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Win98 SE Installation

What you will require to do this walkthrough is

A Windows 98 CD

A Computer with CD-ROM access

To start this Windows install. First check that the first boot device in your system BIOS is set to the CD-ROM Drive.

PART 1

To begin the Windows 98 install select Option 2 (Boot from CD-Rom)

The following screen will appear next. Select Option 1. (Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM)

Your CD-ROM driver will now install, be patient this may take a few moments.

Now press Enter to continue, or F3 to exit.

Setup will now perform checks on your system, press Enter to continue.

Next Scandisk will run, let this complete or setup.



Now setup will copy important files for the install.

PART 2

PART 2

Setup has now begun, the mouse should now be active, press Continue to proceed. If you have a change of mind then press Exit Setup. If the mouse is not active press "ENTER" on the keyboard.

The wizard will now start. Be patient this may take a few moments.




Now select the directory you wish to install Windows into. By default C:\Windows will be selected. You can change this, but it is not advised. Click on Next to Continue.



Setup will now prepare the directory, be patient this may take a moment.



Setup now checks disk space.



What do you wish to install. We recommend Typical, which is the default. So click Next to continue.



Windows Components to be installed will now be listed. Leave at default and press Next.




If a Network card has been detected the following will appear. Fill in the details and click Next.


Now your country settings, select as needed and then press Next.



Windows will now copy files, this will take sometime. Be patient



PART 3

After sometime you will be prompted to restart, Windows will do it itself, you can click on Restart Now to quicken the process.



The CD-ROM boot menu will appear. Select option 1 (Boot from Hard Disk)



Booting for first time screen will appear.



Now enter your name, company is optional. Click on Next to continue.



Now the License Agreement. Read and if you agree click on "I accept the Agreement" and click next. If you select ""I don't accept the Agreement" then setup will end.



Now input your product key or certificate authenticity code. This is 16 digits and is located on the back of your CD case or on the Windows 98 Book. If you have an OEM computer then it could be on the side or back of your computer. Click next to continue.



Next click on Finish.




PART 4

Setup will now finalize the hardware and install settings.



Plug and Play Devices.....



Your computer will prompt to restart....




The CD boot menu will appear. Select option 1 (Boot from Hard Disk) and press enter.



Windows is booting.



and continuing the install of devices.




PART 5

Now select your date/time settings, using the down arrow beside GMT -0800.



Once selected click on apply and then OK.



Windows will continue to setup Windows items.



The computer will now need restarted again.


PART 6

The CD-ROM boot menu will appear. Select Option 1 (Boot from Hard Disk) and press enter.


Windows will continue to load.



and update System Settings.



At long last you have arrived at the desktop.


If you are lucky you will have no drivers to install, but chances are the next step will be to install them. Check out device manager for unknown devices, likely items are Network Cards, Sound Cards, Printers, Scanners, Graphics Cards, Digital Cameras, plus any other item you have.

WinXP3 Installation

What you'll need

• A Windows installation disc
• nLite (and .NET 2.0)
• A copy of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for XP (32-bit), downloaded from Microsoft's servers
• A working Windows system, with at least 1 GB free hard drive space
• Blank CD or DVD
• WinUpdatesList (recommended)

Note for Vista users: There's a similar utility for creating a slipstreamed Vista DVD, vLite, which got the step-by-step treatment from Digital Inspiration. That tool, however, doesn't allow for half as much customization—not yet, anyways.

Getting started

After you've installed nLite, load your installation CD into your disc drive and make sure you've got your 25-character product key handy. Launch nLite, click to the next screen, "Locating the Windows installation." Before you go further, create a new folder somewhere on your computer, at the hard drive root (as in "C:\") if possible. Click "Browse," select your CD drive, and you'll be prompted to copy your CD to a folder. Select the folder you created, then wait for the copy to finish.

NLite's next screen will ask what you want to customize on your install disc. If you only want to update to SP3, only click the "Service Pack" button. But unless you love answering questions and never touch a setting in Windows XP, you'll want to flip all the switches green and click "Next."

Now nLite will ask for slipstream files, or packages you want to integrate into the installer. You'll always want to have the latest service pack available, since, for instance, Service Pack 3 incorporates the fixes made in SP1 and SP2, so it makes them unnecessary. If you grabbed the latest beta of nLite, you'll see a Service Pack 3 already offered for integration, but it's an older release candidate. Hit the "Choose" button, select the executable file you downloaded from Microsoft with the seriously long file name, and give nLite a few minutes to implement it. When you see the version number change, hit "Next" and move on.

