-: Ronak Patel (Gozariya) :Windows XP installation Insert your Windows XP installation CD-ROM and power-on/restart your system: It will show the PC-BIOS startup message, like: memory test, memory installed : When you get the message to "press any key to boot from CD...", press any key. ( this is new on Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP CD's: if you do not press any key, it will NOT boot from CDROM, but boot from harddisk, so that people which "forgot" to take out such bootbable CD-ROM's are not getting confused by the CD-ROM installation procedure ) Once the boot from CD-ROM has started, it will display at the top of the screen : "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration..."
After a brief delay, the typical Microsoft "blue Installation screen" is displayed, with "Windows Setup" displayed at the top and at the bottom of the screen the information, that "Setup is loading Files" (loading all type of device drivers) : It will finally state : "Setup is starting Windows" and will display after a short delay the "Windows XP Professional Setup" or "Windows XP Home Setup" screen :
Select "to set up Windows XP now" and press the ENTER-key :
The "Windows XP Licensing Agreement" is displayed, accept it by pressing the F8-key. (as indicated on the botton of the screen). Setup will now display the partitioning of your disk: If your system has already an operating system installed, you will see them listed. You have now a simple Disk Manager, allowing you to create and delete partitions. You will need to select either an existing partition or "Unpartitioned space" (if available) to define, on which partition to install Windows XP, then press ENTER. The next screen is asking for the type of disk formatting to be used :
(if you install XP into an already existing partition, you have additional options to leave the current disk formatting intact). Select the type of disk formatting : FAT or NTFS FAT : possible to access from a DOS-boot floppy, but limited to max. 4 GByte with very inefficient file-storage (cluster-size of 64 KByte), no Security features NTFS : not accessible from a DOS-boot floppy, but NOT limited in size and using an efficient file-storage with a small cluster-size, able to use File-System Security features. Windows XP requires a lot of disk-space for itself, you should use at least a 4 GByte partition. I suggest to use NTFS : make your choice (highlight) and select it by pressing ENTER. Setup will start formatting the disk :
and will then start copying files from the CD-ROM to the disk :
The system will then need to reboot : ( this is a funny screen : the system will restart anyway after 1 seconds, and you have only the choice to press ENTER to shorten the delay, saving max. 15 seconds in the complete installation process of 30-45 minutes ) After the restart, Windows XP starts the first time with the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) :
Setup will continue to copy files and to install devices :
You can adjust regional settings (for example if you install an English version of Windows XP in a different country and the keyboard layout/language is not the same language as your copy of Windows XP, you should use the button "Customize.." and configure the proper keyboard, to make sure that you can enter in the following steps of the setup/installation properly the information ) :
Personalize your system by entering your name and organization : Enter your 25 character Product key (as it was delivered with your Windows XP CD-ROM ) :
Define the name for your computer and the password for the Administrator account : based on the organization (define above), Setup creates a name for your computer, with complex name (to make sure that the name will be unique in a network configuration.
Since this name will be used later inside the "Network Neighborhood" / "My Network places", change it to an easy to understand, but UNIQUE name (like : P633VM ). If you enter a password for the Administrator Account, make sure that you remember it (to be save, write if down! ). Check the "Date and Time Settings", allowing to check/define/correct the date, time and timezone : If you have a network card in your system, which was detected by Setup, you will be asked to select whether to install a typical configuration (which you can always change later) or if you like to make now already special settings (like: defining your IP-address ) :
Setup continues with "Finalizing installation " (nothing to do for you ) :
The system will reboot again : Setup will configure then your screen resolution. The system will try to connect via the Internet to the Microsoft website, you can savely select to "Skip" that step. You will be prompted to enter the first Usernames (which will be defined as Administrators) and you will get the new XP Welcome screen :
(note : if only one user was defined during setup and no password was defined, the system will skip the Welcome screen and continue to display immediately the new Windows XP desktop ). You are now ready to use the "colorful" Windows XP : You can adjust the the system to look and work more
-: Ronak Patel (Gozariya) :Installation of Windows 7 Installing Windows 7 - Step by step Preparations Backup You may be installing Windows 7 on a machine that already has an operating system installed. In that case, you will have to consider what to do with existing data on the disk. You may want to completely wipe the existing data and start clean. Or you may want to incorporate Windows 7 into the existing setup, whether as a side-by-side installation or an upgrade.whatever you choose, please make sure your files are safely backed up, so that you do not accidentally, irrecoverably overwrite critical data during the installation. Installation key Please make sure you have the Windows 7 installation key available. Without it, you will not be able to install the operating system. Drivers for the computer hardware There is no guarantee that Windows 7 built-in set of drivers will include your specific hardware. Therefore, please make sure you have the right drivers available before you start the installation. The drivers usually come on CD/DVDs supplied by the manufacturer with newly purchased hardware. Alternatively, you may also download them from official vendor websites. Having the drivers available will make sure that after you have installed Windows 7, your system will perform to its fullest. If you meet the above three requirements, we are ready to go. Boot from Windows 7 DVD The first step is to place your Windows 7 DVD into the DVD tray and boot the machine. Your computer needs to be configured to boot
from DVD. This is done via BIOS. On most computers, the BIOS menu can be accessed by pressing either the F2 or Del keys while the machine is booting. Once you have completed this stage, Windows 7 will start loading. If you see the below image, you're doing well so far.
After a few moments, you will reach the installation menu. Your first step is to choose the language and the keyboard.
You will be now taken to the Install now menu. We have already prepared for the installation, so you can click Install now and proceed.
