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I remember when putting together a new system took longer than the OS installs.

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PlatinumGold

Lifer
so, i put together a new system.

installed OS, (WinXP) updated OS, installed apps, Updated Apps, Updated Drivers. installed AV, AntiSpyware,

damn, I've been at this the better part of today, 5 hours.

 
Originally posted by: illusion88
you dont have an entire system install disk? No image of a "fresh" HD you can load on?

amature 🙂
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if it were for a client, yes. for myself, no. no 2 systems of mine have ever been similar enough to warrant that.
 
It takes me about 5hrs also from install to end. i always hate reformating just because it takes so long to do the whole process.
 
Originally posted by: MrYAK
It takes me about 5hrs also from install to end. i always hate reformating just because it takes so long to do the whole process.
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Not if you use Ghost, True Image, or other imaging software. 🙂

A reformat and restore for me takes about 15 minutes.
 
Gaah doing a new install takes forever.
Install OS, Load all drivers necessary, install updates, install software, re-set up software, work out software problems, pull hair out, etc....
 
I can format my machine, install Windows with all the latest updates, install all my programs, and have everything configured exactly as it was before the format in under 5 hours.

Methinks you are slow.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: amdskip
You are slow. I could do one in 2 hours or lesss😛
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sure you can. downloading 210 mb sp2 and installing it by itself took almost 2 hours.
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Maybe someday hard drives will be big enough that we can keep 210MB files around on the off chance we might need them again. We can only hope for such a glorious day.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: amdskip
You are slow. I could do one in 2 hours or lesss😛
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sure you can. downloading 210 mb sp2 and installing it by itself took almost 2 hours.
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you have a slow connection,

and everyone should have SP2 slipstreamed already...
 
and HDDs already are big enough to have stray 210mb files on them....

Bah, thats just 4 80gig's in RAID0 talking tho (an like half the peeps here proly have like 4x as mcuh storage as i do)

~new
 
5 hours? Damn, it takes me about 2 days for a new install. But that includes all the OS tweaking and software installs, games, etc.
 
Double-click install app. Next. Do you agree to the terms of the agreement? Yes. Next. Next. Continue. Install. Next. Finished. Reboot Now? Yes. Rinse. Repeat 4000 times.
 
It takes me a little longr because I have to go through alot of Windows settings and change them to meet my needs a personal preferences.
 
Took me 40 minutes to build my Athlon 64 3200+ system and about 35 minutes for the OS (Windows XP SP2). I have a DVD with all the applications and utilities that needs to be installed. Tweaking the settings takes about a week. This has become boring to me, so far every system I've built works on first boot. And yes, I read the freaking mobo manual.
 
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