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Installing Windows 7
Installing Windows 7
You can install Windows 7 either from the bootable DVD or through a network
installation using fi les that have been copied to a network share point or USB device. You
can also launch the
setup.exe fi le from within the Windows 7 operating system to upgrade
your operating system.
To start the installation, you simply restart your computer and boot to the DVD.
The installation process will begin automatically. You will walk through the steps of
performing a clean install of Windows 7 from the DVD in Exercise 1.2.
If you are installing Windows 7 from the network, you need a distribution server
and a computer with a network connection. A distribution server is a server that has the
Windows 7 distribution fi les copied to a shared folder. The following steps are used to
install Windows 7 over the network:
1. Boot the target computer.
2. Attach to the distribution server and access the share that has the fi les copied to it.
3. Launch setup.exe.
4. Complete the Windows 7 installation using either the clean install method
or the upgrade method. These methods are discussed in detail in the following
sections.
Performing a Clean Install of Windows 7
On any installation of Windows 7, there are three stages to the installation.
Collecting Information During the collection phase of the installation, Windows 7 gathers
the information necessary to complete the installation. This is where Windows 7
gathers your local time, location, keyboard, license agreement, installation type, and
installation disk partition information.
Installing Windows This section of the installation is where your Windows 7 fi les are
copied to the hard disk and the installation is completed. This phase takes the longest
because the fi les are installed.
Setting Up Windows In this phase, you set up a username, computer name, password,
product key, and security settings and review the date and time. Once this is fi nished, your
installation will be complete.
As explained earlier, you can run the installation from the optical media, USB, or over a
network. The only difference in the installation procedure is your starting point: from your
optical drive, USB, or a network share. The steps in Exercises 1.2 and 1.3 assume you are
using the Windows 7 DVD to install Windows 7.
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