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Before you install windows you have to create at least one partition and format it. After that during the windows installation process choose the partition which you created earlier for windows to install itself over there. Also you have to have all required drivers for your hardware (monitor (not always needed), video card, sound card, ethernet, wireless and so on) which you have to install when the installation process is finished.
You might need specific drivers for your equipment such SATA (AHCI, RAID) or SCSI.
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How can you prevent someone from reinstalling windows on your laptop?
Find a computer where you can add a password in the bios. Doing so, you can setup your bios to boot from hard drive first before booting from the DVD drive. No windows install DVD will be able to re install windows since the hard drive will boot first.Then, in windows, setup you account as admin and add a password for it if there is no password. Setup a guest account for other windows users. That's it.
What possible locations can be used to store setup files?
You can store setup files on a Hard Drive, Flash Drive, CD, DVD, or you can create a folder in c:\windows\temp
What should be done if a system cannot boot from the hard drive?
Boot from the Windows setup DVD
The reason why it is possible to remove the Windows Vista installation disk to the setup programs with drivers is that Windows PE runs on a?
Windows PE is running on a RAM drive
The reason it is possible to remove the Windows 7 installation disk to supply the Setup program with drivers is that Windows PE runs on a?
RAM drive
How do you format drive c when drive can't be locked?
you can't format the drive that you're running windows from while in windows. use the setup disk to run a recovery console and you should be able to format it from there using format c:
What do you use to copy a new set of system files from the windows setup CD to the hard drive?
Backup and restore
How do you install winddows sp to a flash drive?
put your flash drive in the computer and boot the windows CD when the setup come and asks about partitioning use the directory of your flash drive
Can i install a new version of windows from the Windows recovery screen?
No. You can install a new version of Windows by running its setup program from within Windows itself, or by booting from the installation media (CD/DVD/USB drive).
How do you remove a bogus copy of windows x p and install a window 98 original?
Insert your Windows 98 CD and reboot your computer. Begin the Windows 98 setup process. It will tell you that it does not recognize the filesystem on the hard drive, and will ask you to reformat it. Do so. It will then format the hard drive and reboot the computer. Start the setup program again, and follow the on-screen prompts to install Windows 98.
If you need to replace a hard drive in a notebook why is it best not to use a standard Windows XP setup CD to install the OS on the new drive?
Because it will not be notebook compatible. The Standard XP setup CD might not have the supports drivers specific for the notebook.
Where are the boot files placed when you setup Windows 7 on a PC that has no operating system currently installed?
A partition is created on the hard drive
