DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

HEMCHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY ,

PATAN

M.Sc.(CA &IT) and MCA

Hardware Configuration and Solution
Operating System Installation Manual
Dr. Tushar Parikh
A. Write a step of delete and create partition using windows 98.
1. Start your computer and insert the windows 98 bootable CD.

2. Computer boot from windows98.

3. Give the two options first is start computer with cd rom support and second start computer
without cd rom support
4. Select first option start computer with cd rom support

5. Computer boot and give the A:\> prompt.

6. Then run the fdisk command. Fdisk command to give the facility creates a partition and deletes
the partition.

7. Then ask the enable large disk support so press Yes

8. this computer hard drive the NTFS partition is exist so ask that you computer required large
drive support. Press YES

9. Now you get the menu . In that menu Four options .

First ,creating a partition and logical drive.
Second , set active partition.
Third , delete the partition or logical drive
Four, Display partition information
10. Select fourth option for display existing partition information
11. Here, display the existing partition information. NTFS partition already exists.
12. Do you want to delete the partition , in the main menu select the third option delete partition or
logical dos drive.

13. Now get the delete menu. In that menu four options.

First, delete primary dos partition.

Second, delete extended dos partition

Third, delete logical dos drive in the extended dos partition.

Four, delete non-dos partition.

This computer NTFS partition exists. Select the four option delete non-dos partition.

14. Then confirm that, do you want to delete this partition?.

Press yes then your partition deleted.
15. Give the confirmation partition is deleted.

Create a new partition.

16. Go to main menu and select the first option create a DOS partition and logical DOS drive.
Then you get the three options. First, create primary dos partition. Second, create extended DOS
partition. Third, create logical drive DOS in the extended DOS partition
 Select create primary dos partition.
  Created the primary DOS partition and verifying drive integrity.

17. Created partition, do you want to active that partition? Press yes.
 Without active partition cannot use it.
 After create and active partition you restart computer for your changes to take effect.

 Reboot your computer from windows98 bootable CD.

 fdisk command
 Select display partition information.
C: drive created and partition type primary DOS
  Restart your computer and remove the windows 98 bootable CD.
 Boot from hard disk, computer not boot because missing operating system.

18. Now computer boot from windows 98 CD.

 Format c: drive without format cannot use the partition.
 A:\> FORMAT C:/S
 /S system transferred.
 After format you can give the volume label.
19. Restart your computer and remove the windows 98 bootable CD.
 Boot computer from hard disk.
 Windows 98 operating system boot and you get the C: drive.
 B. Write a installation steps of Window XP
1. Start the computer

2. Set the booting preferences

Press deletes key open BIOS setup

3. Select Advanced BIOS features.

  First and second boot devices.

4. Reboot the computer and insert the window XP bootable CD.

Press any key to boot your computer from window XP CD.

 Now window XP setup is running.

5. Start windows XP setup.
Here give the three options
1. Press Enter key start the setup window XP new installation.
2. Press R key for repair a window XP installation using recovery console.
3. Press F3 key quite without installation.

6. Windows XP License agreement in Press the F8 to I agree and I do not agree for press ESC key,
Read the document go to next page press PAGE DOWN key.
7. Here give the two options
 Press enter for install window XP
 Press C for create a partition

Create a partition Press C

 Enter the create partition of the size.

 Partition is created that drive letter c: assign.

 Do you want to create another partition repeat step 7 then created a new partition E:
8. Delete the partition, first select the partition.
 Do you want to delete?
 Press D (D – Delete the selected Partition)
 Press L (L- Delete this partition)
 Successfully delete the selected partition.
9. Press enter for the new windows XP Installation then checking the drive c:
10. Before New installation formats the partition. Give the two options and other two option for
quick format.
 Format the partition using the NTFS file system
 Format the partition using the FAT file system
Select the any one.

 Format the partition.

 Reboot the computer.

 Now start your computer.

