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The Cd Starts... XP install will be different than Windows 7 install. With XP, it is a little less
graphical and will ask you more questions than will Windows 7. In a Windows 7 install, you will
start by choosing Custom install. I never ever recommend doing an Upgrade of any version of OS
install… simply not needed. Follow through the prompts and until you get to the screen showing the
hard drive partitions. Here you will make a decision to wipe the entire hard drive clean or to save
certain partitions or partial partitions.
If you need to save DATA from the previous Operating System install, then you can leave all
partitions as they are, even if the Windows 7 operating system is an upgrade to what was previously
on the drive (like XP or Vista). Simply keep the default choice partition selected… which will be the
largest sized partition, the system partition… and in this window you will just choose ―NEXTǁ and
not mess with any other setting.
A pop-up window will show up on your screen informing you that ―no data will be lostǁ and that
―the process will save all previous data to a folder which it will label: Windows.oldǁ. Note that
upon completion of the new operating system, that Windows.old file that was saved will be located
directly on the C – Drives Main Folder... (Open My Computer, Click on The Main Hard Drive Icon
(usually C) then scroll down that list, and right below Program Files and Windows Folders will be
Windows.old.
Let’s back up here to the install, back to before reaching the Partition screen of the install process.
Here you will also need to choose what operating system you are installing (if using a multi install
cd), and you will choose what kernel the OS will run, whether you will use a 32 bit OS or a 64 bit
OS. A 64 bit OS is meant for todays Dual Core CPUs and for Laptops with more than 3 gigs of RAM.
Ok, lets now move forward again to the Formatting/Install of the OS.
If you find that you are installing the operating system and it seems to stop at about 80 to 90% and
then Errors out and quits the install, You will need to swap out that install OS with a different one, as
either the CD itself (unsupported drivers) is the issue or the Fact that it does not contain the needed
install drivers on it. Again, most pirated OS installs will eventually encounter this issue. A hard drive
in its beginning stages of failure will sometimes cause this dilemma as well where it almost gets
through the install, then errors out and doesn’t complete the install. Then check the BIOS Setup to
ensure that SATA is enabled (if you have this ability in your BIOS version).
Assuming you have completed the windows CD install of the Operating System, I will now
discuss what goes on after the completed install.
Most OEM Operating System install discs will include most of the correct drivers needed for
your Laptop, and will load and install them upon the initial install of the Windows OS. Though, most
of the time you will be left with numerous drivers that did not get installed and it will be your job to
correctly install them.
The wonderful thing about the majority of the laptops is that it will not harm the operating system
if the incorrect driver is attempted to install, rather, it will deny the install with a caption showing the
error in incompatibility. Even if the incorrect driver is installed, it will usually warn you upon
reboot, that there is a problem, or you will get a pop up error explaining that the driver installed is
not compatible. You simply uninstall the bad driver or software to correct the issue and continue on
trying other related drivers. Hopefully you have done as I stated earlier and saved internet drivers to
allow yourself to easily reinstall them. Sometimes even your saved drivers might not work say for
instance you had XP and now have Win 7, the drivers you saved from the XP install might not be
compatible with your Win7 OS… You can try right-clicking on that XP driver and choosing to ―run
in Compatibility Modeǁ which will allow WIN 7 to ―Mockǁ a different OS version to allow the file