Well, I did it. What can I say......I'm absolutely...- flabberghasted!
Well, it took me three initial hours to convince the installer to recognize my new HD (on a RAID controller and therefore not easily visible for Setup), but afterwards....
You know, the first thing that worked was - internet access...
, and I'm connected via a LAN behind a DSL router with a firewall. Explain this...
Well, with internet access and MS update readily available, the rest was/is a piece of cake...