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Software Installation
A good computer technician must be knowledgeable in different terminologies use in System
Restoration. System Restoration is the process of bringing a system to an operable condition
after a disaster so that it can again accept and process data. Software installation needs prior
knowledge on the following terms listed below.
In software issue, install, installation , or install.exe is the process or file used to place a
software program in a computer.
Reinstallation means the process of installing a software or program again. Software needs to
reinstall if it is experiencing issues that cannot be resolved.
Clean Install means installing software onto a computer that previously does not already have
the software or older versions on it.
Boot or booting is the process of powering on a computer and getting into the operating
system
Reboot could be term also as restart, reboot is a term used to describe the process of restarting
the computer or electronic device.
Cold boot is the other term hard boot, a term used to describe the process of turning on the
computer after it has been powered off. When a computer is turned on after being off for the
night, it is referred to as cold booting.
Warm boot is a method of resetting a computer that is already powered on. This is commonly
used to recover from errors that cannot be recovered, or when a computer lock. A warm boot
can be accomplished by pressing the CTRL - ALT - DEL keys simultaneously, or by selecting the
restart command from an operating system menu.
Partition in computer hard disk drive, is a segment that is separated from other portions of the
hard disk drive.
Format is a MS-DOS command that prepares a blank diskette or hard disk by first formatting
the disk to hold data.
Re-format is the process of erasing all information on the disk drive which is already formatted.
The process of formatting again the disk drive to prepare that disk to be used for other data.
Windows 7 Installation
Windows 7 system requirements
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:
 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
 DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
Additional requirements to use certain features:
 Internet access (fees may apply)
 Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced
graphics hardware
 Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher
for optimal performance
 For some Windows Media Center functionality, a TV tuner and additional hardware may be
required
 Windows Touch and Tablet PCs require specific hardware
 Homegroup requires a network and PCs running Windows 7
 DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive
 BitLocker requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2
 BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive
 Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM and an additional 15 GB of available
hard disk space.