CN1176 Computer Support Kemtis Kunanuraksapong MSIS with Distinction MCTS, MCDST, MCP, A+

Agenda o Chapter 2: Installing Windows 7 o Exercise / Lab o Quiz

Installation Options o What to ask during planning? o Will the Hardware Support the New OS? o Windows Aero feature, worth the upgrade? o Will the New Operating System Support the Existing Applications? o Which Windows 7 Edition Should I Install? o Upgrade or clean install? o In-place upgrade only viable if you are running Vista or 7

Installation Options o What to ask during planning? o Single or Dual boot? o Disadvantages to dual-booting o Separate disk partition is needed o Disk space o OS Switching can take several minutes

Windows 7 Boot Env. o Windows PE 3.0 o A stripped-down OS, based on the Windows 7 kernel, o Advantages over MS-DOS o Native 32/64-bit support; while DOS is a 16-bit o Native 32/64-bit driver support o Internal networking support o Includes its own internal TCP/IP networking stack o Only network adapter driver is needed

Windows 7 Boot Env. o Advantages over MS-DOS o Internal NTFS support o Scripting language support o Flexible boot options o Can boot from a variety of media o CD-ROMs o DVD-ROMs o USB devices o Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server

Windows PE 3.0 o Available for free in a standalone version as part of the Windows 7 Automated Installation Kit (AIK) o Features in Win PE 3.0 o Windows Imaging format (.wim) o Unlike sector-based (iso) images, file-based images are editable. o Size reduction o Omit some of the optional components found in version 2.1 o Customization - Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) tool o Enables you to mount and customize the Win PE image

Windows PE 3.0 o Features in Win PE 3.0 o Hyper-V support o Includes all of the drivers needed to run in the hyper-V env. o Scratch space o Customize the Win PE RAM to sizes ranging from 32 to 512 MB

Wins PE 3.0 Limitations o Wins PE does not support the entire collection of Win32 APIs o Automatically stops and reboots the computer after 72 hours of continuous operation o Wins PE networking support is limited to the TCP/IP and NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocols o Registry modification of Wins PE has to be made offline o Drive letter assignment are not persistence o Wins PE does not support the installation of Windows Installer package (.msi) files.

Using Wins PE 3.0 o Custom deployments o Unattended installation using Wins PE as a platform to run scripts and deploy customized disk images. You can even use Wins PE to deploy operating systems other than Windows 7. o System troubleshooting o Windows Recovery Environment (Wins RE), another name of Wins PE o Technician can use Windows’ built-in troubleshooting utilities or run third-party or custom diagnostic tools

Using Wins PE 3.0 o System recovery o A system recovery disk contains image files that can restore the computer to its original state o OEMs can use Wins PE to build recovery solutions and configuring the entire system to create a standardized environment

Clean Installation o Check list o Windows 7 installation disk o Plan for Drive partition o Backed up all of the data (If any) that you want to preserve o All external peripheral devices are connected and turned on

Clean Installation o Installing Third-Party Device Drivers o Working with Installation Partitions o Clicking the Drive options (advanced) button on the page causes four additional buttons to appear, as shown in Figure 2-15 o Delete o Extend o Unallocated space available immediately following the selected partition on the disk is required o Format o New

Migrating To Windows 7 o User profile o A series of folders, associated with a specific user account o Windows XP o Documents and Settings folder, in subfolders named for the user accounts o Vista and 7 o The subfolders are found in the Users folder. o Domain workstation, the user profiles are also stored on a network server

Upgrade VS Migrate o Upgrade o Install Windows 7 on top of old OS o All of the user profiles already on the computer remain in place. o Migration o Copy the user profile from the old OS to some temporary medium and transfer it to a new, clean installation of Windows 7

Migration o Windows Easy Transfer o Designed for single computer (one computer to another computer) o A wizard-based utility o User State Migration Tool 4.0 o Designed for large-scale enterprise deployments o User State Migration Tool is a command line utility (many computer to many computer)

Windows Easy Transfer o You have several options: o Number of computers o side-by-side migration o Wipe-and-load migration o you have only one computer o Direct or indirect o Side-by-side migration, use a cable or a network, or connected indirectly, using a removable storage medium o Storage medium o Use storage medium to transfer profile data between computers

User State Migration Tool o Scanstate.exe o Saves user profile data o Loadstate.exe o Restores previously-saved user profile data o USMT uses XML (Extensible Markup Language) files to control the migration process o The default XML files supplied with the program enable it to migrate the most common user data sources o us/library/dd560755(WS.10).aspx

Upgrading to W7 o Checklist o Run Upgrade Advisor o Check hardware compatibility o Search for updated drivers o Check application compatibility o Check disk space (At least 15 GB of disk space) o Ensure computer functionality o Make sure that Windows Vista is running properly on the computer before you begin the upgrade process o Perform a full backup o Windows Easy Transfer is one of the easiest option o Purchase Windows 7 (Upgrade version)

Upgrading Windows 7 o 3 ways to upgrade your Windows 7 o Purchase a retail version of a higher level Windows 7 edition o Purchase a Windows 7 product upgrade package o Use the Windows Anytime Upgrade tool included with Windows 7

Dual Boot Installation o Checklist o Two disk partitions o Windows does not support multiple OS on a single disk partition o Windows 7 must be installed on a primary partition, not on a logical disk in an extended partition o Two full product licenses o A full system backup

Assignment o Fill in the blank o True/false o Case Scenario o Case 2-1