiny squarish radiator, and is that enough for a new CPU? I'm currently in the Intel camp and am thinking of deserting to the Team Red camp. And in a time o' plague! Life is just so confusing! Then ma store that I can skip the sales tax closes for Passover! And they do not have my picked-out MB in stock anyway! Besides, who needs a new computer in times o' plague?
Just like Scrooge McDuck, I hates spending money, but unlike Scrooge McDuck, I haz no money bin I can swim in.
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Date: 2020-04-10 03:37 pm (UTC)K.
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Date: 2020-04-11 12:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-11 05:09 pm (UTC)Last time around (from XP to Windows 7, IIRC), I had a magic cable and program that brought over all my settings, and that made everything much simpler. This time, I'm starting from scratch. I think I've installed all the critical programs, and I've copied most of the data to a 3Tb hard drive I bought at your behest.
I'm hoping to do the final shift next week. But I'll leave both machines running for a while so I can go back and forth as I remember stuff.
I hate this so much. I would have paid Micro Center to do it, but their backlog was always too long, and now all I get is a recording on the line, though they claim to be open.