11. Start the window XP installation wizard

12. Windows XP setup ask the regional setting select the custom set the regional.
 Press Next.

13. Enter the name and organization name. Press next.

14. Enter the CD Key.

15. Enter the computer name and administrator password and confirm the password . Press Next.
16. Now windows XP successfully Installed
 C. Windows 7 Installation Step

Step 1 Insert the Windows 7 installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive or plug the USB flash drive into
a USB port. When the system starts up, watch for the message “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.”.
If the message appears, press any key on the keyboard to boot the system from the DVD. If the press
any key message does not appear, the computer automatically starts loading files from the DVD.

The computer starts loading files from the DVD or USB flash drive.

Step 2:- The “Windows 7 boot” screen appears

Step 3 The “Install Windows” window opens. Press Next unless you need to change the default settings.
Step 4 Press Install now to continue.

Step 5 The Collecting information section of the installation begins. The “Setup is starting…” screen
appears.

Next the “Please read the license terms” screen appears. Read and confirm that you accept the license
by selecting the box “I accept the license terms”. Click Next.
Step 6 The “Which type of installation do you want?” screen appears. Click Custom (advanced).
Step 7 The “Where do you want to install Windows?” screen appears. Select the hard drive or partition
on which Windows 7 will be installed. Click Next to select “Disk 0 Unallocated Space”, which is the
default setting.

At that point, you need to decide on one of the two options:

1. Install Windows on the entire available disk space

2. Create a partition on the hard disk, and install Windows on that partition

Select option 2:- you can then create the partition exactly as you want it.
Click on “Drive options (advanced)”. The screen will change and show you several new buttons:
New – to create a new partition.
Delete – to delete a specific partition – all data on that partition will be deleted!
Format – to format a specific partition – all data on that partition will be deleted!
Extend – to extend a partition beyond the barrier of the physical disk, and to span the partition on more
than one physical disk. This is useful when you run out of space on that physical hard disk, and have
brought in a new physical hard disk that you wish to use. However, unlike using that new disk as a totally
new partition by itself, this disk becomes a part of a partition located on the first disk. While useful in
some cases, this scenario might cause fault tolerance issues, because this extended partition is NOT fault
tolerant, and if something happens to one physical disk, all the data on that extended partition becomes
unavailable, and data loss can occur.

To create a new partition click “New”. In the “Size” box, enter the size for the new partition. When done,
click “Apply”.
The setup program will let you know that it will create an additional partition on that drive. That
partition will be, by default, hidden, and contain the necessary files to boot the computer. This partition
will consume 100 MB of disk space.

the partition on which Windows will be installed is partition number 2.

Press “Format” to format the new partition.
You’ll be warned that all data will be deleted. That should pose no issue because the partition was just
created, and it is blank.

Step 8 The Installing Windows section begins. The “Installing Windows…” screen appears. Windows 7
Setup may take up to 50 minutes to configure your computer.
Step 9 The “Windows needs to restart to continue” screen appears. Your computer will automatically
restart or you can click Restart now.

If you get the message “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD.”, do not press any key and Windows will
boot from the hard disk to continue the installation.

Step 10 The “Setup is updating registry settings” message appears.

Step 11 The “Setup is starting services” message appears.

Step 12 The “Installing Windows…” screen appears again. Windows may reboot a few more times. This
may take several minutes. The Installing Windows section of the installation is completed.

Step 13 The “Set Up Windows” section begins. Type the user name and computer name provided by
your instructor. Click Next.
Step 14 The “Set a password for your account” screen appears. Type the password provided by your
instructor. Retype the password and enter the password hint. Click Next.

Step 15 The “Type your Windows product key” screen appears. On this page, type your product key as
it appears on your Windows 7 DVD case. Click Next.

Step 16 On the “Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically” screen, click Use
recommended settings.
Step 17 On the “Review your time and date settings” screen, configure the computer clock to match
your local date, time, and time zone. Click Next.

Step 18 The “Select your computer’s current location” screen appears. Select the option provided by
your instructor.
Step 19 The “Windows is finalizing your settings” screen appears

The “Set Up Windows” section is completed

Step 20 The “Welcome” message appears.

Step 21 The “Preparing your desktop…” message appears.

Step 22 You are logged in to Windows 7 for the first time.