{"id":49887,"date":"2015-03-19T23:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T05:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/19\/so-about-that-computer-and-the-hard-drive-and-the-stuff.html"},"modified":"2015-05-10T21:45:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T03:45:54","slug":"so-about-that-computer-and-the-hard-drive-and-the-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/19\/so-about-that-computer-and-the-hard-drive-and-the-stuff.html","title":{"rendered":"So, about that computer and the hard drive and the stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, yeah, as discussed, my hard drive is toast. Error determined, huzzah!<\/p>\n

And, as earlier mentioned, I was a dolt and didn't burn a set of recovery disks, like Asus prompted me to do every time I rebooted the computer.<\/i><\/p>\n

So I know I need to buy a new hard drive. I can do that.<\/p>\n

And I know I need to order my +<\/span>Backblaze<\/a><\/span> restore drive. I've done that.<\/i><\/p>\n

But I also know I need to do … something … with the OS … and the new drive … and the booting … and the Windows … and I have the OEM Windows code on the bottom of my computer, so if I had the Windows I could activate it (maybe) … but how do I get the Windows … on the new drive on the computer … with the stuff … and the things …<\/p>\n

I am fairly certain there is a straightforward answer here, but my Google-fu just pulls up answers that don't seem to apply to my situation. Short of going out and buying a copy of Windows (which seems like a waste of a bunch of bucks), how do I get an Windows install for my machine without my machine actually being bootable?<\/p>\n

(Alternately, since my key is for Win7 Pro, I could take the plunge and buy a Win 8.1 disc set and be all ready to enjoy the Win 10-ness for free(ish-SAAS), but aside from the shiny attracting my magpie nature, I'm not convinced there's much value added there. So let's not debate that one.)<\/p>\n

Sigh. I remember when I would know all the answers to this sort of stuff. Of course, in those days it involved floppy discs, juggling extended vs expanded memory, and instructions in Cuneiform on clay tablets …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, yeah, as discussed, my hard drive is toast. Error determined, huzzah! And, as earlier mentioned, I was a dolt and didn't burn a set of recovery disks, like Asus prompted me to do every time I rebooted the computer. So I know I need to buy a new hard drive. 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