Tuesday, 15 January 2013
HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON YOUR LAPTOP & PC
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HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE
This step-by-step guide demonstrates how to install Windows 7 Ultimate. The guide is similar for other versions of Windows 7 such as Home Premium.
The best way to install Windows 7 is to do a clean install. It is not difficult to perform a clean installation. Before you start the installation process I recommend that you check Windows 7 System Requirements list to ensure that your hardware is supported by Windows 7. If you don't have Windows 7 drivers for all your hardware, it is a good idea to download all the drivers from the hardware manufacturer’s website and save all the necessary drivers on a CD-R or a USB drive before you start the installation.Windows 7 DVD is bootable. In order to boot from the DVD you need to set the boot sequence. Look for the boot sequence under your BIOS setup and make sure that the first boot device is set to CD-ROM/DVD-ROM.
Turn “ON” your notebook and insert operating system DVD into drive.
Press F12 to select boot device and select “CD/DVD/CD-RW Device” then press enter.
Step 1 - Place Windows 7 DVD in your DVD-rom drive and start your PC. Windows 7 will start to boot up and you will get the following progress bar.
Step 2 - The next screen allows you to chose your
language, time and currency format, keyboard or input method. Choose your
required settings and click next to continue.
Step 3 - The next screen allows you to install or
repair Windows 7. Since we are doing a clean install we will click on
"install now".
Step 4 - Read the license terms and
tick I accept license terms. Then click next to continue.
Step 5 - You will now be presented with two
options. Upgrade or Custom (Advanced). Since we are doing a new window install we
will select Custom (Advanced).
Step 6 - Choose where you would like to install
Windows 7. If you have one hard drive you will get a similar option to the
image below. You can click next to continue. If you have more than one drive or
partition then you need to select the appropriate drive and click next. If you
need to format or partition a drive then click Drive options (advance) before
clicking next.
Step 7 - Windows 7 starts the installation process and starts copying all the necessary files to your hard drive as shown on the image below.
Step 8 - It will go through various stages of the
setup and will reboot your system few times.
Step 9 - When your PC reboots it attempts to boot
from DVD as its the first boot device. Do not press any key during the boot
prompt so Windows 7 will continue with the installation by booting from the
hard drive.
Step 10 - After the reboot your
computer will be prepared for first use.
Step 11 - At this stage you need to choose a user
name and computer name. Click next to continue. The user account you create
here is the Administrator account which is the main account for your Windows 7
that has all the privileges.
Step 12 - Choose your password and password hint
just in case you forget your password and need to jog your memory.
Step 13 - You can now type the product key that
came with Windows 7 and click next. If you do not enter the product key you can
still proceed to the next stage. However Windows 7 will run in trial mode for
30 days. You must therefore activate Windows within 30 days otherwise you can
not access your computer after 30 days.
Step 14 - Help protect your computer and improve
Windows automatically. Choose Use recommended settings.
Step 15 - Review your time and date settings.
Select your time zone, correct the date and time and click next to continue.
Step 16 - Select your computer's current location. If
you are a home user then choose Home network otherwise select the appropriate
option.
Step 17 - Windows will now finalize the settings
for your computer and restart.
Step 18 - After the final restart Windows 7 will
start to boot up.
Step 19 - Finally you have the logon screen. Just
type your password and press enter or click on the arrow to logon to Windows 7
for the first time.
Step 20 - After you have logged on to Windows 7 for
the first time, you will see similar desktop to the image below. At this point
you can start using your computer. However it may not be fully configured. You
need to make sure that all the hardware is detected correctly and the necessary
device drivers are installed. This can be done from the device manager.
Step 21 - To go to device manager click - Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security
-> System -> Device Manager. You will see all your hardware
listed as shown on the image below. You need to check if you have any yellow
exclamation marks next to the name of the devices, similar to "Multimedia
Audio Controller" on the image below. This indicates that the driver has
not been installed for this device.
At this stage you can install the driver for this device. To do
so, Right Mouse click on Multimedia Audio Controller ->
Update Driver Software...
Step 22 - You can choose to
"Search automatically for updated driver software" or "Browse my
computer for driver software". If you have the driver CD or if the driver
is on a USB drive then choose "browse my computer for driver
software". Window 7 will search and install the driver from the CD or you
can locate the driver manually.
Once you have removed all the yellow exclamation marks from the
device manager your Windows 7 configuration would be fully complete.
Step 23 - Finally check if you have successfully
activated Windows 7. Click Start Menu -> Control Panel ->
System and Security -> System. You will get a window similar to
the image below. Towards the bottom you will see Windows is activated followed
by your product ID. This shows that your copy of Windows 7 is fully activated.
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2 Responses to “HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON YOUR LAPTOP & PC”
20 April 2013 at 05:19
guys, i already do what you write above, but in the middle of instalation, the progress always 47% and always 47%, please help me
3 September 2014 at 00:32
I want to say thank to you people for this great and helpful info. Thanks!!!
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