Windows 7. Windows 7. Installing Windows 7. For use by: Students, employees and guests Version: 1.1 Date:

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1 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Installing Windows 7 For use by: Students, employees and guests Version: 1.1 Date:

2 Installing Windows 7 on your computer Before you begin The following instruction is supported by the TU Delft and has been tested to be working. However, we offer this manual to you as an extra service. This manual uses an educational Windows 7 license that must be obtained through Ma3D. The subscription process may take a couple of days to be processed. Make sure that you have a back-up of all your important data!! 1. Go to Click MSDNAA. Click naar de pagina om een downloadabonnement aan te vragen. 2. Enter your personal information. 3. Click Klik hier voor selecteer instelling/school pop-up to open the window to select the Instelling. Type TU Delft and click Zoeken. Confirm the selection of TuDelft. In the main window, click Ga verder. 4. Check MSDNAA and click Voeg items toe. Then click Checkout om het winkelen af te ronden. 5. In your order overview, you ll find the MSDNAA subscription (free). Click Kassa. You ll be asked for your personal details. Click Ga verder. 6. You ll get an to confirm your address. Click the link in this to confirm your address on the ma3d.com website. Your MSDNAA request has to be approved. It may take up to a few days before your MSDNAA subscription is granted. Enter your personal information. When finished, click Ga Verder. The next screen will ask you to confirm the delivery address. As the MSDNAA subscription isn t physically shipped, you don t need to worry about this. Click Ga verder. Also for the billing (factuur) address, click Ga verder. To confirm your order, click Bevestig bestelling. When your account has been actived, you can log in onto the MA3D website. Go to Click Naar de pagina om in te loggen and log in. 1

3 7. You must accept the EULA. Then click MSDNAA - Platformen 8. Click Windows Select the version of Windows 7 you wish to download. When unsure choose the 32-bit version. 10. Download all the files. Click Klik hier om deze automatisch aan te vragen to request your personal Windows 7 product key. Create a bootable image from the downloaded files 11. Double-click the first file of the files you downloaded. An ISO image file will be extracted. 12. Surf to and download the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool from website and install it. 13. Start the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool, and browse your ISO file, and click on next. 14. Choose your media type (USB or DVD) to burn the image on. 2

4 15. If you ve selected the USB option then you should connect an empty USB stick of at least 4 GB. After you connected the USB stick you can click on begin copying. 16. When you ve selected the DVD option then you should insert an empty DVD into your DVD-writer. After you inserted the DVD you can click on begin burning. How to boot your computer from your optical or usb-drive? In this manual we explain how to access your boot-menu for the HP Elitebook notebooks. If you have another notebook, you should refer to the manual of your laptop. 17. Power on your computer. To ensure your computer boots from either DVD or USB, press the key that accesses the boot options: F9 for recent HP laptops, F12 for most Dell laptops. You may need to consult the manual of your laptop for information on booting from alternate devices 18. Select your preferred boot device using the up and down arrow keys. For booting from an USB Device, select the USB device and hit enter. For booting from a DVD, select the Optical drive or Upgrade drive bay and hit enter. Install Windows Select the preferred language. 20. Click Install now. 21. Accept the agreement. Select what type of installation you want. Choose Custom installation. 22. The next steps require a little thought and planning. You need to decide how to partition your hard drive and where to install windows. Partitioning means to divide your hard drive into partitions. We recommend to split it into two parts: - one partition for Windows and your software - one partition for your data. The following steps will guide you through this process. 3

5 23. First we have to consider the total size of your hard drive (the sum of the Total Size column in the overview). A: Total size less than 200GB: For small(er) hard drives, two partitions isn t practical. So in these cases just use one single partition that spans the entire hard drive is recommended. B: Total size 200GB or more: We recommend to have two partitions: GB (Minimum) Windows + software 2. remaining space, >80 GB Data Note that some laptops are shipped with extra partitons (for recovery, tools etc). These can be removed when you install a version of Windows that is different than the version your laptop was shipped with. 24. When you ve determined the desired partitioning, you can continue: A: The current partitioning is OK Select the partition that Windows should be installed on. Click Drive options (Advanced). Click Format to clear all existing data on this partition --This is required to ensure a fresh install-- When the format is complete, click Next. Continue at step 30. B: I need to change my partitions Continue at the next step. Note: The next steps will erase ALL data on your hard drive! 25. Click Drive options (Advanced). 26. Delete the current partitions. Select each partition and click Delete. When finished you should have one item Unallocated space. 27. To create the new partitions, select the unallocated space, click New. Enter the desired size of the partition: 28. Windows will probably create an extra partition for system files. The size of this partition is 100MB. Click OK. One single partition: Click Apply (you don t need to change the size value) Two partitions: Enter (MB), Click Apply One partition: continue at the next step. Two partitions: Select the remaining Unallocated space and Click New and then Apply to create the second partition for the remaining space. 4

