| Jávea Grapevine February 2015
On today’s post we are going to
review the reinstallation options
for our systems with a clean install
of Windows, and we are going to
use one of the most celebrated
versions of this Operating System:
Windows 7.
Easy
computer-talk
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Here are the steps to follow:
1. Boot the computer from your
Windows 7 installation DVD/USB.
NOTE: Make sure that the CD/DVD
drive is selected first and your HDD
second in the boot priority order in
your BIOS settings. Usually it is by
default.
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2. If using a DVD, then when
prompted, press any key to
boot from the installation DVD.
NOTE: You will only have about 8
seconds to press this key. If you
miss it, you will have to restart the
computer.
3. Set up your language
preferences, and click on the Next
button.
4. Click on the Install Now button
to start the installation.
To shrink an existing partition
to create another partition to
install Windows 7 on instead,
select the partition you want
shrink and click on the Extend
option. Type in how much in
MB (1 GB = 1024 MB) that
you want to shrink it by. Now
select the new extended
partition.
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The 100 MB System Reserved
partition is used for the Boot
Manager code, BCD (Boot
Configuration Database), System
Recovery Options (Windows RE),
and start up files for BitLocker (if
turned on).
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5. Check the ‘I accept the license
terms’ box, and click on Next.
6. Click on the Custom (advanced)
option.
7. Select the hard drive or
partition that you want to install
Windows 7 on, and click on the
Drive Options (advanced) link.
8. Select a hard drive or partition
that you want to do a clean
install of Windows 7 on, do
what Drive options (advanced)
you want if any, and click on
the Next button when finished.
Drive options (advanced)
If you have more than one
partition for a disk # (hard
drive) and want