For the first time since Windows XP released - October 25, 2001 – I have a new, official, released Microsoft operating system to install. Now, there have been other installations since then, including a couple re-installs of Windows XP, for various reasons. Others included a couple different versions of Ubuntu (Linux) on my development computer, and more recently, the Beta and Release Candidates of Windows 7.
Just before dinner yesterday, Susan informed me that my Amazon package had arrived. I knew right away that it was the long awaited new operating system that I pre-ordered back on June 26. I immediately went to work installing it onto my extra partition. I’m keeping my original Windows XP installation safe in the primary partition, just in case I need it.
After dinner, I basically locked myself in the computer room and started installing applications. First up was my Trend Micro Internet Security software, followed by Microsoft Office and Google Chrome. This, along with creating Susan’s and Andrew’s user accounts, took me well into the night.
Today, the installation continues. My digital camera and video camera software is installed, as well as my sound card software. The big question now is, “Where are all of my original installation disks?” In Washington, I had nearly three shelves full of computer boxes with the original software inside. Before moving, I pulled out all the disks and recycled the boxes. So where are all of those disks now? I truly don’t know. They must be in the attic, because I can’t find them in the computer room. So, until I find them, I guess I’ll be needing to keep Windows XP around awhile longer.
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