How many times have you installed Windows 7?

[Zidane24]

SF

I have been glancing back at the many times I have installed Windows 7. I have been with 7 since M1 and have installed each and every build at least once. The cool thing is I have actually ran a tally since the very beginning and here are my results

Milestone 1 -> BETA (The Beginning)
10 times

BETA -> RC-Escrow (Things Start to Kick Off)
26 times

RC -> RTM-Candidate (Beginning of the End)
30 times

RTM -> Beyond... (The End)
13 times

As you can see...some might think I have an OCD for clean installs (they may have something there) but this is largely based on extensive personal testing I have done. As an official tester...well...you can see why


...anyhow...how many times have YOU installed 7? Post 'em here!

PS and if you happen to be only installing 7 for the first time...don't let the numbers intimidate you...

 

[Jacee]

Three times. Beta, RC, and RTM

 

[Zidane24]

Three times. Beta, RC, and RTM

Its quality over quantity

In all seriousness I could recite the whole install process word by word. Hell...I probably can recite most of the EULA if I tried...

 

[Lee]

1 - Beta 1 - October
2 - Beta Public - January
2 - RC - May
1 - RTM - August
1 - Enterprise - September

It has been enjoyable testing Windows 7. I Have been lucky enough to test each NT build since 3.5 (have never used 95, 98, or ME).

 

[Antman]

I have 14 DVDs (some might be dupes). Beta thru 7260. Started using flash with 7264 and 7600.

I don't know. I do know that this licensed install, Signature Ultimate, is still a test install. I am playing with quite a few apps suggested here at SF. Still need to see if stduviewer is a valid replacement for Acrobat Reader. FoxIt was not, so I am skeptical. I need more than a PDF viewer. Free Adobe Reader allows the completion of PDF forms, which FoxIt did not support.

So, I only know that I have one more non-repair install pending.

 

[Airbot]

Like I've said in other threads on the same subject before.....I lost count.

 

[DocBrown]

Like I've said in other threads on the same subject before.....I lost count.

Me too,

I've lost count of how many computers I have collected

 

[Zidane24]

Add 1 more to mine...

Getting ready to make one last reinstall to finally shape my "built to last" system.

 

[Zidane24]

Actually this next install with be 80 for me...I guess I could end it on a high note then!

 

[Disk4mat]

1 for the RC
1 for the RTM

I use Acronis to make drive images and have only restored one time due to a bad flash drive that blemished my reliability score. Had I not lost a point I would still be on the same install

 

[ViperChief]

I installed the Beta and RC the first days they were available. I installed the RTM and then about 10 days ago, I installed Win 7 x64 Pro from MSDNAA. Hopefully, I won't have to do another install on this computer for a while.

My next planned install is when I build my new computer with tax refund money.

 

[zrtom]

Actual counting would be impossible without going through about 4 notebooks. But just for kicks I could make a rough estimate using the following:
1. Just counting my own PCs (7) and not others' I've installed W7 on.
2. Starting just before 6801 @ end of July '08 until the TechNet RTM I've got around 90 GB of .iso's on a data drive, which @ 3GB each build (avg. between x86 & x64) would be 30 builds).
3. I've probably installed each build at least 4x on each computer for various testing scenarios.
This would yield (7) x (30) x (4) = 840

I guess I wasn't too far off when I told someone the other day that I'll bet I've installed Windows 7 a thousand times. And what did I get for running the Windows Feedback Panel applet 24/7 for over a year? Office 2007 Pro (Phase I beta), W7 Ultimate (Phase II beta), W7 Ultimate (House Party). Nothing that my TechNet subscription doesn't already cover, really. I think what I really got from it was the satisfaction of watching a truly great Operating System grow from the ashes of Vista to what was released on Thursday.

 

[SnarkyTwit]

I used to reinstall vista and xp like every other week. I switched back and forth between operating systems because I couldn't find one I liked. Since receiving my signature version of Ultimate, I haven't looked back (or reinstalled). I guess that means I'm finally happy.

Snarks

 

[Dinesh]

I reinstall Windows 7 every month.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi all
Probably as many times as I've had hot dinners or as many mm there are in a "standard piece of string".

However I think my current setups are going to be stable now

( 2X Enterprise X-64, 1X Pro x-64, 1X pro x-86, 5X home premium x-64)

Did a lot of work in last 2 weeks getting our home network all up running with fixes etc.

Am now busy in switching from SUSE server to W2008 R2 server for the main server.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[joel406]

Windows 7?

16 times counting the 10 pre releases.

Doing my 6th official release now.

 

[Jacee]

I forgot the first Beta installation in Virtual PC 2007. Didn't care for that, so went 'full time'

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

About 8 times with the Beta (7000), 25ish with RC (7100) and about 6 so far with Retail.

RC had a lot of strange issues with me.

 

[Adrian]

How many ways do I luv?

Huh? How many days have I spent installing 7?
Weeks, weeks!
Hail Marines, we salute U!

 

[Zidane24]

Huh? How many days have I spent installing 7?
Weeks, weeks!
Hail Marines, we salute U!

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