Starting your Windows installation

Pt. 3 of 5 | 1:01 |

Installing Windows from scratch

Wednesday November 10, 2010

In this episode, we show you what to expect with your

Windows install

. The

install process

takes roughly half an hour and takes little more than a bit of patience on your part. Keep in mind that your computer will restart at least once when

installing Windows 7

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Show Notes

- Now, we should have our hard drive partitioned and the installation process has begun.

- This next process is mostly automatic and takes about 30 minutes or so.

- You will see the processes listed as the installation progresses.

- It will start by Copying Windows files, then Expanding Windows files, etc.

- Once it gets to the point where it installs updates, it will most likely automatically restart and then continue the process.

- Keep in mind, a Windows 7 install takes up roughly 8GB.

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