Well, I finally have my New PC up and running, along with a new 1TB HDD, and a brand new Windows 7 Ultimate Install.

However the road to get there, was paved with issues.

I built the system myself, and funnily enough, there wasn't a single issue on that front. Readout from DXDiag:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/6/2009, 13:18:53
Machine name: ANTHONY-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P55-UD4P
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4092MB RAM
Page File: 1146MB used, 7034MB available

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9600 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0622&SUBSYS_34991458&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2797 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1007 MB
Shared Memory: 1789 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: ASUS VW266H
Monitor Id: ACI26A4
Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
Output Type: DVI

Onto my issues. It appears that when I was swapping out drives into the new PC, my old OS managed to corrupt the MBR and stopped working on me, and I couldn't repair it using the Windows Repair tools (bootrec), so as I had no tools to repair it on hand, I resigned to pulling off my documents and putting them onto one of my spare drives (using DOS CLI - xcopy), and figured it'd be easier just to completely install windows.

When I got to my Windows 7 Install CD, I realised that it was scratched and wouldn't work, so I had to go for a drive to a mates house to get them to copy me theirs. Got back, put the CD in the drive, and what do I get after running windows "Your Optical drive is missing correct drivers", and I was unable to get past this error, nor are there any drivers out there for the optical drive which wouldn't be with Windows. So I'm guessing that's a bug in the installation program.

After trying numerous things, including a USB Install(couldn't find the drive for some reason), I gave up for the night, and went off to bed, got up the next morning, tried it again, and it failed. Tried again an hour later, and what do ya know. It worked.

I swear, after going through around 5 hours worth of work getting the OS working, I remembered exactly why I liked Linux...