Windows 7 - Clean Install Windows 7

**Brink** · 01-10-2009

How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7

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Click here to read the entire tutorial

**myzr7** · 05-11-2009

thanks for the heads up Brink, much better to use windows built in tweek. I will change mine and make a note of this link. lm
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**Brink** · 05-11-2009

You're welcome Larry.

elbeasto · 06-08-2009

At step 8, I just highlighted the partition and clicked 'delete' then clicked next. The result is the same as far as I can tell.

**Brink** · 06-08-2009

Hello ElBeasto, and welcome to Seven Forums.

True, the end results will most likely be the same, but the actions are different.

Deleting the partition will leave it as a blank unallocated partition, but Windows 7 will format it during the installation anyway.

**swarfega** · 06-08-2009

They often recommend that after installation is finished you do the following in order:

1. install chipset drivers
2. install all other drivers
3. install anti virus and/or firewall
4. install your software
5. disk cleanup
6. defrag

other optional extras could include

a. relocate pagefile
b. relocate indexing database
c. change power profile to taste
d. relocate where IE stores its cache files

elbeasto · 06-08-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello ElBeasto, and welcome to Seven Forums.

True, the end results will most likely be the same, but the actions are different.

Deleting the partition will leave it as a blank unallocated partition, but Windows 7 will format it during the installation anyway.

Thanks Brink, yeah I figured it would either do it automatically or spit out an info dialog saying you have to create at least one partition etc...

Out of curiosity, if you click format, does it give you the quick format option?

**Brink** · 06-08-2009

Yep, it is a quick format by default.

elbeasto · 06-08-2009

Ok thanks Brink. I guess SMART would be norm these days :-)

**Brink** · 06-08-2009

I would like to think that most folks are SMART.

LOL

**ztmike** · 07-05-2009

I'm not booting from the dvd..

I'm not getting the option for Step 7..

But I did get it the first time I tried installing Win 7..not sure what to do?

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