How to install windows 7 professional from disk. A quick way to install Windows without a disk or flash drive

It is no secret that one of the main sources of income for computer services and “geeks” is the notorious reinstallation of Windows. Now you can save a lot on this by simply doing everything the same way as in this article. You can install Windows 7-10 on your computer, laptop or netbook yourself. I tried to explain each step as clearly as possible and provide several options for the development of events.

A few words about reinstalling Windows

In fact, everything is quite simple, but for clarity, I divided the process into several steps, and not all steps are required for everyone. At the same time, the points can be completed in several ways, depending on what suits you best. The methods are in order of preference, from my point of view. That is, if the first method worked, then we don’t waste our time on the others.

In short, the whole process looks like this: first, a Windows image is downloaded from the Internet (the image is a copy of the real disk) and written to your DVD or flash drive. You can take a ready-made disc, for example from a friend. Hereinafter, a flash drive also refers to a memory card or external hard drive.

Then the computer is set to boot from a DVD or from a flash drive and the installation process begins, which is similar to installing one large program. Finally, you will need to install device drivers, if required. The installation process for Windows 7 or 10 is almost the same, and everything described is suitable for any version of Windows.

If you already have an installation disk with Windows 7/10, then go straight to.

If you bought a new HDD or SSD, then you can simply.

Search for Windows on the Internet and download

I must immediately warn you that using unlicensed Windows is not legal, but, nevertheless, few people use the licensed version at home. Watch the video on how to find a suitable Windows 7 image on the Internet for free:

If you have 4GB of RAM or more, then, otherwise, take the x86 version. From the editions I advise you to choose “Ultimate” or “Professional”, but not lower than “Home”. I also advise you to download images with a minimum of changes from the original, and not different assemblies, although there are normal options among them.
Here are a couple of sites where you can find something good:

Burning an image to a DVD (if installing from a disk)

You cannot simply copy the downloaded file with the “.iso” extension onto a disk or flash drive; for this we will need a special program. To burn the image to disc, you will need a blank DVD-R or a rewritable DVD-RW disc. CD-R/RW discs will not work because... there is not enough space for them. Look video tutorial on how to burn an image to disk using Ashampoo Burning Studio Free.

When using an external hard drive instead of a flash drive, no special formatting is required!

The second way to prepare a flash drive using the RMPrepUSB program

Booting your computer from bootable media

To boot from a newly made bootable DVD or flash drive, you need to “explain” to the computer that it needs to boot from it, and not from the hard drive. Your computer may already boot from the recorded device, check this. Those. insert the disk or flash drive and restart the computer. If it starts loading from there, then go to .

For a better understanding, let me explain how a computer or laptop boots. In general, when the computer turns on, it looks at its settings in the so-called BIOS - a program that controls the startup and initial setup. The BIOS records which device it should boot from: hard drive, CD/DVD-ROM, flash drive, etc. Here we need to set it so that the computer boots from the installation DVD or from a flash drive.

There are many types of computers, but they all set it approximately the same. I made several videos for you from different computers. If you have watched the entire video, but your experience is a little different, then still, using the information received, you can easily set the desired boot device in your case.

There are three main types of BIOS interfaces: Award BIOS (Award-Phoenix BIOS), AMI BIOS and UEFI. Award BIOSes mainly come with blue windows, AMIs with gray-blue ones, and UEFI with a beautiful graphical interface (and it’s not a BIOS at all, but out of inertia they call it that, but that’s not the point). In order to enter the BIOS, you need to press one button when the computer starts. BUT WHAT BUTTON?

For Award BIOSes, this is usually the Delete (Del) key, and for AMIs it is the F2 or F10 key. At the bottom of the screen it will say something like this “Press Del to enter Setup”. Setup is the same as BIOS. You must press quickly and several times (just in case), otherwise the computer will continue to boot. If you didn’t have time, then simply reboot it again using the “Reset” button on the system unit or using the “Ctrl+Alt+Del” key combination.

If, when you turn on the computer, the screen saver fills the entire screen, but nothing is visible behind it, then try pressing the “ESC” key to hide the screen saver and read the information from the screen on how to enter the BIOS. Also, which button to press can be found in the manual for the computer motherboard.

