Windows will want access to the Internet when it starts up.
That’s generally the easiest way to go about it these days.
Plug in a blank (or unimportant) flash drive with at least 8GB of space.
Double-nudge the program, then follow the steps below.
Click “Accept” on the software license page, then choose “Create installation media”.
Make your language and edition selections.
Keep “64-bit” set.
Click “Next.”
Click “USB flash drive,” then “Next.”
pick the blank USB drive you just inserted.
Depending on your Internet connection, this will take somewhere between ten minutes to an hour.
you might do other stuff on the computer you’re using while it works.
Or you might go watch an old Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot.
Whatever you want, dude.
When the tool is done, click “Finish” and unplug the USB drive from the working computer.
Set the first boot drive to the USB drive.
(Or, if you’re using a retail Windows DVD, pick the DVD drive.)
preserve your prefs in UEFI/BIOS, then start your gear.
opt for appropriate language and input options, then click “Next.”
Click “Install now” on the next screen.
If you have a Windows key, input it on this screen and click “Next.”
On the next screen, click “Custom” for a manual installation.
You’re going to set up the Windows partition on your PC yourself.
Choose the maximum amount of data available for your drive when prompted.
It will create some new partitions, which Windows uses for various pre-boot and recovery tools.
It may restart the computer several times; this is fine.
Go watch another episode of Fresh Prince.
When you see the following screen, Windows is installed and you’re ready to set it up.
Just follow the instructions and create your account.
Now you might reboot your setup to boot into Windows, and get ready to set it up!
Let’s load the AMD driver for our PC’s graphics card as an example.
Right on the front page of the AMD website is a link toDRIVERS & SUPPORT.
This has both a downloadable detection program and a quick driver search tool.
Clicking “Download” saves the latest driver package as an EXE file on my PC.
(Note: graphics cards drivers tend to be big, several hundred megabytes.
Give it a minute or two.)
Double-smack the program, follow the on-screen instructions, and your driver will be installed in a few minutes.
You may need to reboot the PC to get it to start up, that’s fine.
Repeat this process for any hardware that isn’t automatically detected by your PC.
When you’re sure all the hardware is working,go on to the final article in this series.
Or, if you want to jump to another part in the guide, here’s the whole thing:
