Installation time of Windows 7

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  1. Posts : 2
    Win XP pro
       #1

    Installation time of Windows 7


    I installed windows 7 but it took over 8 hours to complete the installation.

    What did I do wrong and how long is it suppose to take to install Windows 7?
    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 627
    win 7 ( 64 bit)
       #2

    took me about 30 mins. to do a clean install. without your system specs no one's
    going to be able to help you .

    scrooge
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  3. Posts : 155
    Windows 7 Build 7100 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
       #3

    Mine took longer than 30 minutes, but certainly not EIGHT hours Maybe your DVD was hardly readable for your DVD drive?
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  4. Posts : 70
    Windows 7 64bit/Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
       #4

    Upgrades are longer than clean installs. Also the older your hardware is the longer it will take. But yeah 8 hours is a little too long.
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  5. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #5

    Actually, I think the majority of the time is spent gathering information about your apps and such.

    I upgraded my HP (Compaq 2710p) Tablet PC - all it has on it are O07, JDK 1.6, NetBeans, JCreator, GrabIt, Adobe Acrobat, Firefox 3.1b2 and Cygwin - but it took over 3 hours to complete due to it going through the gathering apps and settings stage for almost 2 hours by itself....
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  6. Posts : 70
    Windows 7 64bit/Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
       #6

    Thus why an upgrade is longer generally than a clean install
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  7. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #7

    Right - but except for that one process, the rest of the installation process proceeded at a normal rate - considering it was on a U7600 with 2 GB of RAM on a 4200 RPM SATA drive compared to the rig in my system specs - a significantly faster rig....
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  8. Posts : 70
    Windows 7 64bit/Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
       #8

    I first installed vista on a P4 with 512mb ram. Took 3 hours. 5 if you count the failed installation attempt :P
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  9. Posts : 4,364
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
       #9

    Wow - My P4 2.0 with 1 GB of RAM took just under and hour....that was RC 1 ....
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  10. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #10

    Fresh install about 20-25 mins disc to desktop.
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