All modern computers can boot from the desired boot device without changing BIOS settings. To do this, you need to carefully look at which buttons are asked to press when the system starts. There you may be prompted to call up the boot menu. Then it will say “Press F9 for Boot Menu", For example. The boot menu button may vary. For Award BIOSes it is usually “F9”, and for AMIs it can be “F12”. I showed an example for Award bios above in the corresponding videos.

See how to select a boot device on a Lenovo and other laptops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHHMT8Gvuio

If you have a computer with UEFI, then when you get into the BIOS you will see the following picture:

At the bottom of the screen there is a “Boot Priority” section, where you can use the mouse to set the desired boot order. You can also click the “Exit/Advanced mode” button in the upper right corner and select “Advanced mode” in the window that appears. Next, go to the “Boot” tab and in the “Boot Option Priorities” section in the “Boot Option #1” field, set the default boot device to a flash drive, DVD-ROM, hard drive or other available device.

If your computer or laptop does not want to boot from your image, then on the “Startup” tab, set the “UEFI/Legacy Boot” value to the “Legacy Only” position

Owners of Hewlett-Packard computers will probably find the following picture in the BIOS:

Select the device you want, press Enter, then move it to the top and press Enter again. Save the settings in the “File -> Save and Exit” menu.

Installing Windows on a computer

After booting from the installation disk, the installation itself begins. Watch the video tutorial on how to install Windows 7 on your computer:

Installation is almost no different from reinstallation. Only if Windows is installed on a new computer, then during the process you need to create partitions on the hard drive in the “unallocated area”, and when reinstalling, simply format the existing system partition, having first copied important data from it to another location (if any).

After installation, Windows must be activated, otherwise the system will only work for 30 days. Owners of the licensed version perform activation using the built-in wizard (via the Internet or by phone). Unlicensed versions of Windows 7-10 are activated using special programs. I warn you that this is not legal, so for informational purposes only. I recommend purchasing it and not having problems with activation.

I show the most universal activation method using the RemoveWAT program. If possible, activate by following the instructions included on the torrent download page. Also keep in mind that illegal activation does not guarantee stable operation of the system.

Watch the video on how to activate using the RemoveWAT program https://vimeo.com/109308188

The RemoveWAT program is searched for and downloaded from the Internet on its own, but usually you will already have all the instructions.

Installing drivers

After Windows installation is complete, you need to install drivers. Without them, the computer will not work at full capacity. To check if you need drivers, open Device Manager. To do this, press the “Win + Pause” buttons and select “Device Manager” in the window that opens on the left.

There should be no exclamation marks in the device manager, i.e. there should be a picture like this

If there are exclamation or question marks, then you will have to install the missing drivers

It's good if you have the driver disks that came with your computer. Then insert them one by one and install the drivers from the autorun menu of each disk. If there are no disks, then simply use one of the special programs.

Watch the video tutorial on how to automatically install drivers using the Drivers Installer Assistant program from the SamDrivers package https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmgqrCwBTw

This method does not require an Internet connection, but the downloaded file is an image. Therefore, in order to use it, you need to write it to a flash drive using any of the methods described above. Or simply extract the files from the ISO image, as from a regular archive, and run the program.

This is the full version of the program, which includes a database of all current drivers, so it takes up several gigabytes. It can be downloaded via torrent from the official website of the program. Installing drivers using DriverPack Solution Full does not require an Internet connection.

There is a lightweight version of DriverPack Solution Lite, video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrYY7o85Cis

This method requires an Internet connection, so to use it you must already have the Internet configured.

Conclusion

After reinstalling Windows, you can begin. If something is not clear, then ask in the comments - I will answer. Also write feedback in the comments, your opinion is very important to me!

There are many reliable computer hardware and applications available. But, nevertheless, sometimes various errors arise, leading to the impossibility of further operation of the system. In this case, it becomes necessary to install Windows 7 on the PC yourself.

What do you need to know before installation?

Before you begin installing Windows 7, you need to know the following:

You should also have a good understanding of the Bios settings before proceeding with the installation. Since not very experienced users can render their computer inoperative by selecting the wrong parameters.

