Windows 7: T-minus 5 days

The general release of Windows 7 is now a mere 5 days away. This is the first Microsoft operating system that I have actively looked forward to! I’m not even entirely sure why I’m looking forward to it so much. I have downloaded and used the Release Candidate some. And I do like the improvements that have been made. So I have only positive thoughts to share about it. I haven’t even ordered my copy yet. I’m waiting for the family pack to go on sale before I place my order. As soon as Amazon or Newegg has the family pack upgrade available, I’ll be jumping on that.

I’ve noted what programs I use on a regular basis for the past couple of weeks and have made a text file that contains all the names of the programs that I need to download promptly in my Windows 7 install. Although I’ll be going from Vista to Windows 7, I’ll be doing a clean install. So there will be a format and fresh install for me.

I plan on backing up all of my data to DVD-RW discs and then pulling them back from those into Windows 7. That backing up process will start either Saturday (later today) or Sunday (tomorrow). And I will be re-opening all of those discs to make sure that the data seems to have made it to the dvd successfully. In one incident a few years ago, I actually lost data doing a back-up to cd-rw’s when one of about 5 discs that I used to back up apparently didn’t burn properly. That was quite a sad moment and I have absolutely no interest in reliving that incident!!

At this point, I’m not sure if Memorize Me V2 will be finished pre- or post- Windows 7 upgrade. If I find myself with a free day, I will work on it before then, but if not, it may well be delayed until after the Win7 upgrade and settling process.