So operation on the laptop was a success - ended up having to burn around 4 DVDs as the windows burner kept failing.
Most of my day was spent around getting the computer back up and running, and I thought I had actually taken a photo of the finished product, but apparently not. So here is Clydey posing in front of my original laptop, which was being used to download the windows image and burn it.
Side note, I love his yellow eyes.