Well as usual I got distracted again and didn't get the OS cloned over to my M.2 drive, but not to worry, I had a slight change of plans.

The distraction was fishing my Thermaltake Chaser AMD rig out of storage to retrieve important data stored on its SSDs.  That took me half the day, and by the time I'd gone down town to fill a couple of prescriptions the day was pretty much spent, so messing with the Level 10 Intel rig to clone an OS just wasn't going to happen. A simple enough job without expending too much energy, yes, but I just couldn't be stuffed after a somewhat long and energy intensive day sorting shit out.

Anyway, I got to thinking overnight and the change of plan was hatched to install the M.2 in the AMD machine instead.  While it is lightning fast already, possibly even faster than my Intel rig, I just want to see how much difference the M.2 would make, speed and performance-wise.  Besides, it currently doesn't have an OS installed, and the Intel one does, so I figured it'd make better sense to do a clean install of a previously unused copy of Win 8 Pro on it.. 

Hehe, I knew it was a good investment to pick myself up and extra copy while they were still going for 40 bucks.  Now it's just a matter of getting the AMD rig out of it's box, connecting a few things here and there, and away I go.

Depends on when you started drinking I guess.

If it was A LOT on Sunday, then there's yer answer.

If it was SOME to calm the nerves on Monday AFTER the discovery, then the problem was/is real.

Seriously, though, I do recall you having a similar issue with Windows/MS updates and sys restore some time ago.  When it was tracked down as to why, your BITS [Background Intelligent Transfer Service] was missing.  Don't know if it's relevant in this case or not, but I seem to recall yrag suggesting a repair install from the Win 7 disc when sfc /scannow didn't restore it.  It's something to think about should the problem persist, cos it seems like some system files may either be corrupted or missing.

Anyway, . I am still no closer to getting my AMD machine back online because I am missing some parts to complete rebuilding it.  I have them but it's a right royal pain in the arse locating them when all that kind of stuff is packed up and in storage. 

While I can access the crates/boxes alright, I've just not been up for any heavy-ish lifting of late with arthritic and lower back pain.  Most people with arthritis will say that cold aggravates it for them, but I find that I suffer more with the Summer heat, and just recently we've been going through a bit of a heat wave up here, with temps in the high 30s to low 40s....  it's just not the kind of weather to be trying to exert myself in.

Oh well, it's not like I need it that urgently.  I've got my big beastie so a couple more days won't hurt any.

Oh yeah, and I like alcohol, too... though I don't know that it likes me too much.  It is said that alcohol is not good for bones/bone conditions, not that I let that stop me having the odd beer or 6 now and then.  In fact, it's 4,13pm and I'm on my 3rd of the day... and after an 11 year abstinence from hard liquor, I'll  occasionally have a couple of bourbon and cokes of an evening before bed.. not to get pissed or anything, just to help me wind down a bit.

Anyhow, it's refill time.

I've had sfc return an AOK result when in fact it wasn't, thus requiring a repair install from disc to remedy the issue.  In my case, sys restore, updates and other services were on the blink... like I couldn't call up Wordpad or other Windows Accessories.

Ditto!  I will never use anything Norton again.  Besides being too resource intensive, it takes up a lot of HDD space and tends to choke performance.  Well that was my experience and I have no desire to revisit it.  I've been quite happy with Avast over the years and see no reason to change at this time.

Well I managed to retrieve the parts I need to finish rebuillding the AMD rig, so will complete that sometime this evening.  I wouldn't have had to do so if I hadn't taken the parts for the Level 10 rig, but at the time I wanted to put all the higher-end stuff in it and use leftovers from previous upgrades to rebuild the cannibalised AMD rig. Oh well, it's the price I pay for constant tinkering to make each new rig the best I can and not have to buy all new to do it, though I shan't be compromising with this next build.

The next build will likely be my last major upgrade as it will be as high-end as I'll ever need or want.  Then maybe I can concentrate more on a few household items to help make life a little more comfortable.

Turning it off tomorrow...for 3 days....off to Phillip Island for the historic Bikes - so it can have a rest....

....and me too...

you two seem to have had a reletively positive experience with norton/symantec virus 'products'.

I have seen several cases (on customer computers) of norton LETTING virii into the computers (and norton claimed to know the virii) and having the computer actually infected with the virii and I had to manually remove said virii AND norton.

from these experiences I have chosen to call the VIRUSes  not anti-virus

harpo, the NON-subscriber

harpo, the NON-subscriber