-- Opera's e-mail client Main Machine: Generic Steel Case ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Mobo AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (Default speed) OCZ DDR3 1333 (2x2=4) Palit GTX460 1 Gig (OC'd to 865 MHz) WD Cariar Black 640 Gig Lite On 22X DVD Burner ASUS 21.5" 1080P Monitor fold...@home (11,000 PPD) Game Box: Cooler Master CM690 Mid-Tower Gigabyte 785G/SB710 AMD Phenom II X2 555 C3 Corsair Dominator RAM 2 gigs PowerColor HD5770 1 gig Seasonic 550 watt PSU 2 Seagate 7200.12 500 gig (RAID 0) LiteOn DVD Burner
I followed some instructions
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/install-windows-7-from-a-usb-flash-drive/ on
using a flash drive to install Windows instead of the old DVD disk and it
worked like a charm on my old, very slow Sandisk 4 gig. I set the BIOS to
USB Hardrive and 5 minutes later 1st reboot. I pulled the thumb drive,
answered name time zone yada yada questions and Win7 finished 13 minutes
to first desktop. Installed video, LAN and sound drivers copied my 22 gig
/steamapps folder into proper place and had a fully functional PC in ~ 45
minutes. It's interesting to me that I only needed the Sandisk for 5
minutes and then it was done copying files to the hardrive. I probably
didn't save much time by comparison but it was still an interesting way to
do it and a first for me. My 4th hardrive is due tomorrow and after that
I'll get serious about setting up my game box the way I want it. For
awhile anyway. lol Anybody else done this yet?