The next step is to accept the license agreement.
After this, you will have to decide whether you want to Upgrade an existing installation or perform a Custom (advanced) installation, which is basically creating a new copy of Windows. We will discuss multiple boots in a separate tutorial. For now, if you are interested, you may want to explore a Dual boot tutorial that tackles this issue from the Linux side, with a Linux distribution being installed alongside Windows XP. In the soon-to-come multiple-boot tutorial, I will address the installation of Windows 7 alongside other Windows (XP and 7), as well as Linux. Personally, I recommend you install a new copy. Fresh installations are always better. Your machine starts in a pristine state and does not rely on old leftovers.
Partitioning The next step is to choose where you want to install Windows 7. This is probably the most important part of the entire installation, so you need to be very careful here and make the right choices.
We only have a 20GB unallocated space on our disk, so we have no dilemma. However, it is possible that you may have other partitions from previous installations present, or you may have created a custom partitioning setup before starting Windows 7 installation using a third-party partitioning software, like GParted. We will soon this discuss in greater detail. For now, let us create our Windows 7 partitions. Inexperienced users can simply highlight the unallocated space and click Next. The partitioning layout will be created for them. However, we want to explore additional features. To this end, we need to expand the Drive options (advanced).
You now have the option to create new partitions, format them with a desired filesystem, change the size of existing or newly created partition (Extend), or delete them. The Load Driver function is usually necessary if you want to create more complex setups like RAID, but this is currently beyond the scope of this tutorial. We will create a new partition. According to official system requirements, Windows 7 needs 16GB of free space. However, you can do with less. The minimum recommended space for a partition where you want to place Windows 7 is 10350MB. Eventually, the installation itself will take approx. 7GB. Just for your information, here's a snippet of what would happen if you try to install Windows 7 on a partition that does not meet the minimum expected size limit:
This does not mean your installation won't succeed. It might, but why risk it? We will create a 14GB partition: Windows 7 installer will now tell you that it will have to create an additional partition for the core system files. This will be a small primary partition ahead of your newly created one.
This is what it looks like:
Important technical bits to pay attention to! We now have a system partition and a primary partition, plus some free space. In purely technical terms, there is no such thing as a partition of the type system. There are only two types of partitions: primary and logical. The above-mentioned partition is a primary partition. In total, there can only be up to four primary partitions on any physical disk. Windows 7, by itself, creates and uses at least two primary partitions. If we created another partition in the free space, it would too, become a primary partition. Some quick math, this means that if we want to have more than two Windows 7 installations side by side, we don't have enough partitions available. Recommendation: Use a third-party partitioning tool to create a partition layout beforehand. This will allow you to place Windows 7 files on a logical
partition, saving yourself the precious commodity of wasting primary partitions on what is essentially non-system data. We will see this example in a separate tutorial. If you're using ONLY Windows 7 to create a partition layout on your system, then you should just create a partition with a sufficient size to hold the Windows 7 data files and nothing else. The system partition will be added. Leave the handling of any unpartitioned, free space after the installation. Begin installation If you're comfortable with your setup, highlight the created partition and click Next. Windows 7 will be installed to this partition. Depending on your hardware, this can take some time. My testing shows approx. 30-40 minutes.
During the installation, your computer may restart several times. Let it be. User settings Eventually, you will be asked to provide your username and a computer name. You will also have to password-protect your account. This is most advisable. You should opt for a strong password.
Activation The next step is to activate your Windows. Grab your key and type it here.
Updates You will be asked to configure your updates. You can choose either setting you like. However, I recommend you configure this choice later, after Windows 7 is installed and running properly. We will discuss this separately in the Windows 7 security tutorial. Therefore, I will chooseask me later, but you may want to go for either the first or the second option, as you see fit.
Time zone Configure your time zone:
Location Your location will determine the firewall settings for your newly installed Windows 7. You have three choices: home, work or public network. Home and work networks are supposed to be trusted, so you should not experience any problems adding other machines to your group or sharing data with them. However, the public network is meant to be untrusted. So if you have installed Windows 7 in, let's say, Internet cafe, then you should choose the third option.
Congratulations! Congratulations, you have just successfully installed Windows 7.
Conclusion Installing Windows 7 is not that difficult. The installation is more streamlined and user-friendly compared to Windows XP, however some of the options are more restrictive, like the partitioning, for example. Overall, it's a simple procedure that should take you no more than an hour to complete. Of course, once the installation is done, there's the long post-install setup, where you should customize the looks of your new desktop, determine the security settings, and choose the programs you want to install and use. We will talk about getting familiarized and comfortable with using Windows 7 in the following tutorials. Our second article will deal with the most important aspect of system configuration after the installation - security. Cheers!
-: Ronak Patel (Gozariya) :- Install win 7 & 8 Using Pendrive
1. Install and run Microsoft's Windows 7 USB tool. In the subsequent window (pictured below), browse to the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8 disk image file you've already downloaded and hit next. 2. With your USB stick plugged in (remember, it'll need to be at least 4GB in size for a 64-bit install), choose USB device as your media type. 3. Select the correct removable device from the drop-down menu, then click begin copying.
4. Sit back, relax, and make a cuppa while the USB tool formats your pen drive, makes it bootable, and copies over all of the Windows 8 files. 5. Once the process is complete, the USB drive can be used to boot a PC and run the Windows 8 setup process.
That's all there is to it. You'll save yourself a blank DVD, the Windows 8 setup process should be quicker from flash-based media, and it's of course a must on netbooks or laptops without an optical drive.