"Hotfixes and Update Packs" is for all the tiny little Windows Updates between service packs. If you're including SP3, you can pretty much skip this part. But in the future, and for those not jumping onto SP3, I recommend running WinUpdatesList. You'll see a list of all the updates you've installed, and sorting by date and type should show you what you've installed since the last service pack. Right-click on an update, and you'll get a link to a related Microsoft Knowledge Base article, where you should be able to download the fix directly and patch it into nLite. You can also roll executables for Windows updates—like Internet Explorer 7, which (still!) doesn't install by default—into your disc.

Click "Next," and you'll see an identical screen for drivers. If you know where to find the .INF files that connect your hardware to Windows, you can roll them into your install disc, but be warned: a small printer INF increased the final size of my ISO by at least 200 MB—I'm still trying to figure out why, but if you encounter similar problems, simply throw the driver installation files into spare space on the disc (more on that soon).

Customize your install

You start really making your XP system your own on the next screen. The "Compatibility Window" that pops up can protect you from yourself; unless you're sure you can do without an item, you'll want to leave it checked. Behind it, the "Remove Components" section is where you can pull out all the stuff you don't ever use or don't have. Most of the savings are small in hard drive size, but keep your system from clogging with services and drivers it doesn't need. Among the almost-guaranteed safe removals:"Briefcase" from Accessories; most of the non-red items in Hardware; Keyboards and Languages that you don't ever plan to use; "Tablet PC" from Multimedia; and MSN Explorer and Windows Messenger from Network.

Up next is the "Unattended" section, if you checked it, and this one requires attention to detail. If you want to set and forget your XP install, change "Unattended Mode" to "Fully automated," but then move slowly through every tab, filling in every section you'd expect to get prompted for during install. You can fill out your Product Key in advance here, and you'll also want to check "Skip OOBE" (Out Of Body Experience, or the introduction tour). Fill out all the name fields in "Users" and "Owner and Network ID," and make sure to set the time in "Regional." Once you're content you've pre-empted your installer, click "Next."

You can pretty much leave the "Options" pane alone, although I enable the "merge" option by way of hoping for a smaller package. The "Tweaks" options are up next, and while I can't tell you how to customize your desktop, I'll note that you can basically set up your desktop, Start Menu, Internet Explorer and lots of other Windows tweaks from these prompts. Check the bottom bar for descriptions, and fear not—all of these can be undone, and we've posted a good many here at Lifehacker.

Hit "Next," and you're almost done—click "Yes" to start the bundling process. Once that's finished (about 7-10 minutes on a faster computer), you can click through to make or burn an ISO file. Before doing that, gather up any files you want to keep on the disc, like that finicky printer driver or your favorite app installers, and place them in their own folder in the directory where you copied your original XP CD to. Now hit "Make ISO," choose where to save the image, and then burn it to CD or DVD using your favorite utility, like the free ISO Recorder.

Windows Vista Ultimate Installation Procedure

Welcome to Microsoft's Windows Vista Ultimate Install guide step by step on a new/blank hard drive. This guide will show you how to install Windows Vista.

What you will require to do this walkthrough is

1. A Windows Vista Ultimate CD or DVD

2. A Computer with CD-ROM or DVD-ROM access

3. Bios is set to boot of the CD/DVD-ROM drive.

To start this Windows install insert the first CD or the DVD into the drive and start or restart your computer

PART 1

Windows will automatically run as the hard drive is blank, and will load files, this may take some time so be patient.

The Windows Vista install will then begin to load.


Some of these stages can take quite sometime so be patient.



Now select your install Language,



Time and Currency Format,



plus keyboard type, once you are happy with the settings, Click on "NEXT" to continue.



From the next screen click on "Install Now" to continue.



Windows will begin to carry out some processes.



PART 2
Collecting Information

This section is the collecting information part. First you will need your Windows "Product Key". This will be on the disk packaging provided with your CD's/DVD's. The product key will be 25 digits long and will contain letters and numbers.


Input key (Dashes will be added automatically), and click next when completed.



Now the License terms: Read and confirm that you accept the License by selecting the box on the bottom left of the screen.


Once done click next to continue.



Now you will asked the type of installation you wish to do. Click on "Custom" to continue.



Next you will select the location of the install. Select the drive, and then click on "Drive Options" to setup and Format the drive. Alternatively you can just click "Next and windows will use max space available." If you use the later the go straight to "Part 3" of this guide.



To setup the harddrive, click on "NEW"



Select the amount of size you wish to use and click on "APPLY".


It will take a few moments to apply the settings.



Once done, click on "FORMAT" to format the drive.


You will receive a warning, click "OK" to continue, as all info will be permanently deleted.



Windows is now formating the drive, this may take a few moments so be patient.



