Know about the Pre-Windows 7 Installation steps

When I got to know about the official release of Windows 7, I had an urgent inquisitiveness to experience the exciting new features included in this version of Windows operating system like more improved GUI, less consumption of system memory, integrated entertainment features like remote media streaming for listening to music and watch videos saved on your PC from any location irrespective of your present location, ability to create and share movies with friends quickly and easily, connect to networks, and more enhanced security feature as compared to its previous versions.

Features

Windows 7 is integrated with several fascinating new features like Snap feature, which allows for comparing and resizing windows displayed on the desktop, HomeGroup feature, which facilitates in sharing files, printers and other resources in your home network and the new jump list feature, which gives an easy and instant access to the recently accessed favorite files, pictures, and websites etc. 

Usability

But there are some most important aspects which need to be taken into consideration before installing Windows 7 on your system. These conditions are known as Pre-Windows installation steps.

While surfing the Internet, I found a very useful tool, Windows Upgrade Advisor, which plays an important role in determining all the compatibility issues related to the computer’s hardware and software. On running this tool on my PC, it displayed a list compatibility issues with my PC’s hardware device, which may affect the installation of Windows 7 on my PC.

Here are some of the steps to perform a custom installation of Windows 7 on Windows Vista based PC:
STEP 1: Boot the PC with Windows 7 installation disc.
STEP 2: On the “Install Windows page”, click on “Install Now” button.
STEP 3: Agree to install the latest important updates for completing the installation.
STEP 4: Read and accept the license terms and conditions followed by clicking on Next.
STEP 5: You will see a page for “Which type of installation do you want”, click on the option of Custom installation.
STEP 6: Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process of  computer installation.

Limitations

The entire process doesn’t appear to be smooth sailing. There are still some problems, which may occur when sharing files between Windows 7 and Windows XP computers. There can be some sort of sound problems in the systems speaker too, which can be prevented with the proper knowledge of installation steps.