Computer Works | Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Before you get into this journey of Windows 7, you need o first make sure that your machine meets the minimum requirements to run Windows 7.
  
To install windows 7, you need a windows 7 boot-able disk. To get windows 7 visit Microsoft website and select any of the available versions, I prefer Windows 7 ultimate ( Am using it).
Put the disk in the drive and reboot your machine, remember to change the boot order. To start you will need to go into the BIOS by either pressing the DEL, F1, F2 or F10 key depending on your motherboard manufacturer. You will see a screen when you first turn the computer on that will say press DEL, F1, F2 or F10 to enter setup. Once you are in the BIOS you will need to look for the section that says "boot order." You will instruction on how to move devices up and down, you need to make sure that CD/DVD is at the top of the list. 

Then exit the bios and wait for windows setup to start.

Once your computer boots from the Windows 7 DVD you will see the following screen. You can select your language, date/time and keyboard layout and then click next.

When you click the Next button you should get this screen
Click the Install now button. Once you enter your product key you will see a screen that has your version of Windows 7 that you had purchased. Click next and then accept the license agreement and click next once more. The next screen that you will see will ask you if you would like to do a upgrade or a custom install. The upgrade option may be grayed out so you need to select the custom install option.

You will then see a screen asking you where you would like to install Windows to. Your hard drive should be selected so you should just need to click the next button. You may need to go into drive options and click on format if you had a previous version of Windows installed, if not there is no need to do this. (Not a necessity, you can Install windows on a drive with a previous version of windows. The old windows files will be renamed to Windows.old and you can delete this later after you move your files. Formatting your hard-drive will destroy your hard-drive in the long run)
Once you see this screen you can make yourself busy by doing something else for the next 15 minutes or so. The computer will restart several times during setup, after restarting don't press any key, let setup resume on its own. After completion you will be asked to type a user name and a computer name. The computer name identifies your computer in a network.
After this screen you will be prompted to create a password for the user account you created ( A password is very important if you are using an administrator account)
Next you will need to enter your product key, you should leave automatically activate windows when I'm online checked. Then click next. (Some windows :if you downloaded from torrents are pre-activated and don't require a product key but they are risk as they may come with viruses preloaded in them)
On the next screen you will need to select use recommended settings. Or any other choice, you can undo this settings from the control pane.
From here you are done. Just install an Antivirus program and any other programs you need
Windows 7 comes preloaded with great themes that you can use to customize your desktop. Enjoy using Windows 7.