Video: Windows 7 Guide

Bios Settings for Windows Installation

One of the most problematic operations for most users who decide to independently install the Windows 7 operating system from a disk is setting up Bios. In order to install the OS yourself, you need to set the CD/DVD drive first in the “boot order” section.

To do this, you will first need to get into Bios. Regular, stationary personal computers allow you to do this by pressing the Delete key at the initial boot stage. For many laptops, this key is F2 or F12.

Today there are many different versions of Bios, and each setting has its own specifics.

The most common Bios are from the following manufacturers:

Phoenix.

To install a CD/DVD drive in AMI as the primary boot device, you need to go to the section called Boot (you can do this using the -> and<-). В нем будет иметься пункт под названием «1st boot device» – следует выбрать CD/DVD.

Bios from Phoenix are more confusing. Once in it, you can see two columns. In the first one you should find an item called “Advanced Bios Features”. Having entered it, you can see another list in the form of a column - the “First Boot Device” item allows you to install the primary boot device.

There are also other versions of Bios from the same manufacturers, their settings are similar. The names of the items are also the same, only the formatting of the menus and lists is different.

Start installation

If the Bios setup is done correctly, then you can begin installing Windows 7. Insert the CD with the distribution into the CD/DVD drive and restart your computer.

Most likely, the PC will provide the last opportunity to avoid installing a new OS. After the reboot, the following message will appear on the screen: “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.”

By pressing any key on the keyboard, the user agrees to begin installing Windows. After this, a window will appear with a bar filling to the right, above which there will be the inscription “Windows is loading files” - Windows is loading files.

When this step is completed, the Windows installation environment will give you the opportunity to select the required language.

Language

After extracting all the required files into the memory of the personal computer, the user will see the following window for selecting language parameters.

It contains the following items:

installed language;
time and currency format;
keyboard layout (input method).

After selecting all the necessary parameters, you can safely click the next button and continue with the installation.

License

When the selection of language parameters is completed, you need to read the license and check the box at the bottom of the page - this confirms the user’s agreement with all its clauses.

If the user does not agree to this license agreement, installation is not possible.

type of instalation

After reading the section of the license agreement, you can proceed directly to configuring the installation parameters. You must select the installation type to be used.

The user is offered two options to choose from:

full installation;
update.

A full installation involves a new installation of the operating system. If you select this item, all previously installed programs and OS will not be saved. Also, when choosing a full installation, you have the opportunity to reorganize the disks and perform a formatted installation.

To install a new OS, you must select the item called “Full installation”.

Selecting a partition and formatting it

After “Full installation” has been selected, you can proceed to selecting the partition where it will be installed. The partition can also be formatted using system tools.

This should be done by clicking on “Disk Settings”. In the window that opens, you can not only format the disk before installation, but also split it into smaller partitions.

It is advisable to partition a large disk if its size is at least 250 GB. The optimal option would be the following proportions: 50 GB of disk space are allocated to the system partition (where the OS will be installed), the remaining 200 GB are allocated for other purposes - installing third-party programs, storing files.

After formatting and dividing into the required number of partitions is completed, click next.

Installation progress

If all previous operations were completed successfully, the system will automatically start the installation after clicking the “Next” button.

The whole process consists of several stages, all of which are displayed on the screen:

copying files;
unpacking;
installation of components;
installing updates;
installation complete.

Usually the process takes no more than 10-15 minutes.

Configuring System Settings

When the installation process is completed, the operating system will prompt you to make initial settings.

They include:

To work in Windows 7, you will need a user account; it is created during installation by entering the user name and password.

Setting up a security policy is very important. When choosing any item, you must be guided, first of all, by your own needs.

If the PC is used for constant surfing the Internet, you should select the recommended settings (first point). In cases where the Internet and third-party software are used to a minimum, you can choose item number two - install only the most important updates.

Also, immediately after installing the OS, you can select the time zone, as well as set the system clock. The interface that allows you to do this is extremely simple and clear.

Another section that must be configured concerns the network environment of a personal computer. The choice of one of them should be made taking into account the type of network to which the PC is connected.

After all steps of installing the operating system have been completed, you should restart the computer again.

When the new OS is successfully launched, you can safely get to work - install all the necessary software, configure the hardware.