Once done click on "NEXT" to continue



PART 3

Installing Windows

This section is for installing Windows, it will take sometime and does not require any input from you, so go make a cup of tea or watch TV as it may take up to an hour. Make sure there are no disks in your floppy drive, as the computer will reboot a few times during this process.

Windows now copies files:

Windows expands the files:

Windows is installing features:

Windows is installing updates:

Windows is doing a restart: It will do this automatically if you are not about, otherwise you can click "Restart Now" to speedthings up slightly.

The computer reboots:

If you get this message then you have left the a floppy disk in the floppy drive or your harddrive is not in the BIOS boot sequence correctly. Remove disk or fix BIOS then press "Any Key" to continue.

Windows continues Loading:

Windows is now booting for the first time, don't be fooled there could still be a few reboots and quite a bit of installing to go.


Windows continues to install:


Windows does more updating and installing:


Windows reboots a few more times:


and then finally:


Setup is almost complete:

PART 4

Next Input your Username for the computers Administrator account. Then Click on Password.

.Now input your password (One you will remember) and then retype the password to confirm. Also type in a password hint that would help you remember it just in case. Once done click "NEXT" to continue.


Now select your Windows protection method. We recommend the top option "Use Recommended settings", click on your selection to continue.



Next you need to check the time zone is correct and also the time and date. Time and date in from the BIOS, but "Time Zone" needs to be set. Click the "Down arrow" at the end of the box.


Now select your "Time Zone". Once you are happy with your selection click on "NEXT" to continue



That is all the information gathered that is needed, Windows Install will thank you, click on "START" to continue....

PART 5

Windows will now check your computers performance.....

and begin to load.


Now the Windows "LOGIN" screen.


Type in your password and click on the arrow (Or press "ENTER") to continue.


Windows "WELCOMES" you....


Windows now "PREPARES THE DESKTOP"


Windows desktop appears and the stages of the install begin.


Several personalised settings will be installed.


The desktop will soon appear.


It is time to check your drivers and install all other software that you will require.

Ubuntu Installation

Once the installer starts, you will be greeted with an initial screen. Press Enter to boot, or read the instructions for other boot methods and parameters (see the section called “Boot Parameters”).

After a while you will be asked to select your language. Use the arrow keys to pick a language and press Enter to continue. Next you'll be asked to select your country, with the choices including countries where your language is spoken. If it's not on the short list, a list of all the countries in the world is available.

You may be asked to confirm your keyboard layout. Choose the default unless you know better.

Now sit back while the installer detects some of your hardware, and loads the rest of itself from CD, floppy, USB, etc.

Next the installer will try to detect your network hardware and set up networking by DHCP. If you are not on a network or do not have DHCP, you will be given the opportunity to configure the network manually.

The next step is setting up your clock and time zone. The installer will try to contact a time server on the Internet to ensure the clock is set correctly. The time zone is based on the country selected earlier and the installer will only ask to select one if a country has multiple zones.

Now it is time to partition your disks. First you will be given the opportunity to automatically partition either an entire drive, or available free space on a drive (guided partitioning). This is recommended for new users or anyone in a hurry. If you do not want to autopartition, choose Manual from the menu.

If you have an existing DOS or Windows partition that you want to preserve, be very careful with automatic partitioning. If you choose manual partitioning, you can use the installer to resize existing FAT or NTFS partitions to create room for the Ubuntu install: simply select the partition and specify its new size.

If you want to customize the partition layout, choose Manually edit partition table from the menu, and the next screen will show you your partition table, how the partitions will be formatted, and where they will be mounted. Select a partition to modify or delete it. Remember to assign at least one partition for swap space and to mount a partition on /. Appendix C, Partitioning for Ubuntu has more information about partitioning.

Now the installer formats your partitions and starts to install the base system, which can take a while. That is followed by installing a kernel.

The base system that was installed earlier is a working, but very minimal installation. To make the system more functional the next step allows you to install additional packages by selecting tasks. Before packages can be installed apt needs to be configured as that defines from where the packages will be retrieved. The “Standard system” task will be selected by default and should normally be installed. Select the “Desktop environment” task if you would like to have a graphical desktop after the installation. See the section called “Selecting and Installing Software” for additional information about this step.

Partitioning is followed by setting up user accounts. By default you will need to provide a password for the “root” (administrator) account and information necessary to create one regular user account.

The last step is to install a boot loader. If the installer detects other operating systems on your computer, it will add them to the boot menu and let you know. By default GRUB will be installed to the master boot record of the first harddrive, which is generally a good choice.

The installer will now tell you that the first stage of installation has finished. Remove the CD and hit Enter to reboot your machine. It should boot up into the newly installed system and allow you to log in.