Finally……..

I’ve got the HDD back for the laptop

It arrived yesterday, so last night after I got home from work, and sorted out dinner for Ellie and I, I set about installing software.

First off I completely formatted the HDD, and then opted to install Windows XP again. Would it install? Would it heck as like! So the next plan of action was to try Ubuntu.

This was a breeze to install. Very easy to understand the on screen instructions. The only real decision that I had to make was whether I let Ubuntu partition the HDD itself or I did it manually. I settled on the first option, having had a disaster the last time I messed around with the partitions!!!

Once everything was installed I rebooted and, hey presto, there was a fully working installation of Ubuntu!

I’ve even managed to get the NAS up and running. Now all that needs to be done is get all the old data from the DVD’s and put it on the newly installed system.

The only thing that I now need to do, is install the drivers etc, for the wireless network card. There also seems to be a small problem with my sound card too, as it is not making any sounds at all. I guess that it could be the driver’s need updating.

Anyway, apart form that everything seems to be going well.

As it is, it’s early days but everything looks good for the future