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How to Install Windows 7 for Beginners

Hardware requirements

Some errors during Windows 7 installation

This article is to demonstrate the basic steps for installing Windows 7 and is
aimed at beginners and above. You should check the disk does not contain
valuable data before formatting or installing. Recommend to backup any data if
of importance.

Steps

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Turn your computer on then press Del or F2 (depend on your computers

mainboard) to enter the system BIOS

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Go to Boot menu and choose Boot From CD/DVD.

Press F10 to save the configuration and exit BIOS then reset your computer.

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Insert Windows 7 DVD into your DVD drive then start up your computer,

Select these parts: Language to Install,Time and currency format, Keyboard or input

Windows 7 will be loading files.

method. Then click Next.

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Choose Install Now if you want to install Windows 7. Choose the Windows 7
version that you want to install in 'Select the operating system you want to install' .

Here we choose Windows 7 Ultimate then click next (depending on your Windows DVD,
this step is an option).

Click 'I accept the license terms' in 'Please read the license' then click Next.

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Choose 'Upgrade' in 'Which type of installation do you want' if you want to

upgrade from an older Windows version to Windows 7, 'Custom (advance)' if

you want to install a new version of Windows.

Choose Partition for installation, if your computer has only one hard disk, it
will be easy for selection, but if it has some Partition, you will have to consider

which Partition to choose.

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Wait for Installing Windows to progress. Your computer might be restarted

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Type youre a user account and computer name. After click Next.

during the process.

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Type a password for your account, you can also Type a password hint to

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Type in activation code or key for your license in Product key box if you

help in case of forgetting the password in the future, and then click Next.

have any. Click Next.

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Choose how to protect your Windows. Here we choose Use recommended

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Set up your Time zone then click Next.

settings.

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Choose an option from 3 choices: Public Network, Work Network, Home

Network. Choose Home Network for using Internet at home.

Method 1 of 2: Hardware requirements

This is minimum hardware that you need to have on your computer and
should be checked in advance of installing.
1 GHz CPU with 32 bits or 64 bits.
1 GB Ram for 32 bits or 2 GB Ram for 64 bits.
16 GB empty space hard disk for 32 bits or 20 GB for 64 bits.
DVD drive (if installing from a DVD).

Method 2 of 2: Some errors during Windows 7 installation

After Windows 7 installation, if you cannot connect to Internet, please check
these troubleshooting:
Make sure Internet cable and the modem are working properly, the
connection points are not getting loose.
Check the network drive (normally Windows 7 automatically detects
drivers).
Set up Windows IP if the modem doesnt analyze it automatically
(searching on Internet for how to set it up)
Some devices might not work such as: USB 3.0, Webcam, Bluetooth
etc. then you should check the driver ok to see if it has been installed
properly.

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