uefi setup utility
menu options for
Main, OC tweaker, Advanced, Tool, H/W monitor, Boot, Security, Exit
menu options for
Main, OC tweaker, Advanced, Tool, H/W monitor, Boot, Security, Exit
UEFI is a newish feature and replaces traditional BIOS.
Have a read at this,
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with - Windows 7 Help Forums
Have a read at this,
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with - Windows 7 Help Forums
boot order set to ahci st375....., then ahci optiarc, then uefi optiarc finally uefi built in ef
that is probably why windows started to load.
what next?
just let windows load as in FIRST INSTALL
that is probably why windows started to load.
what next?
just let windows load as in FIRST INSTALL
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I have reached the last screen of first install. Some screens were omitted, but it has let me get there.
what does that want me to do?
but it has gone back and asked about some of the omitted screens, obviously doing things in a different order from vista.
it did not restart. it stopped with a windows desktop
second install instructions now in progress.
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Where are you up to now ?
Running the second install from within the first means you now remove and replace the disc in the DVD drive so that Windows picks it up. From there is should ask if you want to run 'setup.exe' to launch the upgrade.
Running the second install from within the first means you now remove and replace the disc in the DVD drive so that Windows picks it up. From there is should ask if you want to run 'setup.exe' to launch the upgrade.
second install has finished.
It asked for product key.
The number on the top of the box is too short.
So I said later. That gives me 30 days.
What did it look like. A slip of paper with the 20 digits ?
Can the product key be extracted from the old HDD?
It asked for product key.
The number on the top of the box is too short.
So I said later. That gives me 30 days.
What did it look like. A slip of paper with the 20 digits ?
Can the product key be extracted from the old HDD?
My upgrade disc has the number on the wrapper. 25 digits I think. The number wouldn't be on view on any retail packaging, it would be inside.
I'd call it a day now Andrew.
Yes, I believe you can extract license keys using some free software, that's one to look at tomorrow... and... this is where you really should image your drive because if you are going to be adding stuff to use only once then you don't want it cluttering things up and doing whatever it does to the OS.
I would say the next steps are to create a second partition (did you wipe the drive first... was it all unallocated space ?) and make your image backup.
Yes, I believe you can extract license keys using some free software, that's one to look at tomorrow... and... this is where you really should image your drive because if you are going to be adding stuff to use only once then you don't want it cluttering things up and doing whatever it does to the OS.
I would say the next steps are to create a second partition (did you wipe the drive first... was it all unallocated space ?) and make your image backup.
"So I said later "
I said that , too. After my 179$ product key got blacklisted.
Then I got an activator , "later" to activating it through microsoft.
Activate it myself.
I do consider the 179$ well spent , even as the real improvement
in win7 was mainly the UAC (and the GUI). XP worked well , but fell short on
core OS security.
As far as spending anything on a W8 license , do they think I'm dumb ?
I won't even comment on W10 🙁.
Glad you got it.
OS
I said that , too. After my 179$ product key got blacklisted.
Then I got an activator , "later" to activating it through microsoft.
Activate it myself.
I do consider the 179$ well spent , even as the real improvement
in win7 was mainly the UAC (and the GUI). XP worked well , but fell short on
core OS security.
As far as spending anything on a W8 license , do they think I'm dumb ?
I won't even comment on W10 🙁.
Glad you got it.
OS
What order do I
clean up after install
image the new installation before it get corrupted/bloated
partition the disc
clean up after install
image the new installation before it get corrupted/bloated
partition the disc
-Do a initial cleanup with Ccleaner , then defrag (defraggler).
Makes all the core OS stuff contiguous.
- find the best or (least buggy) drivers for your motherboard, Video ,
sound card , and other hardware's . Cclean and defrag again.
-On mine I add basic softwares to open compressed files , images
(paint shop and winrar). OS will then open most file types. You could
just leave microsoft's viewers/ZIP functionality , but this is dysfunctional.
Do any tweaks to services/default programs , performance adjustments.
A good tool - Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.2, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista
This just changes registry settings , portable (does not install) .... and
can change eliminate win7 spyware tendencies and/or un-needed,unwanted services.
All settings are reversible by unchecking entries.
---- then make an image of the tested OS (use it for a while).
Edit - Yeah egads ! I read the current AVG and Win10 Eula - using their "service" (OS)
grants them exclusive rights to all data accessed through said "service"
After W7 , your data is no longer yours ... period. Many are angry with this belligerence.
OS
Makes all the core OS stuff contiguous.
- find the best or (least buggy) drivers for your motherboard, Video ,
sound card , and other hardware's . Cclean and defrag again.
