OK, my first hiccup while installing the SSD drive was not having an extra SATA cable!\u00a0\u00a0 Solved for $10 (probably $9 more than I needed to spend) with a quick trip to Radio Shack on my wife’s scooter.\u00a0\u00a0 Decided to time the installation since I got to figure the SSD will make a significant difference.<\/p>\n
Total installation time for Windows 7 Ultimate: 17 miinutes, 30 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0 Subtract at least a minute for my typing and pauses.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, it took me twice that time to put the machine back together and get all the cables reconnected.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Digital Cable connectors can be quite problematic at times.<\/p>\n
Step #2.\u00a0\u00a0 Download latest ATI Catalyst software for the video card.\u00a0 Windows Update automatically found something, but it didn’t install the full ATI Catalyst system.<\/p>\n
That’s as far as I got yesterday.\u00a0 Family responsibilities cut into my fun and I needed to switch back to Vista to record shows during prime-time.\u00a0\u00a0 Copying over the channel and recording settings is going to be the most time consuming part of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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