6 29. Select the partition on which windows should be installed. This should typically be the first partition after the 100MB System Reserved partition. Click Next. 30. Windows 7 is now installing. Configure Windows Enter your user name. 32. Type a password. 33. Enter your serial key provided by MA3D and click next. If you don t have a serial key yet, click on next. After the installation of Windows 7 you have 30 days to enter a valid product key (see end of this manual). 34. Choose recommended protection. 5

7 35. Select your time region. 36. Windows offers the option to set up you internet connection. Click Skip (Connecting to the Eduroam wireless network during this stage will not work). Windows is now completing the installation. First use of Windows After Windows has completed the installation it reboots automatically, and will it prepare windows for its first use. 38. Finalizing the installation and preparing Windows for use: I. get a working internet connection II. install security software III. install Windows Updates IV. set up locations for user data V. check for missing drivers VI. install software I. Network: In most cases Windows will automatically detect and install the drivers for both your wired and wireless network: Set up a network connection. For TU Delft internet connections, use the manuals that are available on (printed versions should be available at the ICT support / servicepoint of your faculty. II. Security: It s critical to install proper anti-virus and anti-spyware software. We recommend to use Microsoft Security Essentials, but you could also use AVG or ESET NOD32. Download MS Security Essentials from: If windows doesn t recognize your network hardware, download the drivers from the website of your laptop s manufacturer. Use an USB-stick to transfer it to your laptop. Install it by doubleclicking the saved installation package. The installation is straightforward. After the installation finishes, it will download updates and then start a system scan. While the system scan is running, you can proceed to the next step. 6

8 III. Updates: Click the Start button. In the search box, enter Update. Click Windows Update in the search results 3 III-b. Click Check for Updates. After Windows finishes checking for updates, click additional updates. These often include additional drivers for your laptop hardware. Select the optional updates and click OK. Then click Install updates. When the updates are downloaded and installed, you need to restart your computer IV. User data location: If you have a single partition, continue at step V. If you ve created two partitions on your harddrive: Windows stores all user data in C:\Users\[username] If you ve created a second partition, now is a good time to enable it and tell windows to store specific user data on D:\ IV-b. You should see two hard disk drives: C: en D: Doubleclick D: Windows may prompt you to format it if it is not yet formatted. Format it using the default options. You may specify a volume label (e.g: Data ). Click Start. Note: Don t mistakenly format volumes that are already formatted, as it destroys all data on the volume. Open Windows Explorer and click on Computer IV-c. Once the D: disk has been formatted, you can move your data folders (My Documents, Downloads, etc) to D: Browse to C:\Users\[your_username] IV-d. Select the folder My Documents. Drag it to D:\ while holding shift. This will move the location of the My documents folder to D:\ Repeat this process for: - Downloads - My Music - My Pictures - My Videos - My Favorites 7

9 V. Missing drivers: Windows may be unable to locate drivers for all your hardware, especially for special buttons on your laptop (eg to control the sound volume or to launch special functions). First you can try to have windows search for solutions online. Click Start and search for Action. Click Action Center. Open the Maintenance section and click Check for solutions. V-b. If you can t get a solution through the Action Center, alternatively you can go to the website of the manufacturer of your laptop and access the Support / Driver download pages. In most cases you can enter the model number of your laptop or a service tag to get support for your specific model. Download and install drivers for hardware that isn t working yet. For HP laptops especially the Quicklaunch buttons and HP 3D driveguard are typically items you need to install manually. VI. Software installation: When your base installtion of Windows is working properly, you can continue to install software. On > Software you can find a list of sources to obtain software. Some is free, other can be purchased at special student rates. VI-b. Basic utilities, such as: - 7-Zip file archives - Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer - VLC Media player - Adobe Flash Flash plugin - Opera, Chrome, Firefox and other web browsers are freely available online. A great tool to install a set of the utilities in one is available on: Entering your product key afterwards If you didn t enter your Windows 7 product key during installation, you need to enter it afterwards (within 30 days). Right-click Computer and choose Properties. At the bottom of the page you ll find a link to change your product key. Afterwards you can activate Windows. 8