Windows
Vista Installation
Power down your computer.
Hold F12 while powering up your computer (at the Dell BIOs screen).
boot from CD/DVD or from USB
respectively.
Press any key when prompted
such as “h” when it says Press any Key to boot from CD/DVD.
You will get a black screen
that says “Windows is Loading Files” and
then another screen with a loading bar. These should disappear pretty quickly.
You will then be prompted
for your language, time and currency format and keyboard settings. Mine are all
set to U.K. as shown below, amend for your preference.
*** Select
Install Now.
You will then be asked to enter your product key. Select
skip if you want a 30 day trial, are using a Dell OEM license or a retail
upgrade license. Confirm that you want to skip and select next. If you are
using a retail full license enter your 25 digit product key and then select
next. You may then be presented with a screen selecting which version of
Windows you wish to install which should match your license. If you have
entered the product key it will select the version corresponding to the product
key automatically.
A Dell OEM Reinstallation DVD when used on an eligible Dell
system will automatically select the version of Windows and input the Dell
System Locked preinstallation key.
select Custom (advanced) even/especially if you are
“upgrading” from Vista to 7. There are always some bugs when selecting
“Upgrade” on this screen and this seriously hinders your systems performance.
If no drives are listed on the “Where do you want to install
Windows?” screen then you must select Load Driver and select the SATA drivers
from a USB stick. The SATA drivers essentially allow Windows to recognise the
hard drive controller on the motherboard and thus allow Windows to view the
drive letting you proceed with the install.
You will be prompted for a username and password. Enter
these and press next.
Note you can leave the password blank (to have no password –
not recommended but optional). Personally for convenience I tend to leave the
password blank and add one after the installation of Windows 7, drivers and
updates as you will be prompted to restart your computer several times.
The next screen(s) should be about connecting to the
internet and/or connecting to a wireless network. In this case the system is a
home desktop connected to a router via an Ethernet cable.
Thus Home network is selected.
The setup will then tell you thank you. Press start.
Windows
Vista Home Basic
>>> 800-megahertz (MHz) 32-bit (x86) processor or
800-MHz 64-bit (x64) processor
>>> 512 megabytes (MB) of system memory
Note On system
configurations that use system memory as graphics memory, at least 448 MB of
system memory must be available to the operating system after some memory is
allocated for graphics.
>>> DirectX
9-class graphics card
>>> 32 MB of graphics memory
>>> 20-gigabyte (GB) hard disk that has 15 GB of
free hard disk space
>>> Internal or external DVD drive
>>> Internet access capability
>>> Audio output capability
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