Windows 7 Help with Installation
Windows 7 is the currently used latest version of Windows. However, Windows 7 OS will shortly lose its latest status to the new Windows 8 version once it is released. Windows 7 had a variety of new features like the advanced handwriting and touch recognition, the virtual hard disk support, improvement in boot performance and so much more. All this had made the Windows 7 a preferred OS.
For some people, it has maybe just occurred to them about replacing their old OS with Windows 7 or maybe is planning on installing them as a precursor to the new Windows 8. Whatever the reason maybe, Windows 7 OS is a good bet to stand by on.
Windows 7 help for installing the Windows 7 OS
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Windows 7 Installation
Windows 7 help gives a set of instructions on how to do a clean installation of the Windows 7 OS. The following steps guide you on how to proceed with it.
- Boot your computer using the Windows 7 installation disk in the disk drive. The disk will get read and the boot starts up at once.
- From the pages that appear, choose your preferred language, currency, time formats and keyboard setup. Then click on “Next”.
- The license agreement appears. Once you’ve gone through the agreement and you agree to it, check the box labeled “I accept the license terms” then click “Next” to proceed.
- For the query asking for the installation type, opt for “Custom”.
- Next choose the hard drive where the Windows 7 should be installed. If the drive has not been formatted, format it first by clicking on “Advanced”>”Next”. If the file has been already formatted simply click on “Next” when prompted for the destination folder to install the OS. It is recommended that the highest disk space be allotted for the OS installation. Then click on “Apply”>”Next”. Now be patient for the files to be copied for installation into the hard drive.
- Provide a name for the computer that would occur while logging in; then click on “Next”.
- Enter a password for the account and then proceed by clicking “Next”.
- Choose the update style that you require.
- Now choose the time zone and enter the time and date.
- Choose the type of network; you’ve got “Home”, “Public” or “Work” options. Proceed and the computer will reboot. Once the reboot is through the installation would be complete.
These Windows 7 help steps will let you install Windows 7 without any hassle on your computer.
Setting up ReadyBoost drives using the Windows 7 help procedure
ReadyBoost is a disk cache component bundled with Windows 7, which works by using flash memory. A USB flash drive, CompactFlash or any kind of portable flash mass storage system acts a cache in ReadyBoost disk. The read speed of the flash memory is very high compared to the other commonly used drives. This improves the overall performance and speed of the system. ReadyBoost is designed to help when the memory is running low. Flash memory is the speedier alternative for system clean up. Windows 7 enables users up to eight ReadyBoost drives at once. Windows 7 help says that this will give the operating system a combined memory of 256GB.
Windows 7 help has the procedure for setting ReadyBoost drives in the operating system. The steps for the same are detailed in this article.
Windows 7 help recommended steps for ReadyBoost drives
- Insert the first flash drive into an open USB port on the computer.
- If the computer contains both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports, make sure that USB 2.0 port is used. A warning will be shown if the wrong speed port is chosen.
- Click Speed up my system on the Autoplay window that appears.
- If the Autoplay feature is disabled, enter the Computer window, right-click on the flash drive and click Properties.
- Select the ReadyBoost tab in the Properties window.
- Click Dedicate this Device to ReadyBoost to use the entire flash memory drive to enable this feature.
- If files are saved on the flash drive, click Use this Device instead and select how much space to devote to ReadyBoostby dragging the slider.
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ReadyBoost Drives for Windows 7
ReadyBoost requires at least 1 GB of devoted space.
- Press OK to close the Properties window and save the settings.
- Insert another flash drive into another USB port and repeat the setup, activating ReadyBoost on the second drive.
- Continue the process to add up to eight drives in this manner.
These steps will add the eight flash drives into the operating system. With these additional memories, the system performance will speed up and get better. However, this is somewhat a temporary setup. Remember to clean-up the system memory whenever possible for a permanent fast computer.