It is only important to take into account some nuances when installing the system. You should be especially careful when formatting your hard drive, as this operation may make some areas unusable by the OS.

Installing the OS from a CD is a simple operation (unlike installing from a USB drive or from another system). Therefore, it is practiced by most users.

It is also much more convenient to purchase licensed versions on discs in a store - this way you can avoid fakes and counterfeit products.

It is advisable to use only licensed distributions, otherwise stable operation of the system cannot be guaranteed.

This article will tell you step by step how to perform a clean installation of Windows 7. This method is suitable if the operating system (OS) is not yet installed, you want to replace the existing OS or install Windows 7 with a second system in addition to a system of a different bitness or from a different manufacturer.

Internet connection (to download updates)

Media preparation

If you have a disk with Windows 7, go to.

If you have downloaded the OS image, read on.

Installation can be done:
from USB Flash (flash drive)

from DVD

Burning an image to a USB Flash drive or DVD

There are many recording methods, I offer several of them for you to choose from:

Preparing the hard disk partition (HDD) into which installation will be performed

It is advisable to transfer all important information from it and format it (during the installation process).

To avoid confusion, you can set the volume label in advance:

Setting the boot in the BIOS

I assume that you know how to boot from a disk or flash drive. If not, follow the link to find out how to do it:

Insert a DVD or flash drive (if you have prepared one).

If the DVD is burned correctly and the boot priority is set correctly, this prompt will appear (press any key while it is on the screen):

This is done only 1 time, before starting the installation; during the installation process, just wait 5 seconds and the installation will continue automatically.

Start installation:

Select language settings:

Press the button "Install":

Read the license agreement, if you agree, check the box and click "Further":

Choose "Full installation":

Select the desired section and click "Disk Setup":

Click "Format"(preferably, but not required).

Attention, all data on the selected partition will be deleted!:

Continue installation:

The machine will reboot and the installation will continue:

For security purposes, set a password (preferably, but not required).

How to install windows 7? Many users encounter this issue quite often. The reason for this may be errors and shortcomings during the installation process. This article is a kind of instruction on how to install Windows 7 correctly!

License benefits

In fact, many users make mistakes even before the installation begins, thinking that a licensed and a pirated copy of the operating system do not differ in anything except the price. In fact, this is far from the case! The fact is that when a license is hacked, “gaps” are created in the program code, which hackers take advantage of. Often, viruses and Trojans that track user activity or infect files stored on a laptop/computer are built into a pirated copy of Windows from the very beginning! No antivirus can detect such “Secrets” as they are an integral part of the operating system. However, these are not all the disadvantages of counterfeit goods! Users of a pirated copy are deprived of automatic software updates and technical support. I foresee a fair question: “But pirated windows are also regularly updated”! That’s right, but the updates themselves are intended for the license! If updates affect “cut out” parts of the program code or places where the embedded Trojan is hidden, system errors occur that can lead to registry crash. If the registry completely collapses, access to the computer's memory is blocked. When accessing any executable file, the system displays error 0xc000005.

It is almost impossible to restore the computer to its previous state on your own, as restoring the system due to a complete lack of access to memory leads to a loop at the startup stage. You will have to completely, all the programs.

The last word, of course, remains with the user, but I personally recommend buying a licensed copy once and getting rid of half the problems associated with the program code.

How to install Windows 7?

In order to do this, it is not necessary to call a specialist. You can do it yourself.

Before starting the installation itself, you need to take care of two things!

First: you will need a distribution. A licensed copy of the OS is distributed exclusively on disks, but if you do not have a disk drive installed on your laptop, you can use the “wintoflash” program. Just specify the path to an archive downloaded from the Internet) and a flash drive, and the utility will do the rest of the work for you.

Second: you need to take care of the drivers in advance. They usually come with the equipment. If there is no disk with the necessary software, you will have to download drivers from the official website. You can find out what hardware is installed on your laptop or computer using the device manager.

Then you can proceed to installing Windows OS. Conventionally, the whole process can be divided into 3 stages:

Setting up the Bios system.
OS installation.
Installing the necessary drivers.

And now first things first!

