azurelunatic

So after work today I hit Fry's Electronics, where I got a few things, including a nice new hard drive (1TB) and an industrial-strength datavacuum. Then I popped over to the Microsoft store, where I examined the Windows 7 options and went for Professional, as I don't really need paranoid-level security nor multiple languages.

Upon getting actually home, I called my bff for some moral support. The datavacuum was labeled with which way to twist the end to pull it off, but not which actual way was suck and which was blow. This of course is resolved by testing, but I complained anyway. Then I took a Sharpie to the datavacuum so I'll remember for next time.

The inside of the box was dustier than I thought it would be, so it was good that I'd got the vacuum. Bleh. I'm going to be sneezing all evening.

The screws that came with the drive assumed nice thin metal frame, not thick plastic, so I wound up using the screws from the old drive.

The installation was mostly straightforward, with the waiting-to-poking ratio tilted mostly in the direction of waiting. I discovered that if you say you have a driver to install to deal with the hard drive, it will not let you progress until you actually find a driver. So we restarted at that point.

Eventually I broke out the port. And the chocolate.

I'm installing stuff now. It's proceeding. I will fall on my face in bed soon. It's so good to have computers again.

Oh, also they brought me the real computer at work today. Yay!