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Windows Vista - Clean Install Ideas

Perform a clean installation of Windows Vista

A couple of weeks ago I released an write-up entitled ,"9 Guidelines To Maintain Windows XP Running Smooth".

After that I published a lengthy (by necessity) post covering, "Upgrading To Microsoft Windows Vista Guidelines". I have because received several e-mail requests for pointers on clean Vista installs so I have compiled these conversations and am disseminating them for wider use. This will be a lot shorter and easier.

There are no secrets here. Almost everything I cover is published in the windows aid files or scattered across the Microsoft web site. Maybe it is compiled in a somewhat far more usable type here. At least it will maintain you from getting to do the searches, from sifting out the chaff, and from sorting the usable information.

Do you bear in mind the Computer and MAC ads? You may want to watch this a single once again let it scare you off. Just know there are frequently key adjustments in what a personal computer will have and what Vista requires.

An additional warning to run the windows Vista Upgrade Advisor just before performing anything else is in order. It is positioned at Please recognize that this info pertains to a clean install....It will not function for an upgrade!

If you need to have upgrade help please refer to my write-up on upgrading to Vista at APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING VISTA EDITIONS (YOU WILL Find VERSION COMPARISONS AT )

Windows Vista Property Basic

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Organization

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Starter

Warning:

In a clean installation, current information is removed - that contains documents, images, movies, music, downloads, and so forth. This information includes individual information and settings. Please back up or make copies of any and all data you wish to preserve to one more challenging drive or personal computer before proceeding any further.

Soon after you set up the Vista operating technique, you must also reinstall all programs and restore any information you moved in the prior step. Once again!!...Make sure that you back up your individual and business data just before you carry out a clean installation.

To execute a clean installation of Windows Vista, use a single of the following approaches only right after (I can't say it sufficient) running the upgrade advisor, it is situated at men and women don't read the fine print: There are 23 (count them 23) warnings and exceptions hid behind this little ditty (Some product functions are only offered in specific editions of Windows Vista and might require sophisticated or extra hardware) hid at the end of Microsoft's 100 Motives why you need to upgrade to Vista.

RUN THE UPGRADE ADVISOR Initial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O.K....Cleared that hurdle?

Lets get began:

Technique 1:

Run the Setup plan soon after you start the computer by using the current operating program

1. Commence the laptop by using the current operating method.

two. Insert the Windows Vista DVD in the computer's DVD drive.

3. Use 1 of the following procedures, as appropriate:

If Windows automatically detects the DVD, the Set up now screen seems. Click Install now.

If Windows does not automatically detect the DVD, stick to these methods:

a. Click Start, click Run, type Drive:\setup.exe, and then click OK.

Note Drive is the drive letter of the computer's DVD drive.

b. Click Install now.

four. When you reach the Which kind of installation do you want? screen, click Custom (advanced), and then comply with the guidelines that are displayed on the screen to install Windows Vista.

Technique 2:

Run the Setup program soon after you commence the laptop by using the Windows Vista DVD

1. Start the laptop by utilizing the Windows Vista DVD. To do this, insert the Windows Vista DVD in the computer's DVD drive, and then restart the laptop.

Note To start off the laptop from the Windows Vista DVD, the computer have to be configured to start from the DVD drive.

For more information about how to configure the laptop to start off from the DVD drive, see the documentation that is incorporated with the computer, or contact the pc manufacturer.

2. When the "Press any crucial to boot from CD" message is displayed on the screen, press a essential.

3. Comply with the guidelines that are displayed on the screen to set up Windows Vista.

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