Well, as suspected, the more challenging part of the hard drive install was to come. Getting the software back onto the PC didn't necessarily go as planned, but all appears to be OK. I am about 75% back to normal now. I realized about Tuesday that I had no video or sound and using Device Manager I couldn't even pick a default audio device. Hmmm. That's going to make listening to iTunes difficult. The coverflow feature already wasn't working. Back out to the internet. Apparently, when you re-install XP, it wipes out your video/audio drivers and the first thing you should do after bringing XP back up is to download and re-install the Chipset... onto the Motherboard... Huh??? Thank God for Dell and their Service Tag #s. Downloaded the chipset, installed it(twice... the first time locked my PC up). And downloaded the audio drivers (also from Dell) and voila - sound!!! And iTunes Coverflow works!
While this has been a bit of a pain, it's still better than spending big $$ on a new computer. Besides, that money saved is now going to pay for the new exhaust on the Explorer- something it's needed for a while. Couldn't hear ourselves think anymore when driving it, so had to get it done.
Tomorrow, we are heading to the Auto Show with Diane & Nathan who are supposed be on their way up to the Twin Cities right now for the weekend! Too bad it won't be sunny while they are here. Oh well. Have a great weekend!
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