Installation of window 7

Installation of window 7

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Whether you want to set up a dual-boot system, you're ready to migrate all
the way to Windows 7 from XP, or something in between, here's what you
need to know for installing and playing with Windows 7 and fear not, thy
noble purchaser of legal software: its (mostly) painless.
Microsoft offers several paths to install Windows 7. You can upgrade
from Windows XP or Vista, or do a clean install on your computer. The clean
install process took us exactly 18 minutes on a modestly spec-ed machine
and it has been our fastest experience right from Windows 3.1 to a bloated
Windows Vista.
The upgrade procedure is different depending on whether you're
currently running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Windows 7 provides
a direct upgrade path to Windows 7 from Vista. This means that when
you install Windows 7, all you need to do is select the Upgrade option
during Windows 7 installation. Note: Windows 7 requires that you've
installed Vista Service Pack 1 over your base Vista installation in order
to upgrade.Unfortunately, Windows 7 doesn't provide a direct Upgrade path for
Windows XP users, and you have to go through the whole process of backing
up your data, formatting and installing Windows, and then restoring your
files and settings using the 'User State Migration Tool' which moves all
your desktop, application and system settings apart from your files to a new
Windows installation. It is kind of like Microsoft's punishment for skipping
Vista, but Microsoft has made sure not to alienate XP users and they've
provided a series of videos detailing how to migrate from XP to Windows 7
on their website.
Let us get down to installing Windows.
2.1 What are your options?
You've two options from the default installer:
Upgrade to Windows 7 – This option upgrades your current operating
system and keeps your files, settings and programs as they are presently.
Install Windows by performing a custom installation – This option is
used to completely replace your current operating system, or to install

Windows on a separate partition for multi-boot. This is your only choice if
your computer does not have any operating system. This option also gives
you advanced Disk Management features such as Format, Extend partition,
Create or Delete partition if you have booted your computer using the
Windows Installation Disc and not using the setup.exe from your existing
Windows installation
A custom installation does not retain any of your programs or settings.
If you delete or formatted the partition that holds your current Operating
system, all data on that partition, including programs, files and settings
would be permanently deleted once you go with the installation process.
However if you decide not to format or delete the Windows partition
and install Windows 7 on top of it, all your user files will be saved in
a 'Windows.old' folder automatically on the same partition. While this
does not delete your previous files, your encrypted files will be rendered
useless in the new Windows. So, we recommend you to back them up before
performing a Custom Install. You can delete the ‘Windows.old’ folder using
Disk Cleanup Utility on your Windows partition.
2.2 Install Windows by performing a custom installation
You can choose one of the following options:

• If your computer already has some
version of Windows installed and
you want to replace it with Windows
7 without making any changes to
your partitions, boot into it, insert the
Windows 7 installation disc into the
DVD drive or mount its image using
PowerISO or Daemon tools and the
likes. Then open the Autorun File or
Setup.exe.
• If your computer doesn't have an
operating system installed or if you
want to create, extend, delete, or format
partitions, you need to restart your
computer with the installation disc
inserted in your DVD drive. This causes your computer to start (or "boot")
from the installation DVD. If you are asked to press a key to boot from DVDor CD, press any key. For this to appear, ensure that your DVD drive is set

 

as your first boot device in BIOS. Some manufacturers even give the option
of selecting the boot device from a menu without entering BIOS by pressing
some function key. Check the first screen that appears when you start your
comp for that.
• You will see the Install Windows page. Click on Install now.
• On the "Get important updates for installation page", we recommend
getting the latest updates for better driver compatibility and latest security
patches. You will need an Internet connection for this. If you use a proxy
for connecting to the net, enter it in your
IE settings.
• Next, check the “I accept the license
terms” option on the Please read the license
terms page.
• Click on Custom when you get to the
‘Which type of installation do you
want?’ page
• Next you will get the “Where do you wantto install Windows?” page. Do
one of the following:
• If you don't want to specify       
a specific partition to install
Windows on, or create partitions
on your hard disk, click on Next
to begin the installation.
• If you already have another   
existing partition with enough
free space and want to have more
than one operating system on the
same computer, you can install
Windows on that partition. This
is called a dual-boot or multiboot
configuration depending on the
number of Operating systems
installed. Make sure to install
Windows on a different partition
from the partition where your
other versions of Windows are
installed. Select the partition you
want to use, and then click on
Next to begin the installation.
• If you want to create, extend, delete, or format a partition, click Drive
options (advanced), click the option you want, and then follow the
instructions. Click on Next to begin the installation. The Drive options
(advanced) option is disabled if you have started the installation from your
previous Windows and not booted from the installation disc.
• Now just follow the instructions and you should be set with a new
Windows 7 in no time.
2.3 Install from a Pendrive
Let's see how you can create a bootable USB disk to install Windows 7 which
is handy when installing Windows on a system that may not have a DVD
drive (or any drive at all).
The method is very simple and you can use it without any hassles or expert
knowledge. Needless to say that your motherboard should support booting
from USB drives for this feature to work. There are a few requirements that

need to be kept in mind.
Requirements:
• USB Flash Drive (4GB. If possible, get a 4GB only and not 8 or 16 GB as
they take an eternity to format.)
• Windows 7 or Vista installation DVD or iso.
• Follow these steps to create bootable Windows 7/Vista USB drive using
which you can install the Operating systems without booting from DVD or
starting the installation from an already installed Windows.
• Open an elevated Command Prompt with admin rights. To do this, type
cmd in Start menu search box and hit [Ctrl]+ [Shift]+ [Enter].
• Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on
Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
• Type in the following commands in the command prompt:
DISKPART
• Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex:
Disk 1) of your USB flash drive.
• Assuming your Pendrive is “Disk 1”. Type SELECT DISK 1, then CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY• SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
• This process takes quite some time.
ASSIGN
EXIT
• Don’t close the command promp. Just minimise it.
• Insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive or mount the ISO
using PowerISO or Daemon Tools or something like that and check the drive
letter of the DVD drive. I am assuming that your DVD drive letter is “F” and
USB drive letter is “I”
• Type ‘F:’ in Command Prompt where F is your DVD drive letter.
• Type CD BOOT
• Type ‘BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 I:’ where I is your USB drive letter to update
the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code and make it bootable.
• Now, back in Windows Explorer, simply drag and drop all the files from
the mounted ISO image or the DVD onto the USB disk creating a copy of the
installation disk.
Your USB drive is now ready to boot and install Windows 7/Vista. Then,
with the USB disk inserted, reboot the machine and change the boot priority
at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. The system should now
boot from the USB disk we created and start the installation. The rest of the
setup process should be identical to installing from a DVD disk. That’s all