Not need to pay...ITS REALLY SIMPLE.
You wont be able to install with the dvd because of specific settings in the bios...
Its the exact same process in windows as well. If you want to pay 5 times the price for an equivalent machine because you believe the installation of a drive is easier then so be it. Macs actually dont have the ability to handle more than one drive internally or run blue iris properly, which op wants.
Thanks fenderman, new day, calmer at the moment. ha ha. I tried several times to install from disc, then I saw your post. No wonder it won't work. I'll call Dell. Thanks for being patient with me.
The support is good because its optiplex business...home would be a different story...HP business is even better...
Im not talking about 2.5 inch drives...keep fooling yourself and paying a 5x+ premium, there are suckers born every day........I have never had to make a repair to a desktop other than an occasional hard drive and I maintain many pc's...laptop repairs are VERY rare. DELL HP and others have a three year next business day warranty so you dont even have to go to the apple store. I guess these apple devices keep dying on you if service at the apple store is that important. I dont have these issues with windows. If windows was a nightmare to you then the only explanation is that you are a computer novice. Really. There is no other way to explain it.
Seems you were buying bottom of the barrel hardware then complaining. You know the same folks who make apples memory and motherboards make them for windows machines? Something is very wrong if you are had these constant failures. I dont have magical machines. They work fine. Bad software doesnt cause a machine to fail. Paying 5x more for the same hardware is insanity, the fact that you get it for free doesnt get factored into to whether its a good buy for everyone else. Its a suckers buy.
Again,acting before seeing your advice.
Dell sent the disc and i installed it without issue. He also sent the driver disc which was also helpful. It's a Windows 7 disk as that is what came installed on this PC. No big deal. Will let it update to 10 then perhaps download ISO and do a clean install if that is important (vs. update over Win 7).
I wound not do an in place upgrade on a new pc..i would download the windows 10 iso onto a USB drive and install it clean. There is nothing to google. I posted the link to Microsoft's tool that will you create a usb installation drive. Make sure you have the windows 7 key that came with the PC as you will need it when installing (you can enter the 7 key in the 10 installation prompt)..the 10 key may also be in the bios, but usually if the system comes with 7 its not...if there is no key, then you can do an in place upgrade, make sure that 10 is activated, then you will be able to do a clean install with no key at all (microsoft registers the components on the pc and you will never need the key again for that system).Again,acting before seeing your advice.
Will Google on making a copy of Windows 10 on USB (that is possible, right, being as I have a license).
Fenderman, I can't thank you enough for your help. But be forewarned, once I get the PC updated to Windows 10 I know I'll be back for many searches and questions on Blue Iris and other hardware.
Much great information and help on this site. Well worth the membership!
Considering your Mac is using entirely PC parts (excluding the BIOS, which is the only difference ) that's a pretty stupid statement. Also, I can link you to Mac support forums of iMac users having the same SSD migration headaches.
I think with the newest release, one works for all...it used to give you the option when you create it..it doesnt matter, just try to create it and see what happens...
who said anything about time machine? Only rookies and those who don't know use time machine or even use it existance to prove a point.