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Install-Re-install-Windows-7The primary point of this page, is to educate users in the process involved to Install-Re-install-Windows-7 . Read it for educational purposes, and if you are reasonably experienced, you could try this. If not, read, then find professional help! These procedures are simpler than it was for Windows XP. With XP, you almost always had to do a full backup of your data before proceeding. With Windows 7, they save your old copy of Windows 7, when you are re-installing. This copy has your old data. However, I still will backup old data to an external hard drive as a precaution. Not for the faint-hearted: To Install-Re-install-Windows-7 is NOT a trivial task. There are several junctures where lots of things can go wrong that can seriously affect the way your PC functions. Further, this isn't a task one can complete in just a few hours. The most difficult part is re-installing the drivers, particularly for video, Ethernet and sound, however, Windows 7 is easier than it was for XP. What you'll need: Windows 7 machine in dire need of a fresh start. Windows 7 install DVD or USB Flash-Drive loaded with Windows 7 (Manufacturers usually ship a Windows 7 disk, or Operating System Restoration CD Drivers: Hardware driver disks that shipped with the PC and any components you added on Product Key: Usually the manufacturer has put a sticker (COA – Certificate Of Authenticity) on the System unit with a valid- Lost Your Product Key Functional DVD drive: on the computer you wish toInstall/Re-install Windows 7.
External Hard Drive(or Flash Drive): To store files,Favorites, e-mail (address book, etc). (Check BIOS setup, to ensure that PC will boot from the DVD drive, or USB Flash Drive before it tries to boot from the C: Drive). 2-4 hours to get your PC fully functioning again. Bottle of Vodka! Alright, maybe you don't drink alcohol, but this process calls for some crutch, sometimes!
The ProcessStep 1. Back up your data.First, make sure absolutely NOTHING you cannot afford to lose is on the drive you're going to installWindows 7on (let's say the C: drive.) Copy all your documents and settings off the machine. Windows 7 process does usually save your old Windows file, but don't depend on them. Better to be safe, not sorry! Note: If your computer is not running well enough to back up your files, then what a I do, as a PC technician, is remove your hard drive, “slave” the drive into my PC bench system and copy the files into an external hard drive. I then run a virus scan of the files, before I copy them into the new “clean” hard drive. Step 2. Audit your current PC setup.So, before we do anything, we're going to take an inventory of all the hardware you've currently got installed. Note: for those of you who do not have the driver discs for all your hardware - go ahead and print out the report from Device Manager in addition to the Belarc report. You'll need all the help you can get, you brave souls.
Step 3. Instructions from Microsoft for Windows 7 Installation I've found their instructions to be be pretty good, and the DVD, has pretty easy to follow steps. Step 4. Install any missing drivers.Once you get Windows 7 up and running, chances are everything on your computer won't be working perfectly. Are you connected to the internet? Can you play music? Is your screen resolution unusually large? The answer is probably no to all those questions, except the last one. Do not panic. This is the part where you install the right drivers for your hardware. First, get a list of what Windows doesn't have installed correctly. From Control Panel, go to System, then Hardware, and click on the Device Manager. Chances are it'll look something like mine did after myWindows 7install: If you see yellow question marks (see below), then you need to install drivers.
Those yellow question marks/exclamation points are Windows' way of saying "I know this hardware is here, but I don't know what it is or how to control it." Insert each driver disk you've got stacked up beside you and install the software needed for all your computer's components. If you don't have a driver disk, get on that other machine you've got next to you, and Google up the brand and model of each of the components for which you need a driver, download, burn to disk and install on your fresh Windows machine. Those two handy hardware audits you printed out in Step 2 will be your friend, but without the discs that came with your machine, it will be a bit of a guessing game, matching up the yellow question marks with the items on your reports. Take educated guesses. Good luck. I normally manually install drivers for my video card, sound card, network adapter, and printer.
Step 5. Update Windows.IAs soon as you're online (got that ethernet card/wifi card driver installed?) go directly to Windows Update and patch up Windows. Do not wait to do this as there are probably lots of computer bad guys just waiting to ravage your unprotected machine the minute it's out there alone in the wild internet. During this Install-Re-install-Windows-7 process, you will be required to activate your license. This can be done over the internet, but sometimes you are required to call. Once you type in your country, Microsoft will display the appropriate phone number. You need to have the activation screen in front of you, while you are on the phone with Microsoft activation support. Step 6. Install all needed software applications and tweak Windows to taste.First application to install is your antivirus program, or internet security suite. Make sure you run the updates, and I recommend a virus scan immediately, before you invest anymore time on the system build. Then your office suite, Quicken, Quickbooks, and all your other applications.
I didn't say this was easy, but it can be done! Typically, most users have a professional do the Install-Re-install-Windows-7 for them . For Computer Support with Install-Re-install-Windows-7 , click here.
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