There are three general phases to getting a new computer.
1) Unboxing it and doing the manual setup.
2) Installing all of the software and configuring the machine.
3) Restoring the data from the old computer system.
As of this writing, I'm finished with 1 and am in the middle of 2. It looks like 3 is going to take about six hours to do. The good news is that there is SOMEthing on the backup hard drive that I thought was wiped. The bad news is that I am not quite sure what it is. Sunday night, I started the scan and recovery process and went to bed, only to check the machine on Monday morning to find that the whole process "hung up" (the technical term) at 1:10 am. I do not know if this is a Windows issue, a Dell issue, or the data recovery software's issue. All I know is that the entire operating system froze and neither the keyboard or the mouse worked. (My guess it has something to do with the default settings on the powersave/hibernate option.)
But that is neither here nor there. The purpose of this entry is to describe the unboxing of the replacement Dell.
As some of you know, I through a fit here on the blog after the incredibly shoddy technical support I received from Dell and its third party vendor. Brad at Dell responded in my comments and we worked out a deal for me to exchange my old broken Dell for a new working one.
It came in a box.
Covered in Dell logos.
And an image instructing you to lift it out of the box with a buddy.
The box contained instructions.
And even instructions that depict users reading the instructions.
All of the pre-installed software came on CDs (which was very nice).
And I even found some religious pamphlets included in the box. I guess this means the system was blessed.
I cracked open the case to make sure everything was in order.
I set the new next to the old for some side-by-side comparison action.
Wired up all of my 5,099,234,155 peripherals to the machine.
And cranked her up.
Then I set the old machine in the box, preparing it for the inevitable Viking funeral.
To Be Continued....
