Five things to know before Win7 installation

Choosing an appropriate operating system for your notebook is as important as a quality renovation of a new house. But when choosing to install Win7, there are some things that must be paid attention to. We will summarize this and summarize it into five rules for installing Win7, for your reference, friends who are ready to install win7 can see it.

First, choose the installation method

Now you The ISO image has been downloaded and burned to a DVD. Next you have two options to run the installer. The performance of the Windows Installer depends on which method you choose.

If your system already has windowsxp, Vista, or an earlier version installed, you can launch the installer from the Windows operating system. Alternatively, you can boot the system from the installation media. Either way, you will see a dialog box.

What is the difference? If you run the installer in Windows.

1. You cannot run a 64-bit installer on an x86 version of Windows.

2, install Windows7 and the existing Windows version of the same volume.

3, must use the existing partition, can not be changed, the installer does not recognize the unallocated space.

If booting from a Windows 7 DVD:

1. You cannot upgrade an existing Windows version, you can only customize the installation.

2, you can delete an existing partition, create a new partition, extend an existing disk partition, or specify an unallocated space as the installation location.

3, install Windows7 and the existing Windows version of the same volume.

Also, if you launch the installer in Windows, you can choose to run a compatibility check on your existing system.

Second, the hard disk capacity requirements return to the original

Under the current standard, you do not need a lot of disk space to install Windows7. Microsoft announced the RC minimum hardware recommended 16G free disk space. But that's not a hard requirement. After installing Windows7Ultimate on a 10G drive (9.9G format) virtual machine, I still have 3.95G of free disk space.

Later, I noticed that the full installation of Windows7Ultimatex86 requires 6 to 9G of space. Obviously, this amount will increase when you install additional programs or create data files. But how big should the system partition be? According to the author's experience, 15G is a minimum scale, but sooner or later it will become tight, so if you have enough spare disk space, it is recommended to reserve at least 30G.

Finally, the author also collected some general knowledge about Windows7RC, share it:

RC is the latest test version of Windows7 development process. Available in x86 and x64 formats. It is the last version before Microsoft officially released Windows 7. A full installation of Windows 7RC should be completed in one and a half hours. As for the slower machine, it can be completed in two hours.

Although it is possible that Microsoft will add some new desktop background or screen saver. But currently Windows 7RC is already a full-featured version. Microsoft's work from now on is to fix the final error, most of which will be related to the original equipment manufacturer's configuration and hardware support.

The RC version is like a trial version and the public will be able to download and install it. No need to pay any fees.

Windows7 cannot be installed on top of Windows XP. Windows 7 must be installed as a net, or installed on a Vista-based basis to migrate data and personalization from xp.

Virtual machines have special uses, and virtualized hardware does not support Aero graphics features, so a real desktop experience is not possible.

Most mainstream commercial and entertainment programs that run on Vista can run on Windows 7.

You will be prompted to enter your product key during the installation process. If you leave this box blank, the installer will continue and there are no restrictions on your Windows 7. But before you activate, you must enter a valid product key. By default, it will be activated automatically within 3 days after installation, or it can be disabled during the installation process. Previous12Next page Total 2 pages