Brian, I was in the same situation up till a couple of months ago: then I had an SSD with W10 put into my Toshiba laptop, and the techie transferred all my installs at the same time - did a brilliant job. Now the thing is incredibly fast, even though it is now 8 years old!
I'd try that rather than using the old HDD, which could be close to failing anyway. John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Monday, 29 May 2017 7:45 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE I might have to try that. My old Vista laptop hasn't been updated for about a year because the Update just stayed on 0% downloaded for hours. I'll try the overnight thing. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, May 29, 2017, at 05:39 AM, John wrote: > 1. I finally got Windoze Update working on the Toshiba. > > Based on something I read on a Microsoft forum, I left it running > overnight searching for updates. There were 18 updates available when > I got out of bed this morning. Apparently the Update Client has to > update itself before it will find updates. I'm installing them in > small batches based on release date, oldest first. So far, I've only had one > to fail. > I'll try that one again after I've installed all the others. > > 2. Egghead finally coughed up a page full of refurbished laptops with > Windows 7 Professional 64bit installed. > > If I still end up having to replace the Toshiba, my NEW plan is to get > one of these. Linux can wait until I can no longer get Windows 7. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
