Monthly Archives: September 2015

Party At My House

Posted on September 20, 2015 by larry

My oldest son brought in a few friends and they seem to have a good time.  I am really happy to see him interact with his friends because he is sort of an introvert. Also, laptops are ready to go. … Continue reading →

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Laptops Almost Ready

Posted on September 19, 2015 by larry

I have all my gear ready for class, I even got some new cases to use. Tomorrow I will create an inventory list of what I got. Wish I didn’t need to use the netbooks, they are there though.  They … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Takes a LONG time to update

Posted on September 18, 2015 by larry

God forbid I have to do a Windows 7 again, on my netbook it is taking hours, I am watching the clock and it looks like it is about 10 hours now. Why oh why does it take so long. … Continue reading →

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Got My Clonezilla Images

Posted on September 17, 2015 by larry

I finally got my clonezilla images for my training next week. Took way longer than I expected. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Finally Virtualized

Posted on September 16, 2015 by larry

I have an old crusty laptop that I was able to virtualize.  I did not want to install VMware converter on it, also I wanted to see if it was possible to virtualize from a clonezilla image. But there was … Continue reading →

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Buggy Main PC

Posted on September 15, 2015 by larry

My main PC has been acting up lately, it has been randomly rebooting and the C: drive seems corrupt. I suspect heat issues, but also I know my SSD needs a firmware update. As I post I am doing a … Continue reading →

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Taking Apart Son’s Laptop

Posted on September 14, 2015 by larry

I shouldn’t have done this so late, but I took apart my son’s laptop in an attempt to see if I can identify if anything is causing it to overheat. There were definitely some dust bunnies in there.  Hope the … Continue reading →

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Finding Hard Drives

Posted on September 13, 2015 by larry

Trying to find some hard drives around the house so I can get the systems I need to do my lessons. I know I have two official laptops, a Dell Latitude E6400 and a Dell Latitude E6410, I may be … Continue reading →

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Back To Windows 7

Posted on September 12, 2015 by larry

Yesterday I messed with Windows 10, but I am thinking of going back to Windows 7.  I am just more familiar with it. I made a clonezilla of it just in case I want to go back to Windows 10. … Continue reading →

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Getting Windows 10

Posted on September 11, 2015 by larry

I have my two laptops and am still weighing the Windows 10 options.  I have gone through the install on one of them but am still 50/50 on truly moving on to Windows 10 from Windows 7.  Luckily I do … Continue reading →

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