Clean Install

Last night i completed my wifes Christmas present by installing the OS to the Computer i have built for her (had to do it late at night because the Computer is a surprise)

Spec
Case : Akasa Freedom Xone Case - Black
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
CPU : Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156)
RAM : Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
GPU : ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB GDDR5
HDD : Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Optical Drive : LiteOn IHAS324-32 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I loaded Windows 7 without the Graphics Card installed, no USB connections and with only 2GB of the 4GB installed, formatted the drive to NTFS, the install went fast and smooth no problems at all. I have done this a few times now (just using on board graphics and low RAM) the clean install is flawless each time and i think my wife will like her present . I hope this post may help anyone wanting to perform a clean install.

That sounded so sweet Veedaz that I even liked to try it by myself. I mean how difficult can it be? But ... what happened to your graphic card? All the USB connections, I mean they are in with the board if I understand it right? And all your extra memory? You did not tell us? Veedaz ....?

Well here it goes on your heading, because that's the one that fit my bill.
New mother board, new cpu, new drive. ( At least one to start with to make it simple). Belive me I will post this EVERY WHERE! Whatever the outcome.

Background. I do graphic design by living. And I have to look professional when customer come in. So I of course have to show W7 on my computers. How else can I be the latest "high tech". Bull!!!!
Ok I have my disk, I insert my disk, I start my computer, I check my Bios, I find my lonely drive, I start w7 and ...

Clean install? Oh, get your reading glasses. it is on the bottom on pg 6 in 4pt type!
Is it a sly secret? Oh no, it is simplified, I get it, so you can't see it.

So when do I get the option to partition my 1T drive then?. I don't? The Gate's want's it all!!! Don't they have it all already?
So how do I delegate let say 40g to them then? Well, ...? So back to square one

I say for this round let it just go.

So I wait, and wait, and wait, and wait .... is it done? I look? Done? I don't know, is it? I mean did I miss the "done" part? There must have been one , No? Ok, so on we go.

So in the end I get W7 using 12g. Not bad. But you are also using all of the rest of my 1T drive, for what?

Nice graphics, nice movements but is it anything different than XP?

GPU and extra RAM installed after the OS was loaded, CCC & Drivers loaded from Flash Drive and external HDD installed after OS was loaded.

If your having problems with your Windows 7 please post them and I'm sure you will receive help.

suchin, Welcome to the forums! I can see that you're having some trouble with your install, but that's what we're here for, to try to help. If you need help, post a question or search the ones already posted. And by the way, Veedaz knows his stuff, that's how he makes a living. It's not good to come on here and launch an attack at a fellow member. Your posts reeks of sarcasm. And yes, Windows 7 is different from XP, but for the better.

So I add 2 other sata drives. One by one. And YES that is going quite well. Hurray Bill! credits due when credit is due. So right now I have my first drive of 1T that was not asked to be partitioned for my "windows" drive, and 2 other slave drives to take up the slack when it all will come crashing down. I feel so secure.

So I guess this is the end then. Just to recoup. I bought 3.1 windows for ? Then Win 95, and then win 98. Moved onto NT, 2000 and later XP. All so that I could use my computers.I was one of the lucky one that skipped Vista and now I'm at 7. Whoopee!!!!!!!!!!

With a new drive a clean install that in the end deserves the Stapel's easy button.