Thanks for the suggestion, John. I'm not sure I want to spend good money on this machine - it's mainly used when I travel and as a third backup for my photo collection (it's convenient to have my entire catalog with me when I travel but I don't rely on the machine as a main backup).
Apart from the Update problem, the biggest drawback is the size of the existing HD. It's just about got to the stage where I wont be able to store my complete image archive. I don't think an SSD will help there. As an aside, I know Vista gets a lot of bad press but I've found it quite reliable on this machine (so much so that I never bothered to install the Win 7 update that came with it). Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, May 29, 2017, at 09:24 AM, John Coyle wrote: > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Walters > Sent: Monday, 29 May 2017 7:45 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] > 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 - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
