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After preparing my new SSD, the hard part (or rather easy part) was transferring the current Windows 7 operating system and all its contents (users, documents, etc) off the old HD and into the new SSD. What I wanted to achieve was to mirror the contents of my C: drive onto the SSD and simply swap out the drives and re-use the old SATA cables. To create the C: image I used Acronis True Image Home (free trial) -- which according to the internet, is one of the better products to do this with. Continue reading...

The next step in my system upgrade was to install and format the new hard drives, migrate all program files over to the new drive, and setup symlink's for legacy paths. For my upgrade I was installing a 1TB internal HD that will house all my program and game installations, and a 128GB SSD that will house the Windows 7 OS. This process was pretty tedious, so bare with me and follow closely. Continue reading...

My desktop computer is almost 2 years old, but certain parts of it are way over 5 years. My C: and D: drives were taken from my last computer and re-used in my new custom built desktop (primarily to save money). I really wanted to upgrade my HD space and switch to the latest craze, an SSD. While doing this upgrade, I felt like I should blog about what I did and any problems I ran into. Continue reading...

In the newest 2.2 version of the Forum plugin, a subscription system was added. This system allows for users to subscribe to topics and forums and then receive email notifications at specific intervals. This feature required minor database changes so a new upgrade shell was added to handle this. You will only need to run the upgrade shell if you are upgrading from 2.0 or 2.1. If you are doing a fresh install, you can ignore this post and the upgrade shell. Continue reading...

The Uploader plugin has upgraded major versions from 2.8 (CakePHP 1.3) to 3.0 (CakePHP 2). Since this is not a backwards compatible change, the 3.0 version can only be used in CakePHP 2. Continue reading...