Average Installation time for Windows 7

[Lab User]

Has anybody timed how long does it take on average to perform a clean
install of Windows 7 ignoring hardware/processor speeds. Xp used to be
about 39 minutes (Microsoft's own figures) but it used to be less.

I need to do this over the weekend while I am watching the champions
League final.

 

[charlie]

Has anybody timed how long does it take on average to perform a clean
install of Windows 7 ignoring hardware/processor speeds. Xp used to be
about 39 minutes (Microsoft's own figures) but it used to be less.

I need to do this over the weekend while I am watching the champions
League final.

The base install is one thing. Getting all the updates installed and
working is another.
Some of the more common applications also have a large number of
updates. The install media can also be a player. CD/DVD or an OEM
copy on a hard disk.
Then, there is the original CD/DVD vs the CD?DVD with SP1.

 

[Unk]

Has anybody timed how long does it take on average to perform a clean
install of Windows 7 ignoring hardware/processor speeds. Xp used to be
about 39 minutes (Microsoft's own figures) but it used to be less.

I need to do this over the weekend while I am watching the champions
League final.

Installing from a Win7 + SP1 flash drive takes about 15 minutes.
Add more time for drivers and a lot more time for Windows updates.
hardware/processor speeds DO make a difference.
Installing from a flash drive is twice as fast as a DVD install.

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

The base install is one thing. Getting all the updates installed and
working is another.
Some of the more common applications also have a large number of
updates. The install media can also be a player. CD/DVD or an OEM
copy on a hard disk.
Then, there is the original CD/DVD vs the CD?DVD with SP1.

Good point! The updates are really time consuming.
My last one took the better part of a day from format
to operational, including all the downloads and drivers.

 

[Paul]

Installing from a Win7 + SP1 flash drive takes about 15 minutes.
Add more time for drivers and a lot more time for Windows updates.
hardware/processor speeds DO make a difference.
Installing from a flash drive is twice as fast as a DVD install.

A tool for preparing the flash drive, is here. I don't know if
Unk is using the same tool or not. For best results, read the FAQ
section first.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

Paul

 

[Percival P. Cassidy]

Has anybody timed how long does it take on average to perform a clean
install of Windows 7 ignoring hardware/processor speeds. Xp used to be
about 39 minutes (Microsoft's own figures) but it used to be less.

I need to do this over the weekend while I am watching the champions
League final.

I've never timed it, but I'd say less than 30 minutes for the basic
installation. But one advantage of the Win7 installation process is that
you can go away and leave it, whereas XP would tell me "39 minutes" (or
whatever), and 45 minutes later I'd come back and find it asking for
further information with 35 minutes still remaining.

Perce

 

[Ken Blake]

Has anybody timed how long does it take on average to perform a clean
install of Windows 7 ignoring hardware/processor speeds.

How can you ignore hardware/processor speeds? That's like asking how
long it takes to drive from New York to Los Angeles, ignoring what
speed the car is going at.

 

[ray]

How can you ignore hardware/processor speeds? That's like asking how
long it takes to drive from New York to Los Angeles, ignoring what speed
the car is going at.

It's quite possible to make a rough estimate of driving time from NY to
LA - a few basic assumptions would be in order, but freeway speed limits,
distance, and a few stops for gas will give a quite reasonable estimate
of 'driving time'.

 

[Tony]

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

The base install is one thing. Getting all the updates installed and
working is another.
Some of the more common applications also have a large number of
updates. The install media can also be a player. CD/DVD or an OEM
copy on a hard disk.
Then, there is the original CD/DVD vs the CD?DVD with SP1.

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[Paul]

How can you ignore hardware/processor speeds? That's like asking how
long it takes to drive from New York to Los Angeles, ignoring what
speed the car is going at.

I'd look at it from another perspective.

The installer doesn't go as fast as it could.

Even if the user gives the installer an optimal environment to work in
(zero seek time storage for source device), I'm not convinced the installer
in any way, goes as fast as it could. Even when storage limits are removed,
it's still "slug-slow" considering what it's doing.

Paul

 

[Bob I]

How can you ignore hardware/processor speeds? That's like asking how
long it takes to drive from New York to Los Angeles, ignoring what
speed the car is going at.

Gold wing or BigWheel?

 

[Ken Blake]

Gold wing or BigWheel?

I probably should know what you're talking about, but sorry to say
that I don't.

Ken

 

[SC Tom]

I probably should know what you're talking about, but sorry to say
that I don't.

Ken

Goldwing http://wallpapers.free-review.net/27__Honda_Goldwing_GL1200.htm

Big Wheel http://www.amazon.com/Big-Wheels-inch-The-Original/dp/B0001A866O

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Goldwing http://wallpapers.free-review.net/27__Honda_Goldwing_GL1200.htm

Big Wheel http://www.amazon.com/Big-Wheels-inch-The-Original/dp/B0001A866O

Thanks for the links, especially the second one. My imagination didn't
do as good a job as the picture

Back in the day, though, the kids didn't wear helmets...

 

[SC Tom]

Thanks for the links, especially the second one. My imagination didn't
do as good a job as the picture

Back in the day, though, the kids didn't wear helmets...

.... or seat belts, or sit in car seats, and we drank straight out of the garden hose It's amazing that we lived as
long as we have LOL!!

 

[Char Jackson]

... or seat belts, or sit in car seats, and we drank straight out of the garden hose It's amazing that we lived as
long as we have LOL!!

My favorite spot as a kid was standing on the transmission hump and
hanging my elbows across the back of the front seat. If I sat down,
two things happened. One, I couldn't see out, and that was important
to me, and two, my brothers and sisters were probably hogging the
actual seat and squeezing in between them meant someone was going to
fidget, and in turn that would lead to an argument, elbows would fly,
and eventually we'd have way more attention from mom in the front seat
than anyone wanted.

 

[KCB]

Thanks for the links, especially the second one. My imagination didn't
do as good a job as the picture

Back in the day, though, the kids didn't wear helmets...

And Big Wheels didn't cost $144, either... yikes!

 

[SC Tom]

And Big Wheels didn't cost $144, either... yikes!

Yeah, I saw that! I think they can still be had from Wallyworld for about half that, and even that's a lot more than I
paid for one back in the mid-70's for my oldest (even allowing for a 40 year currency value difference). I don't
remember exactly what it cost, but at that time, my income wasn't that great, so it couldn't have been a heck of a lot

 

[Allen Drake]

It's quite possible to make a rough estimate of driving time from NY to
LA - a few basic assumptions would be in order, but freeway speed limits,
distance, and a few stops for gas will give a quite reasonable estimate
of 'driving time'.

That would depend on which drivers you are using. The old ones will
always be slower. Unless you use the bus then you would have to have
the fastest front bus you can find if my memory serves me right but it
would sure be a hard drive no matter what.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Thanks for the links, especially the second one. My imagination didn't
do as good a job as the picture

Back in the day, though, the kids didn't wear helmets...

I was amused, when going to Amazon to do some actual shopping a day or
two later, my screen showed me several suggestions about Big Wheels.

They are tracking me! Where's my tinfoil hat????