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VISTA
After configuring the system for booting from a CD/DVD, the Windows Setup screen appears. At this point, Setup is loading the driver files it needs to continue with installation.
The next screen is a more graphical progress bar indicating Windows Vista is still working in the background.
The first options you will come across are selections for Language, Time and currency format, and Keyboard layout.
Make your selections by using the pull down menus and press the Next
Here we have the option of repairing a previous installation or "Install Now."
Highlight the "Install Now" button to continue to the next screen. Windows Vista is working in the background. This may take several minutes depending on the system.
Next screen is where you enter your product key or "CD Key" as it is sometimes called.
An option also exists to automatically activate Vista upon first coming online. Uncheck it to ensure everything is running smoothly before activating and having issues later on. 30 days is the standard amount of time before activation is required, though some products (such as MSDN subscriptions) have 60 days or more.
Next is License Agreement screen, you must accept it before continuing. After reading the agreement, check the box next to "I accept the license terms".
After entering your product key, press the Next
Option Selections screen
Here we would be able to choose an "Upgrade" install (if running setup from a previous version of Windows, such as XP) or a "Custom" (clean) install.
Select the whole box containing "Custom (advanced)" to continue to the next screen.
Next is harddrive selection screen, where you can select which hard drive/partition to install Vista on. This is also where you would install drivers for your RAID/ACPI controller by using the "Load Driver" option. After the installation of the RAID/ACPI drivers, your hard drives should appear as shown on the right.
If no additional drivers are needed, select the Next
The advanced options allow creation of multiple partitions and the option of formatting existing partitions.
After finishing your particular partition configuration that you desire, select the Next. installation will start, this process can take 10 to 60 minutes depending on the system.
After installation reboot screen will appear. Here we see the system needing to reboot to continue installation tasks. You can hit the Restart Now button or just allow the reboot to happen automatically after several seconds.
After completing instalation screen, account creation screen will appear.
Here is where we create the first user account for the system and select an icon to be displayed on the login screen. Ensure you password your account.
After finishing entering your information and icon selection, select the Next.
Give a suitable name in "PC name" screen. configure time zone and updates.
After thanks screen, PC Performance screen will appear. At that stage Vista checks the system performance to automaticlly configure a few options. This may take several minutes while the system does this and it will only do it this one time.
Next would be account log in screen. once account ID and password has been entered, VISTA would perform some additional tasks. (like setting up your custom desktop & account profile)
After account profile configuration, welcome screen will appear. Congratulations, job done.
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