How to Install Windows 7 From CD Step by Step Complete guide
How to Install Windows 7 From CD Step by Step Complete guide
As with any OS installation, we must first plan the installation process. When you run the Windows 7 Setup program, you must provide information about how to install and configure the operating system. Thorough planning can make your installation of Windows 7 more efficient by helping you to avoid potential problems during installation. An understanding of the configuration options will also help to ensure that you have properly configured your system.
Here are some of the most important things you should take into consideration when planning for your Windows 7 installation:
Check System Requirements
Check Hardware and Software Compatibility
Determine Disk Partitioning Options
Complete a Pre-Installation Checklist
Microsoft states the minimum recommended specs for Windows 7:
1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
1 GB of system memory
16 GB of available disk space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
DVD-R/W Drive
Internet access (to activate and get updates)
Arranging the Installation
32-bit or 64-bit Version?
You have to choose whether to introduce the 32-bit or 64-bit form of Windows 7. The Windows 7 establishment plate bundle incorporates both 32-bit and 64-bit renditions of Windows 7. Fundamentally, the 64-bit rendition of Windows handles a lot of irregular access memory (RAM) more adequately than a 32-bit framework. So on the off chance that you anticipate utilizing Windows 7 on a PC with more than 3 GB or RAM, I would unequivocally recommend to utilize the 64-bit rendition. Most projects intended for the 32-bit form of Windows will chip away at the 64-bit variant of Windows, and in the event that they don't, you can simply utilize Windows XP Mode (read my "How to Install Windows XP Mode on Windows 7" article).
Note: Either way, you can't utilize a current 32-bit adaptation of a past OS to play out a set up move up to a 64-bit variant of Windows 7, and you'll have to arrange and introduce a new duplicate. Likewise, you can't utilize a current 64-bit variant of a past OS to play out a set up move up to a 32-bit adaptation of Windows 7.
The Installation Process
Like in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and dissimilar to past forms of Windows, Windows 7 does not have a discernible content period of the setup procedure, and it will boot straightforwardly into the Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode.
After a couple of minutes you will see the main incite:
Snap "Next" unless you need to change some territorial settings for the establishment procedure. Hebrew clients should read my "Introducing Hebrew on Windows 7" article.
Click on the "Install now" button.
Note: If you're using the installation media to repair an existing installation of Windows 7 you should also read my latest article on the Windows Recovery Environment.Next, accept the license terms and click on "Next".
Next, unless you're upgrading an existing Windows installation, press the Custom (Advanced) installation type button. Note that in this case, the Upgrade button is disabled because this specific installation if performed on a new computer without any previous operating system on it.
The next phase is to pick the installation partition. Since this computer has a new hard disk that hasn't been formatted before, you will only have the option to create a new partition on it.
The setup process will now begin to copy files from the installation DVD media to the hard disk.
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