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Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article Steps. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: June 3, First, you will need a Windows 7 installation disc. Load it into your drive. It doesn't matter if you load the disc from inside windows or when your booting up, but you will only be able to load from inside windows if you have it pre-installed.
Then click custom install. If you're not sure whether you computer can handle Windows 7 If your going from vista it will be able to click the other option first again this only applies if you have windows pre-installed. Follow the instructions that come up.
If you want to completely erase your hard-drive and do a clean reinstall you can re-format it. And Windows 7 , the version of Microsoft's OS initially launched in October of to replace Windows Vista, has been one of the most popular and most highly adopted operating system developed by the guys at Redmond, lightyears ahead of Windows 10, offering visual, performance and security improvements.
With this Windows, Microsoft returned to the path of success after the failure of Vista, and in view of what appeared later, it wouldn't be crazy to state this is probably their best product to the date.
Nobody can be surprised about the reluctance of many users to switch over to W10, even being a free updated. Windows 7 was received as a mighty evolution regarding previous systems , especially regarding its performance improvements, its greater security and a much more intuitive interface.
Here are its general features. If you still live in the past with your Windows XP or Vista, or you're just not too keen on the new Windows 10, the best thing you can do is download Windows 7 to your PC, the ideal operating system for personal computers on which your going to combine leisure and work. However, take into account that whenever Microsoft fancies, it will stop supporting this OS and will forget about implementing security improvements, so you won't be able to update it.
In any case, don't expect to download the ISO of this software for free because, even if there already newer versions available, you'll still have to pay its full price. Just a year after its initial release, it received its first major update, Service Pack 1 SP1 that corrects certain errors and security issues found in its code. Furthermore, it also comes along with different versions that adapt perfectly to the needs of every kind of users:.
Launch the wizard and make sure your external drive is plugged in. You can send your data to a network location; in this example we're choosing an external drive.
The program will check for what can be transferred then give you an opportunity to password-protect the data. Finally, choose your external drive and begin the backup. You shouldn't use your computer while this process is running. It will take a while to move all your data over. Once it's done, you can set that drive aside--you won't need it until after Windows 7 completes updating.
Finally, you're ready to insert the Windows 7 disc. When doing a clean install, it doesn't matter if you restart and boot off the disc or just run it from within Windows. It will give you one last chance to check compatibility. If you're sure you don't need that, go ahead and click "Install now. It will ask if you want to go online and get updates. I say yes. It could save you some time later.
Your computer will reboot a few times and eventually the Wizard will return, this time running in Windows 7. At this point, you'll be able to do things like set up a password, set security preferences, set time and date, etc. Finally, you're running Windows 7! And you have device driver issues. Let's take care of that. Launch the device manager by pressing Start and typing Device Manager in the search box.
If you see yellow exclamation points, those devices have driver issues. The easiest way to fix them is to double-click the item, then click the update driver button. Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
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