-On mine I add basic softwares to open compressed files , images
(paint shop and winrar). OS will then open most file types. You could
just leave microsoft's viewers/ZIP functionality , but this is dysfunctional.
Do any tweaks to services/default programs , performance adjustments.
A good tool - Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.2, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista
This just changes registry settings , portable (does not install) .... and
can change eliminate win7 spyware tendencies and/or un-needed,unwanted services.
All settings are reversible by unchecking entries.
---- then make an image of the tested OS (use it for a while).
Edit - Yeah egads ! I read the current AVG and Win10 Eula - using their "service" (OS)
grants them exclusive rights to all data accessed through said "service"
After W7 , your data is no longer yours ... period. Many are angry with this belligerence.
OS
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1/ I would go to the AOMEI site and download the freeware backup program but do that on another PC and save the file to a flash drive.
2/ Put that flash drive into the W7 PC and run setup.exe of the downloaded file to install AOMEI.
3/ Go to your 'computer management console' by right clicking 'computer' in the start menu and you should see something like this. You need to click 'disk management' in the left hand column. Post #193
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/ever...becomes-very-slow-respond-10.html#post4498934
4/ Create a second partition from the unallocated space (this is where we see if all your space really is unallocated 😉) by right clicking the unallocated space and following the new partition wizard. Make the partition pretty large, say 100Gb and give it a 'D' reference for convenience. We can change and finalise all your partitions when its all done.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309170.aspx
5/ Do a restart and give it a few minutes to do its shuffling and then run AOMEI and make a disk image directing it to the new D partition.
I would try and get to that point before doing any more.
Your license question... one horrible thought which I think we mentioned way back. Does your version of W7 allow it to be used on any PC ? or is it like an OEM copy that once activated, is only then valid on that one PC. If it is like an OEM then yes, you can upgrade memory and HDD's etc but if the motherboard is different then MS will reject it as being a different PC.
The original oem XP was for the old motherboard, maybe about 5 to 6years ago..
That old motherboard became redundant (about 2 to 3years ago) when I bought this present PC.
Now my memory plays tricks.
I think I installed Win7 from the MS upgrade DVD (not an oem) on this present PC, but I must have installed XP before that, I can't remember.
Now I want the newly rebuilt PC with the new motherboard to run on Win7 64 bit.
So at each change I only had one PC running. But as of yesterday I have two PCs running although the new one has a life of 29days and counting until I find the lost product key (not much hope).
I could run a test.
I have the old HDD (E) in this PC. I know the PC starts up differently depending on which HDD is connected.
I will disconnect the new HDD (C) and restart the present PC on the old HDD and see whether it is on XP, or Win7. That will tell me what the redundant motherboard had as an OS.
Does that make sense?
Will it give any useful information to help with my present problem?
I'll hold the test pending an answer.
Back to setting up the new PC.
When do I install the drivers that came with the new motherboard.
CCleaner
defrag
drivers
CCleaner
defrag
partition
That order follows post276
Where in the order does the back-up (aomei) and/or image (aomei again?) come?
When do I install the drivers that came with the new motherboard.
CCleaner
defrag
drivers
CCleaner
defrag
partition
That order follows post276
Where in the order does the back-up (aomei) and/or image (aomei again?) come?
Easy one first...
Personally (I know OS recommends it), but I wouldn't install CCleaner, and if you do want it, then certainly not at this stage. Keep it all Windows for now apart from the backup program.
Before you go any further you need to install AOMEI and verify that you can back up successfully and restore successfully too.
When that is verified, then is the time to tidy up Windows as it stands now, and then you can try installing your basic drivers etc.
License... all that only helps if we can retrieve a valid key that will validate your system. Once you have made a disc image (I know I keep going on about this) then you can try whatever means are available to recover the key from the old HDD and try it. When you have the backup, it doesn't matter that you might have installed a lot of junk or potential malware in trying to get the key with 3rd party software, because we can undo all that.
Personally (I know OS recommends it), but I wouldn't install CCleaner, and if you do want it, then certainly not at this stage. Keep it all Windows for now apart from the backup program.
Before you go any further you need to install AOMEI and verify that you can back up successfully and restore successfully too.
When that is verified, then is the time to tidy up Windows as it stands now, and then you can try installing your basic drivers etc.
License... all that only helps if we can retrieve a valid key that will validate your system. Once you have made a disc image (I know I keep going on about this) then you can try whatever means are available to recover the key from the old HDD and try it. When you have the backup, it doesn't matter that you might have installed a lot of junk or potential malware in trying to get the key with 3rd party software, because we can undo all that.
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