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a week ago I upgraded to Windows 7
using the “windows safe transfer” tool windows provides

what they don’t tell us if you are upgrading from XP to 7 and missed/skipped Vista
there may be a wee bit o challenge

I ended up with 8 partitions
and not enough space left to unpack my files from the safe transfer

and when I logged into my computer
the OS kinda pulsated..
quite disconcerting…
and although W7 does not include outlook express
I was sure that Outlook as part of the full
MS Office suite would
but no go
all of which took 2 full days and evenings

so I spent the week only using it in safe mode
and got up bright and early this morning
to start over

this time
I’d spent some time on the phone with my cousin Paul
who advised me to clean boot it
and start over

so I did this morning at 7:30
and then I unpacked the safe transfer
which took
6+hours
and after all was said and done
I couldn’t unpack any of my software
cos there was only 17.7 gb left

after fretting over it for a while
I reformatted again
this time ending up with 4 partitions
but enough space in my main drive
to load software

I’m all good now
except for Outlook
apparently there are issues
but I’m too tired to research them tonight
maybe tomorrow
but not tonight…

I had a really crappy work week
what I really really needed
was a quiet weekend
with no pressure
yet
for some reason
I still don’t understand
I got this wild hair…

and decided to upgrade my computer
from Windows XP to Windows 7
Everyone I know has been raving about 7 so…

here I am 2 days later…
whimpering and sucking my thumb.

the uploader
wouldn’t let me lay the upgrade over my files
so I had to customize the format
and as a result have been fighting with it
all day Saturday
and all day today

I’d moved all my files
to an external before starting
so the only thing that was left
on my hardrive was the XP files

…it was damn near empty
yet
for some reason…
the upload completely filled my hard drive

and I’m unable to unpack any of my files
cos there’s no space left

while I haven’t lost any files
(that I’ve yet to see)
I can’t get the damn thing
to do almost anything I tell it

I am however moving well past the
“I’m gonna shoot this thing with the shotgun”
through the
“I’m gonna hit thing thing with a hammer”
through the
“I got a bucket of water with your name on it”
and well into
“if you are looking for me….
I’ll be in the corner sucking my thumb”

W.T.F. WAS I THINKING???

*sigh*