How to install Windows 7, a step-by-step guide We often get frustrated with our computers because its loading slowly or it is freezing. We just want to format it right away or find some sort of fix to make our computers faster and as efficient as the day we bought it. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to do it. But don’t worry, we'll show you step-by-step exactly how to install Windows 7 operating system. This tutorial is meant for beginners. You'll need a Windows 7 CD. Step 1: Turn on your computer and insert a Windows 7 CD. After that press “F12" to boot from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. Note: Not every computer uses “F12 button” to boot from CD. Different buttons are used but “F12” is the most common. Another way of booting from CD is to set the boot priority in BIOS. Emachines E725 After you press the “F12” button, the following window will show up. Choose to start from your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM driver and press “Enter”. In my case my DVD-ROM is “MATSHITADVD-RAM”. Boot from CD/DVD-ROM After you press “ Enter” your computer will start to boot from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. You will get the following window: “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD." Press any key to Boot After you have pressed any key on your keyboard, the Setup will start loading files like in the following image. Windows is loading files
Step 2: After you have finished with step 1,the following picture will show up , in this window choose “Language to install ”, “Time and currency format “ and “Keyboard or input methods” and press “Next” to continue with installation. Install windows Once you are done with above procedure, the following window will show up , if you want to know something before you start then click “what to know before installing windows “. Don’t click “Repair your computer “ because in this tutorial we are only explaining how to install Windows 7. Press “Install now “ to continue with installation. Step 3: Install now windows 7 After you press “Install now” the setup will lead you to another step which is “Select the operating system you want to install “. In this window, select your operating system. In this case I will select windows 7 Ultimate but you can select another operating system. We won't explain the difference between these operating systems in this tutorials, we will cover that in a different post. Select the operating system you want After that “ Please read the license terms” window will show up . Read and then press “Next”. Please read the license terms Once you press “Next", you are going to go to the most important part of the setup; which is self explanatory. Which type of installation you want Press “Custom (Advanced)” to install a new copy of Windows. Delete the old copy of Windows. choose partition In the following window you have to select the partition allowing you to install Windows 7.
Note: You can delete the partition and create a new one or you can format the partition and then press “Next”. Formatting the partition Now after you have selected the partition for Windows 7 to be installed, wait for the setup to finish copying windows files and the following steps as shown in the below picture. On this step all you have to do is be patient and wait to finish. installing windows After setup finishes the steps you saw in the last picture your computer will restart and this window will show up. Setup is starting services In this picture do the same as in the last one, just be patient and wait. You don’t need anything else, because windows 7 setup will do everything for you. Step 4: Setup will continue after restarting After your computer restarts, you are so close to finish Installing windows 7. Now the setup is preparing the computer for the first use and the following steps are easy. All you need to do is write the usernames, passwords and so on. Setup is preparing your computer for first use Choose a username for your account As you can see in the following picture, you have to choose one of the options below. I personally choose “Ask me later” because I don’t like to let the operating system install a lot of updates. It makes the computer run slower.. However, you can choose the one you want and you can search on Google and read more about it. Choose one option After the you are done with the above step, you will get a window in which you choose your time zone and you can then press "Next" .The last window you will get is finishing your setting in which window you just have to wait to finish and after its done, you’ll be able to see your desktop. You are now done with installation of Windows 7.