[Reprinted] detailed diagram of Windows Vista Installation Process

[Description] reposted from vistafans.com

Article The introduction is very detailed, and I also talk about some personal experience.
For developers, business is sufficient, and 2G is the best configuration. After 1G is installed with the application software, it will be much slower, 512? Feel it for yourself.
Video Card, with independent is the best, but it is better to more than 128, the best is 250 video memory.
Hard drive, for friends in the garden, 30 GB, believe me, that's right.
In addition, the Vista resolution settings I personally think the best is 1280*1024,102 4*768 as if it is difficult to convince the standard, of course, a classmate of mine made the screen resolution of vs2003 is 640*480, I admire such a strong person.
The following is the original article. vsitafans.com is very good. You are advised to visit it when you are fine.

Windows Vista 5600 (RC1) provides three installation methods:
1. Use the installation CD to boot the installation;
2. install the software on the existing operating system;
3. Upgrade and install the software from the existing operating system.

Next I will introduce the installation process of Windows Vista by taking "Boot installation with installation CD" as an example. The other two methods are similar to this method, so we will not detail them here! (This installation takes Windows Vista 5600 (RC1) chs as an example)

1. If you have a burned DVD or a ready-made Windows Vista installation disc, restart your computer, and enter the BIOS settings interface (the general method is to press the Del key on the keyboard during computer self-check, of course, some models of computers may be somewhat different, for more information, see the instructions on the computer or motherboard ). On the BIOS settings page, make sure that the optical drive is the first boot device, and exit the BIOS settings page. The optical drive starts to boot the computer. We will continue to install the device.
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2. Starting InstallationProgram, Load boot. Wim, start the PE environment, wait a moment, then you can play ......

3. Start the installer, select the language type you want to install, and select the appropriate time and currency display type and keyboard and input mode.
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4. Click "Install now" to start installation.
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5. Dizzy ...... Let's continue counting the goat ...... Let's just count ......
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6. Enter the "Product Key", the license agreement, and accept the nonsense. If you do not enter the "Product Key" here, click "Next". A warning is displayed. Click "no. Then select the version of your key representative in the displayed list, and tick the check box below.
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7. Select the installation type and upgrade or custom (recommended). However, you must ensure that the remaining space on the C drive is greater than 11 GB (XP is on the C drive by default), and the XP and Vista languages must be the same. Of course, if you select "Boot installation with installation CD", your upgrade is unavailable.
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8. You can set the installation partition below. To install Windows Vista, you need a clean large-capacity partition. Otherwise, the partition capacity will become very tight after installation. Note that Windows Vista can only be installed in NTFS partitions, and the remaining partition space must be greater than 8 GB. If you use some of the less common storage subsystems, such as SCSI, raid, or special SATA hard disks, the installer cannot identify your hard disk, then you need to provide the driver here. Click the "load driver" icon and follow the prompts on the screen to provide the driver. After the driver is installed, you may need to click "refresh" to re-search the hard disk. If your hard disk is brand new and has not been used, and there is no partition or data on the hard disk, you need to create a partition on the hard disk. At this time, you can click the "Drive options (advanced)" button to create a partition or delete an existing partition (if it is an old hard disk ).
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In "Drive options (advanced)", you can easily perform disk operations, such as deleting, creating partitions, formatting partitions, and expanding partitions, the Windows Vista installer provides us with a powerful disk operating platform.
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9. At this point, all the information required during the installation process has been collected, and the installation program will automatically complete the remaining operations. Next, Windows Vista will start to copy the installation file and configure the system settings. There will be two reboots between them. Do other things during this period and wait for about half an hour. The specific time depends on the computer configuration, or make a coffee and drink =). When you get back, you will find that Windows Vista has been invited into your computer ...... Let's take a look at the installation process.

Copy the Windows file, copy the files required for installation to the hard disk (this is extremely fast if you start the installation from the boot disc), and then load the Installation File install. wim, release the file to install the system driver (but starting from the boot disc, this speed is slow ...... ^_^)
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Continue to release the file and complete the installation function (unlike the new installation in XP, this step does not need to be restarted)
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Install and update, and enter the "installation completed" Stage
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Enter the first restart phase of Installation
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Prepare for the first startup

Windows Vista is being started. It is strange that there are garbled characters in the CHS version, but there is no problem in the EN version.

Go to the "complete installation" Stage
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10. After the computer is installed and restarted, you will find that Windows Vista contains a new startup manager. Select the first option to display the familiar vintage boot menu, which is used to choose to enter other work systems. Press F8 to select safe mode.
The startup screen of Windows Vista has nothing but a scroll bar (or you can call the static startup screen by running the msconfig command after Vista is started)

11. After restarting, enter your username and password and select your favorite profile picture.
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12. Enter the computer name and select the desktop background.
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13. Select the method to help automatically protect windows: first, use the Recommended settings, including keeping windows updated, helping ms make IE browser safer, and reporting problems to ms. Second, install important updates for Windows only. Ask me later, but Windows may be at risk. The first item is recommended here. Next ......
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14. review time and time settings
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15. Complete the settings, prepare to start, and hoho. After more than half an hour of suffering, you can finally enjoy our Windows Vista tour. Click "start" to go to Windows Vista ......
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16. Before we experience Windows Vista, another important process is to detect system performance and, windows Vista will show you an overview of the new Windows Vista experience
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