Insert the Windows Vista Installation CD/DVD and restart your PC. Look for the prompt. When it appears, hit the ENTER key on your keyboard.

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Click Install Now...

Legal stuff.. place a checkmark at the appropriate place and click Next

Here's where things get a bit technical.

1. Click Drive options (advanced)
2. For each entry in the list, Delete all of them (Unallocated space cannot be deleted)
   WARNING: This step will ERASE all data. MAKE SURE YOU BACKED UP YOUR IMPORTANT FILES!
   WARNING 2: If there is any special partition with a name that corresponds to your brand (e.g. Dell, HP) of your PC, don't delete it as it is used for factory restoration purpose.
3. There should only be one left now with the label "Unallocated Space"
4. OPTIONAL: This is your opportunity to create an additional partition if you wish by highlighting the line and clicking on New. You will need to create the Vista partition first, and then your storage partition

That's it - Vista has all the information it needs. It will now take onto auto pilot mode :)

You are able to see the progress and the current activity is highlighted in bold.

During this process, your system will restart automatically a number of times.

... and it is done!

1. Type in your preferred username, spaces and capital letters are allowed.
2. Type in a password if you want additional protection.
3. Select a picture to represent your account at the bottom.
4. Click Next

You can always change your password and picture later on, but not your username. So type in wisely as it will be shown in the Welcome screen and Start menu.

1. Type a name for your computer. This is the name that shows when you visit the Network Neighborhood. If unsure, just leave it at the default. You can change this later if you wish.
2. Select a desktop wallpaper at the bottom.
3. Click Next

Here you setup Automatic Updates

1. We strongly recommend you to click "Use recommended settings"

Here you adjust your time zone so that the correct time and daylight saving is used.

1. From the list under Time zone, select your correct GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) time
2. Click the correct Date and Time. They should need no fixing as the defaults should be correct
3. Click Next

Thank you for installing Windows Vista!

1. Click Start
2. Windows will start calculating the Performance Index. This will take some time

1. It will go on to prepare your desktop. This is only a one time run.
2. Your system may restart once it is done