Average Installation time for Windows 7

[KCB]

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????

Be careful what you wish for:

http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Be careful what you wish for:

http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/

I think I've seen the article before (although I'm not sure).

In any case, if I follow the designs seen in the article, will I look as
fetching as the person in the picture? If so, I can hardly wait.

In fact, I'm going to the kitchen right now, as soon as I post this.
Maybe my friends will even start liking me again, once I show up in my
new foil helmet.

 

[charlie]

I think I've seen the article before (although I'm not sure).

In any case, if I follow the designs seen in the article, will I look as
fetching as the person in the picture? If so, I can hardly wait.

In fact, I'm going to the kitchen right now, as soon as I post this.
Maybe my friends will even start liking me again, once I show up in my
new foil helmet.

Be careful with that! It can concentrate RF instead of blocking it!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Be careful with that! It can concentrate RF instead of blocking it!

Oh oh :-(

Now I'm worried. But will I still be handsome?

 

[Paul]

Be careful with that! It can concentrate RF instead of blocking it!

I think it would be better to wear a "microwave horn" on your head
Don't ask me what polarization though... "Listen for voices" and
if you don't hear any, you're probably wearing the microwave horn
the right way round.

http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-m2/microwave-feed-horn-antenna-213053.jpg

Included for "cool animation"...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Rising_circular.gif/300px-Rising_circular.gif

For some reason, we used those in physics lab, but I never thought of it
as particularly a good idea. I kept wanting to hold my "Starbucks"
coffee in front of it For a "warmup".

Paul

 

[KCB]

Oh oh :-(

Now I'm worried. But will I still be handsome?

I think "The Centurion" is the one. Don't go for the plain old helmet
model.

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

Relax. You will notice anything wrong.

I think "The Centurion" is the one. Don't go for the plain old helmet
model.

The voices are making you say that, aren't they?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Six Underground]

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.

I recently installed Win 7 Home Premium x86 on two Dell desktop
machines that were manufactured in 2009. I was amazed at how quickly
it installed from the DVD. I started with completely blank,
zero-filled 80 GB Seagate SATA drives. I told the installer to
format. It only took 20 minutes to install from the DVD. Not only
that, but it installed drivers for every single device on the machine.

I'm wondering if the format that it performed was a full or partial
format. I'm not sure how I'd know the difference.

Regards,

6U

 

[Wolf K]

I recently installed Win 7 Home Premium x86 on two Dell desktop
machines that were manufactured in 2009. I was amazed at how quickly
it installed from the DVD. I started with completely blank,
zero-filled 80 GB Seagate SATA drives. I told the installer to
format. It only took 20 minutes to install from the DVD. Not only
that, but it installed drivers for every single device on the machine.

I'm wondering if the format that it performed was a full or partial
format. I'm not sure how I'd know the difference.

Regards,

6U

I think that Win 7 probably did a "quick format": it just marked all
usable tracks/sectors as "available" in the track/sector table. That
table is created when the HDD was hard-formatted at the factory. I.e., a
"zero filled" HD would still be formatted into tracks and sectors. Then
W7 wrote a new "Master File Table", that is, it set aside a protected
area of the disk for writing the list of directories (folders) and files
it would write onto the HDD during installation. It's possible to figure
out what it did by using a utility that allows you examine the contents
of each sector byte-by-byte.

HTH

 

[Six Underground]

I think that Win 7 probably did a "quick format": it just marked all
usable tracks/sectors as "available" in the track/sector table. That
table is created when the HDD was hard-formatted at the factory. I.e., a
"zero filled" HD would still be formatted into tracks and sectors. Then
W7 wrote a new "Master File Table", that is, it set aside a protected
area of the disk for writing the list of directories (folders) and files
it would write onto the HDD during installation. It's possible to figure
out what it did by using a utility that allows you examine the contents
of each sector byte-by-byte.

Hi there Wolf.

I actually have such a utility. Perhaps I'll take a look at the disk.

I think you're right about the quick format. Win 7 installed in less
time than XP takes to do a full format. I was just reading a
discussion in the forums about this subject. Apparently, there's a
way to get the Win 7 installer to do a full format. However, even
though I chose the "custom install" route, I must have missed the
option to do so. I'll take a closer look next time.

Thanks for the info.

6U

 

[...winston]

"Six Underground" wrote in message I think you're right about the quick format. Win 7 installed in less
time than XP takes to do a full format. I was just reading a
discussion in the forums about this subject. Apparently, there's a
way to get the Win 7 installer to do a full format. However, even
though I chose the "custom install" route, I must have missed the
option to do so. I'll take a closer look next time.

Thanks for the info.
After choosing the 'Custom (Advanced)' option the user is
presented with a new dialog box that asks:
'Where do you want to install Windows ?'
That same dialog box provides an item called 'Drive Options'
that provides the user the ability to format.
http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/22305d1249849742-custom-install-windows-7-step7.jpg

 

[Six Underground]

After choosing the 'Custom (Advanced)' option the user is
presented with a new dialog box that asks:
'Where do you want to install Windows ?'
That same dialog box provides an item called 'Drive Options'
that provides the user the ability to format.
http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/22305d1249849742-custom-install-windows-7-step7.jpg

Hi Winston.

Unfortunately, my version of Win 7 doesn't appear to support this
function. The installation disk is Win 7 Home Premium SP1, part
number X17-58996.

If I choose the advanced install option, the partition dialog
launches, and I'm presented with the choices of Refresh,
Load Driver, and New. When I click on New, it prompts me to set the
partition size. Having done that, the dialog choices change to
Refresh, Load Driver, Delete (partition), and Format. When I click on
Format, it appears to do a quick format, and no other format options
are presented. Then the installer proceeds from there.

Once again, this is on a zero-filled drive. Behavior on an already
formatted drive may produce other options.

Regards,

6U

 

[m1r2hud]

installing windows dont take much time, its how many updates you have to download and install. i recently did a reboot after a driver for my Diamond multimedia TVW750U caused it to blue screen when i tried safe removel. with a slow single core processor it took me nearly 3 hours to get 119 updates installed. plus extra time to download graphics driver, sound card driver, and java and flash player, with some downloads of system cleaners.

 

[dewadaru]

[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]im using windows 7 home premium was installed to toshiba satelite L510 since 2009.
long time ago , browsing was accidentaly brought to an upgrade windows 7 that maybe someone else using my computer
do not understand.to follow then it came to the the copy of windows 7 .
today when i decide to reinstall orginal , the screen was shown
BOOTMGR is missing
Press C + A + D to restart,
go to the option F2 or F! 2
occurs repeatedly
windows 7 can not be reinstalled

i tried follow isntruction about making repair disc from DVD/USB
it goes to upload an iso image from a link recommended
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[FONT=&quot]huge file iso image to download,
im not sure my step is right
and so what am suppos 2 do
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[FONT=&quot]pls help me[/FONT]
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[/FONT]MY PROBLEM
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/104341-bootmgr-missing-fix.html

FOLLOWING STEP

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-c...-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/
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thks[/FONT]