Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:37 pm
My MIL brought over a new laptop that she bought to give to my wife's aunt. I said I would upgrade the HDD, install Windows 7 (instead of 
, put on Office, and some backup software.
I started the installation process during the earlier playoff game. Then I realized the new laptop had no DVD bay. No problem, I have a spare USB one. So I burn a DVD image of Windows 7, plug in the USB DVD Drive... and the DVD is corrupted. So I burn another DVD. The Windows 7 install gets to 0%, freezes, horrible noises come out of the USB drive, and I get the disc out, and it's all scratched up. So I throw away the USB drive.
So then I pull out a backup laptop with a built-in drive. The DVD drive on that machine, of course, is broken.
So I pull out another backup laptop. Put in the new HDD, boot up, and it freezes at 0% install. So I burn another DVD, try it. Stops at 16%, and freezes.
So I take apart my personal laptop, put in the DVD, and the new HDD, and try. Freezes at 16%. Reboot, freezes at 16%. Burn a new disc. Freezes at 0%.
So now I conclude that my personal laptop's DVD drive is also gimped.
So I take my wife's machine, but she doesn't have ISOs to burn, and MSDN won't let me login from her machine (Error, error). So I try to copy them over the network. For some reason, her machine won't do above 200KBs, for a 3GB file.
So I scrounge around my office, and finally find a Windows 7 installation DVD, put that into my wife's laptop with the new DVD, and it finally works.
So my USB DVD drive was broken. My laptop's DVD drive is broken.
Fuck DVDs. Apparently I need to learn how to make bootable USB drives.
I left out some steps... but damned... 6 hours for this shit that should have taken no more than 2, and I still don't have the OS finished.
, put on Office, and some backup software.I started the installation process during the earlier playoff game. Then I realized the new laptop had no DVD bay. No problem, I have a spare USB one. So I burn a DVD image of Windows 7, plug in the USB DVD Drive... and the DVD is corrupted. So I burn another DVD. The Windows 7 install gets to 0%, freezes, horrible noises come out of the USB drive, and I get the disc out, and it's all scratched up. So I throw away the USB drive.
So then I pull out a backup laptop with a built-in drive. The DVD drive on that machine, of course, is broken.
So I pull out another backup laptop. Put in the new HDD, boot up, and it freezes at 0% install. So I burn another DVD, try it. Stops at 16%, and freezes.
So I take apart my personal laptop, put in the DVD, and the new HDD, and try. Freezes at 16%. Reboot, freezes at 16%. Burn a new disc. Freezes at 0%.
So now I conclude that my personal laptop's DVD drive is also gimped.
So I take my wife's machine, but she doesn't have ISOs to burn, and MSDN won't let me login from her machine (Error, error). So I try to copy them over the network. For some reason, her machine won't do above 200KBs, for a 3GB file.
So I scrounge around my office, and finally find a Windows 7 installation DVD, put that into my wife's laptop with the new DVD, and it finally works.
So my USB DVD drive was broken. My laptop's DVD drive is broken.
Fuck DVDs. Apparently I need to learn how to make bootable USB drives.
I left out some steps... but damned... 6 hours for this shit that should have taken no more than 2, and I still don't have the OS finished.