How long to install Win 7

[Vipermk2]

I was quite taken aback when I installed Win 7 x64 (7232) it only took 12 mins from start to finish. That included reformatting the drive and entering the serial

 

[zigzag3143]

win 7232 install

I was quite taken aback when I installed Win 7 x64 (7232) it only took 12 mins from start to finish. That included reformatting the drive and entering the serial

First welcome to sevenforums.

What did you install it from DVD, or USB. With your system Im not that surprised on the short install if it was done from usb. As long as everything works not to worry. I did a 32 bit intall from usb and it took 30 minutes.

Ken

 

[Snufffed]

Wow, that is fast. My time for total upgrade was 45 min, last reboot to allow reset of FW and AV. - 48 min, but then I do not have to reinstall, 2d Browser, Office 2010,
EMAIL, Nothing it is already done...

 

[Vipermk2]

First welcome to sevenforums.

What did you install it from DVD, or USB. With your system Im not that surprised on the short install if it was done from usb. As long as everything works not to worry. I did a 32 bit intall from usb and it took 30 minutes.

Ken

Done via DVD

 

[Airbot]

I was quite taken aback when I installed Win 7 x64 (7232) it only took 12 mins from start to finish. That included reformatting the drive and entering the serial

That's exactly how long it takes for me with a clean install x64 burned on disk, 12 minutes. Not just 7232 for me, I've had about the same time will most of the builds since about 7077 or so.

Wow, that is fast. My time for total upgrade was 45 min, last reboot to allow reset of FW and AV. - 48 min, but then I do not have to reinstall, 2d Browser, Office 2010,
EMAIL, Nothing it is already done...

Upgrades take longer than clean installs.

 

[Snufffed]

I understand the difference in time. My question/comment was posed to ask what is your total install time, to include all the programs you want to test.
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All this other stuff to see if it really WORKS.

 

[WindowsSe7en]

That's very fast. How much RAM do you have and how fast is your processor?

 

[Night Hawk]

Whether dvd or usb flash the average on every build so far has been right at 20 minutes compared to XP or Vista or any other older version taking the best part of an hour for the basic installation. I find it a little hard to believe you partitioned and formatted a drive as well as a full clean install in only 12minutes total.

 

[Airbot]

Well I don't remember anybody mentioning making a partition in that time. I certainly didn't. When I do the same as Vipermk2 in reformatting when doing a Clean install, the whole install process from start to finish including the formatting takes approximately 12 minutes for me.

 

[Night Hawk]

The drives/partitions here are either already formatted clean or simply an install to replaced a previous installation by booting from dvd or usb key still seeing 20+ minutes even for the x86 while the x64bit installation always seem a bit faster.

Regardless in real world time the minimum on more then one system has been at least 20 to reach the desktop for the first time on each one. 12 minutes seems a bit too fast to be real unless chopping files out for any stock system.

Still at 20-25 minutes for the bare essentials compare that to the time spent on anything else! The list of programs may not be the largest while the total amount of time for everything including the virtual machines, adding items like the control panel onto the taskbar, and other tweaks usually is not all at once.

 

[Airbot]

The drives/partitions here are either already formatted clean or simply an install to replaced a previous installation by booting from dvd or usb key still seeing 20+ minutes even for the x86 while the x64bit installation always seem a bit faster.

Regardless in real world time the minimum on more then one system has been at least 20 to reach the desktop for the first time on each one. 12 minutes seems a bit too fast to be real unless chopping files out for any stock system.

Still at 20-25 minutes for the bare essentials compare that to the time spent on anything else! The list of programs may not be the largest while the total amount of time for everything including the virtual machines, adding items like the control panel onto the taskbar, and other tweaks usually is not all at once.

I don't know if you're just not reading wholly what people write or just not listening.

I can have a Windows 7 x64 build on DVD, restart my computer to boot from it, and from the time I boot off the disk..reformat the drive, and everything else between that to the desktop in 12 minutes. No file skipping, No incompletion, etc. If you don't believe it, then don't.

 

[Night Hawk]

If I had a camcorder setup you could time it for yourself on how long the various installations actually take here when the videos were uploaded onto Youtube. The 20 minute average is booting from the dvd where the primary is already reformatted at times or a totally new one already formatted since the installer for 7 still lacks in the drive tools area.

At 12min. in the updates are then being installed if you happened to check off that option? Once the installation is complete I only find a few items listed for download being monitor, video card if not already installed, tuner card, keyboard, etc. there. The only way to see less time would be by leaving the updates option unchecked and waiting until afterwards to then see the pile loaded on.

 

[Airbot]

I'm not going to upload a video just to prove it to you. Updates included. I only have two updates, one for a modem driver, and a Win defender definition update.

Like I said, if you don't believe it, then don't. :sarc:

 

[Vipermk2]

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All this other stuff to see if it really WORKS.

I can't get this to work, well it does work until it freezes

 

[digitalrurouni]

I think mine was around 15 min but then again I was not paying a lot of attention. 12 min is pretty awesome though. Regardless the install times are a lot less than before which is great.

 

[bjs53]

What is this discussion about? Everybody could noticed that insatallation is fast and smooth. Does it matter how long it takes? 12 , 15 or 15.51 min! It is not F1 race. Enjoy!

 

[Snufffed]

I can't get this to work, well it does work until it freezes

Your using x64. Im on x86. tested on 7260 still doing AOK.
might be the problem.

 

[Vipermk2]

What is this discussion about? Everybody could noticed that insatallation is fast and smooth. Does it matter how long it takes? 12 , 15 or 15.51 min! It is not F1 race. Enjoy!

Just gobsmaked that it only took 12mins to install, I was wondering how long it took for others.

 

[Snufffed]

Again the speed of CLEAN install makes NO MATTER (it is Fast).
How long does it take to install all your programs.... that you want to test.
I'm also testing Office 2010, and a Monster Submarine Game.
plus Live mail and MUv4. reference to my post. #3 and #6.

 

[Vipermk2]

Again the speed of CLEAN install makes NO MATTER (it is Fast).
How long does it take to install all your programs.... that you want to test.
I'm also testing Office 2010, and a Monster Submarine Game.
plus Live mail and MUv4. reference to my post. #3 and #6.

That depends on my frame of mind, it could take between 1 and 4 hours, Depends If I'm on the ball or not.