The BIOS system is present on any laptop, computer, tablet, etc. Modern BIOSes contain many settings: setting the time and date, starting the computer in maximum or vice versa in gentle mode, managing USB ports - we are interested in the order of media from which operating systems are launched. In order to go to the BIOS menu, you need to press a certain key when starting the computer, namely while displaying the logo of the motherboard manufacturer installed on your laptop/computer. Most often it is the “F2” key.

Going to the BIOS menu, find the item responsible for the boot order. In English versions of the BIOS it is called “first boot device”. The next step depends on the type of media with the Windows distribution.

After changing the boot order, start the computer from the disk or installation flash drive. If you did everything correctly, an installation window will open in front of you, where you can reinstall Windows.

I think you already know how to install Windows, so in this article I will briefly talk about the main points.

After selecting the language and accepting the license agreement, go to the “Install” tab. Then select the partition to install Windows.

The use of external hard drives or flash drives, even formatted in the NTFS file system, is excluded! Windows 7 can only be installed on a hard drive or solid state drive! If one operating system is already installed on a laptop or computer, you cannot select the partition occupied by it. Otherwise, the files of the two operating systems will be mixed, which will lead to unstable operation of the system. When choosing a partition, we must not forget the main rule: “Documents and other important files should not be stored on the same partition as the operating system.”

After clicking the “Next” button, the Windows installation process will begin. After it is completed, all you have to do is reinstall the necessary drivers.

If you are using a pirated version of Windows 7, I strongly recommend disabling system updates. To do this, open Control Panel, then Administrative Tools and Services.

Hello! This is the first article on this blog and I decided to devote it to installing the operating system (hereinafter simply OS) Windows 7. The era of the seemingly unsinkable Windows XP OS is coming to an end (despite the fact that about 50% of users still use this OS), which means a new era is coming - the era of Windows 7.

And in this article I would like to dwell on the most important, in my opinion, points when installing and first configuring this OS on a computer.

And so... let's get started.

1. What should I do before installation?

1) Installing Windows 7 begins with the most important thing - checking the hard drive for the presence of important and necessary files. You need to copy them to a flash drive or external hard drive before installation. By the way, perhaps this applies to any OS in general, and not just Windows 7. First, check your computer for compliance system requirements

this OS. Sometimes I see a strange picture when they want to install a new version of the OS on an old computer, and they ask why there are errors and the system behaves unstable.

By the way, the requirements are not so high: 1 GHz processor, 1-2 GB of RAM, and about 20 GB of hard drive space. In details - .

2) Any new computer on sale today meets these requirements. Copy*: documents, music, pictures on another medium. For example, you can use DVDs, flash drives, services (and similar ones), etc. By the way, today you can find on sale with a capacity of 1-2 TB. Why not an option? The price is more than affordable.

* By the way, if your hard drive is divided into several partitions, then the partition on which you will not install the OS will not be formatted and you can safely save all the files from the system drive on it.

3) And one last thing. Some users forget that many can be copied programs with their settings so that they can later work in the new OS. For example, after reinstalling the OS, many people lose all their torrents, sometimes hundreds of them!

To avoid this, use these tips. By the way, you can save the settings of many programs in this way (for example, when reinstalling, I additionally save the Firefox browser, and I don’t have to configure plugins and bookmarks again).

2. Where to get the installation disk

The first thing we need to get is, of course, a boot disk with this operating system. There are several ways to obtain it.

1) Purchase. You get a licensed copy, all kinds of updates, a minimum number of errors, etc.

2) Often such a disk comes with your computer or laptop. True, Windows, as a rule, presents a stripped-down version, but for the average user its functions will be more than enough.

3) You can make the disk yourself.

To do this, you need to buy a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc.

2.1. Burning a boot image to a Windows 7 disk

First you need to have such an image. The easiest way to do it is from a real disk (or download it online). In any case, we will assume that you already have it.

1) Launch the Alcohol 120% program (in general, this is not a panacea; there are a huge number of programs for recording images).

2) Select the option “burn CD/DVD from images”.

3) Specify the location of your image.

5) Click “start” and wait for the process to complete.

In general, in the end, the main thing is that when you insert the resulting disc into the CD-Rom, the system starts to boot.

