How to install Windows 7 RC

Are you tired of reading news about Windows 7 RC and want to switch to trial it? There will certainly be many new things with this operating system like the information provided is flooded on the Web . However, first of all, if you want to use this operating system, the first thing you need to do is to download the installer and read the instructions for safe installation and operating system installation, finally Experience with its new features. In this article, we will not do all of that for you, but just give you a detailed guide on how to install this operating system.

With smaller footprints, better performance, multitouch support and even nice features, the RC version of Windows 7 is coming with countless compliments. Consistent with these positive views, we believe that Windows 7 RC is an easier to install, elegant and more customizable operating system, and easier to use than the built versions. Previously, Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) was a great step in completing Microsoft's operating system.

But whether you really want to try this new operating system yourself! If so, what is the starting point? We will show you some of the issues that need to be done before installing the new operating system, and the steps needed to ensure a seamless, trouble-free experience.

Step 1: Create a plan

First, you need to know where you will install the operating system and how to plan it. There are three general scenarios in the installation process: New installation on an old computer, partitioning your hard drive and setting up parallel booting, or upgrading a Vista (or previous Windows 7) partition. Do you have an older computer to experiment with this new operating system? Or will you create a space on your current PC? Please observe specifically each scenario.

New installation . If you have an old system, this system is probably using Windows XP operating system (assuming that's the case) then you need to have a plan to delete that system and start again from 'rubble . A good plan. A clean installation is the least problematic option for you later.

Upgrade . You cannot upgrade an XP installation but only upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista. You also cannot upgrade an existing Windows partition if booting from Windows 7 disk but instead you need to boot and run Windows 7 disk from within your current partition, then follow the instructions in auto-run application.

Partition (Partition). To enable the drive partition included in the Windows 7 RC installer, you need to boot from the CD. But be warned: You can't simply by shrinking your current partition with the tool (although it can be partitioned from within Windows Vista). The Windows 7 partitioning tool is designed to work with raw disk space, which means it will allow you to delete and recreate partitions, not resize existing partitions. Another way is to use other groups' software to resize the partition; Just like we used to use Paragon Partition Manager, there are still a few other options.

No need to think about the time frame here. Windows 7 Release Candidate will stop running on July 1, 2010, at this time, you are required to purchase copyright. However, don't worry too much about Microsoft warning that, starting March 1, 2010, Windows 7-based PCs will shutting down every 2 hours. Windows will notify you two weeks before performing such continuous shutting down. To avoid this disruption, you need to install an unexpired version (non-expire) of Windows before March 1, 2010.

Step 2: Prepare

Download and run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta before doing any work; It will check your hardware to make sure your hardware is compatible and tells you potential problems that may appear. You must agree to remind User Account Control before installing the tool; The Upgrade Advisor will suggest a path to Windows 7, which can be an upgrade or a new installation and will test your CPU, RAM, hard drive and graphics card to make sure they meet the criteria. necessary techniques:

Minimum configuration requirements for Windows 7

CPU

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)

RAM

1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)

Hard

16GB (32-bit) / 20GB (64-bit)

Graphics

DirectX 9 GPU, WDDM 1.0

To be safe, you need to back up your entire system first.
If you upgrade from Windows Vista or install on an old PC that does not require regular use, you should check Windows Easy Transfer Utility. This utility will allow you to migrate your files and application and system settings from that old computer to an external hard drive, network drive or USB drive. You can then transfer all that data and customize it back into your new Windows 7 system. You can find Easy Transfer Utility component on Vista's Start menu, or in Accessories | System Tools in XP. This utility is quite confusing, but there are many detailed instructions along with step-by-step instructions on Microsoft TechNet so you can refer to it if needed.

Step 3: Download and burn

You can download the RC version and get your own product key. To do so, visit the download page of Windows 7. Follow the download links, enter the Windows Live ID (or register an account), and this site will create a new key for you. A key will activate up to three computers and Microsoft does not restrict downloads for IE users.

RC is a huge file; The 32-bit version is named "7100.0.090421-1700_x86fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culfrer_en_dvd.iso," and its capacity is 2.36GB. To download it, Microsoft uses Java-based downloaders from Akamai Technologies. With this technology, if the download file is suddenly interrupted by the link, you will see a "Start Download Manager.html" icon on your desktop. Clicking on that icon will restart the download and it will find the point where it failed to continue downloading from that point.

Once you have downloaded the file to download, this file will be called an ISO file, you need to extract it into a DVD. There are many ways to burn to DVD, you can use simple tools in using ImgBurn to do that. When you finish burning the DVD, start the computer and run the installer.

Alternatively, you can copy files to a USB drive and install the operating system from here (you can refer to the article Three ways to install Windows 7 for more options).

Step 4: Install

Windows 7 Release Candidate is designed to install the Ultimate version of the operating system, although Microsoft can release multiple versions of Windows 7 as releases of Windows Vista. If you like, you can 'unlock' versions of the operating system, which is hidden in the ISO that you have downloaded. ZDNet's Ed Bott shows how to do it, you can open the source folder (Sources), find the Ei.cfg file, and delete it.

When you launch the installer, the program will ask if you like online to download updates and after the program will find updates, Vista also has similar questions, even in XP. However, there is no need to do that right now. Please accept the registration agreement to be ready for installation.

The installer will restart once or twice and ask you for information about your network. At the end of the installation process, you can configure your desktop, set up libraries, listen to some music with Play To, and exploit other outstanding features of Windows 7. You guys are successful!