Sombody quipped that you'all would have to clear the decks. Nah, thinks I. Walk in the park. Should've known.
There may be a problem. I found everything sticking right at the bios reading stage as well. Suddenly, everything is working while I load afresh, XP on the second partition.
I was only doing this as a test and a backup, but it's taking longer than I remember.
If when the PC has cooled down, it miss-behaves again, I'll be back to the lad that sold it to me. It's a bit like a thermal problem, but I haven't done things like check the bios battery etc.
What I don't know, is how to carry the W7 RC download file to the new machine. I guess I can put the file on a DVD, but I don't have a stick big enough for the 2.7 Gigs. I thought I'd put it in one of the other partitions and see if it installed from there. Anyone remember the size cos the name looks unfamiliar. It won't paste, but starts 7100.0.090421 2.471 > Gig. That is the RC download innit?
My memory is getting so bad.