Important! Sometimes, the CD-Rom boot feature is disabled in the BIOS. Next we will look in more detail at how to enable booting into Bios from a boot disk (sorry for the tautology).

3. Setting up Bios to boot from CD-Rom

Each computer has its own type of bios installed, and it is unrealistic to consider each of them! But in almost all versions, the basic options are very similar. Therefore, the main thing is to understand the principle!

When the computer boots immediately press the Delete or F2 key (By the way, the button may differ, it depends on your BIOS version. But, as a rule, you can always recognize it if you pay attention to the boot menu, which appears in front of you for a few seconds when you turn on the computer).

And yet, it is advisable to press the button not just once, but several times until you see the Bios window. It should be in blue tones, sometimes green predominates.

If your BIOS does not look at all like what you see in the picture below, I recommend that you read the article about, as well as the article about.

Control here will be carried out using arrows and the Enter key.

You need to go to the Boot section and select Boot Device Priority (this is the boot priority).

Those. This means where to start booting the computer: for example, start booting from the hard drive right away, or check the CD-Rom first.

So you will add a point in which the first thing will be to check the CD for the presence of a boot disk in it, and only then move on to the HDD (hard drive).

After changing the Bios settings, be sure to exit it, saving the entered options (F10 - save and exit).

Note. In the screenshot above, the first thing to do is boot from a floppy (nowadays floppy disks are becoming less and less common). Next, it checks for the boot CD-Rom, and the third thing is to load data from the hard drive.

By the way, in everyday work, it is best to disable all downloads except the hard drive. This will allow your computer to run a little faster.

4. Installing Windows 7 - the process itself...

If you have ever installed Windows XP, or any other OS, then you can easily install 7. Here, almost everything is the same.

Insert the boot disk (we already recorded it a little earlier...) into the CD-Rom tray and restart the computer (laptop). After a while you will see (if you have configured the BIOS correctly) a black screen with the words... See the screenshot below.

Calmly wait until all the files are downloaded and you are prompted to enter installation parameters. Next, you should see the same window as in the picture below.

I think there is no point in including a screenshot with the OS installation agreement and acceptance of the agreement. In general, you proceed calmly to the step of marking the disk, reading everything along the way and agreeing...

You need to be careful in this step, especially if you have information on your hard drive (if it’s a new drive, you can do whatever you want with it).

You need to choose hard drive partition, where Windows 7 will be installed.

If there is nothing on your disk, it is advisable to divide it into two parts: one will contain the system, the second will contain data (music, films, etc.). It is best to allocate at least 30 GB for the system. However, here you decide for yourself...

If you have information on the disk- act extremely carefully (it is advisable to copy important information to other disks, flash drives, etc. before installation). Deleting a partition may make it impossible to recover data!

In any case, if you have two partitions (usually system drive C and local drive D), then you can install a new system on system drive C, where you previously had another OS.

After selecting the partition for installation, a menu will appear in front of you, which will show the installation status. Here you need to wait without touching or pressing anything.

On average, installation takes from 10-15 minutes to 30-40. After this time, the computer (laptop) may be rebooted several times.

Then, several windows will appear in front of you in which you will need to set the computer name, specify the time and time zone, and enter the key. You can simply skip some windows and configure everything later.

Selecting a network in Windows 7

Completing the installation of Windows 7. Start menu

This completes the installation. All you have to do is install the missing programs, configure applications and get on with your favorite games or work.

5. What do you need to install and configure after installing Windows?

Nothing... 😛

For most users, everything works right away, and they don’t even think that they need to additionally download, install, etc. There, I personally think that at least 2 things need to be done:

2) Create a flash drive.

3) Install drivers on the video card. Many people then, when they don’t do this, wonder why they start games or why some don’t start at all...

Interesting! In addition, I recommend that you read the article about after installing the OS.

This completes the article about installing and configuring the seven. I tried to present the information in the most accessible way for readers with different levels of computer skills.

Most often, installation problems are of the following nature:

Many people are afraid of Bios like fire, although in fact, in most cases, everything is simply configured there;

Many people burn the disc from the image incorrectly, so the installation simply does not start.

If you have any questions or comments, I will answer... I always take criticism well.

Good luck to all! Alex...