Brief introduction
This article describes how to build the window phone 7 development environment from 0 to start with the step through step model, if you are developing a simple Windows Phone 7 program. It's just an introductory article, but the way to develop Windows Phone 7 is simply to develop Windows phone 7.
Windows 7 Installation
Now that the Windows Phone 7 development environment only supports Windows 7 and Vista, I recommend Windows 7, and here's how to build a Windows 7 environment.
Preparation conditions
1. Windows XP system.
2 GB Hard disk space
3.2GB of Memory
4. Does the display card support DirectX if you want to develop a XNA program? 10 or later, with WDDM 1.1 drive.
Installation steps
1. Download windows 7 ISO
2. Download Windows 7 Usb/dvd Download Tool
To the link below http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool download windows 7 Usb/dvd Download Tool
3. Install Windows 7 Usb/dvd Download Tool.
Format a USB disk larger than 4G.