installation types

• Check the CPU, RAM and Storage Requirement before installing Windows.
• Third-party drivers: Install third-party drivers through device manager.
• Repair Installation: Reinstall Windows files if OS is having issues.
• USB: OS files are stored on a USB Stick.
• Optical media: OS files are stored on a DVD or Blu-ray.
• Network: Installation media is stored on a network server and downloaded to the computer when installing.
• WDS (Windows Deployment Service) running on a Windows server is a type of network booting.
• Network installation: Computer must support network booting, often noted as PXE (Preboot Execution Environment).
• Solid-state/flash drives: OS files are stored on a USB stick.
• Internet installation: Files are downloaded from the Internet when installing.
• External/hot-swappable drive: OS files are stored on an external Hard drive.
• Requirements for Network Install/Deployment: WDS (Windows Deployment Server) and PXE (Preboot Execution Environment).
• Recovery Partition Installation: Reverts OS back to factory settings if the OS is corrupted or is swamped with viruses.
• In-place upgrade: Upgrade an older Windows OS, while keeping all data and compatible applications in place.
• Cloning/Imaging: Duplicate entire software installation of a system, including the OS, drivers, applications, and configurations.
• Every windows installation carries a security ID that bounds the installation to a hardware.
• Requirements for Upgrade Installation: Previous bootable version of Windows installed and installation media on removable media.
• Upgrade considerations: Backup files and user preferences, application and driver support/backward compatibility and hardware compatibility.
• Network Install/Deployment: Fastest way to install on many computers.
• Before cloning, run SysPrep to remove security ID generated for activation purposes.
• Internal hard drive (partition): OS files are stored on an internal drive.
• Clean installation wipes the machine completely out and requires an empty hard drive and bootable installation media.
• Primary Partition: Stores the OS and boot files
• Windows repair installation fixes problems with the OS while preserving application configuration settings and user files/applications.
• Partition: Separate user files from OS and application files.
• GUID: String of characters that uniquely identifies hardware, software and data.
• Booting is the process of powering on the computer and starting the operating system
• Booting process: The device containing the OS is loaded into the RAM and executed.
• Refresh installation: Reverts system settings back to their default state while preserving user preferences and settings.
• System restore affects system files and settings, not software updates.
• PXE: A protocol that allows a computer to boot an operating system from a network server.