Steps To Reinstall Windows 7 Easily

One of the lesser known features of Windows 7 is its Advanced recovery methods. With the advanced recovery feature one can easily reinstall Windows 7.

                                   You can reinstall Windows 7 either from a recovery image provided by your computer manufacturer, or from your original Windows 7 installation disc or Windows 7 USB flash drive.

One of the lesser known features of Windows 7 is its Advanced recovery methods. With the advanced recovery feature one can easily reinstall Windows 7.

                                   You can reinstall Windows 7 either from a recovery image provided by your computer manufacturer, or from your original Windows 7 installation disc or Windows 7 USB flash drive.

In this guide, we will show you how to reinstall Windows 7:

1. Open Start menu, type in Recovery in the search box and then hit enter to launch Recovery window.

2.Click Advanced Recovery methods to open Windows 7’s advanced recovery methods.

3. In the Advanced Recovery window, you will see two options:

# Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer: If you have created a system image, you can use it to replace everything on your computer, including Windows, programs, and all your files, with the information saved on the system image.

# Reinstall Windows (requires Windows installation disc): This option will reinstall Windows on your computer. Afterward, you can restore your files from a backup. Any programs you have installed will need to be reinstalled using the original installation discs or files. Existing might remain in the Windows.old folder on your hard disk after the reinstall completes.

4. Click Reinstall Windows option to start the reinstallation procedure. You will be asked to backup your files in the next step. Click Backup now option to backup your files such as document, pictures and music to a USB, DVD or external hard disk.

From next window click Skip and then click Restart button to restart your PC to start the reinstall process.

Note: When you use this method (Reinstall Windows), the existing Windows installation will be moved to the Windows.old directory. You can retrieve data from that location after the restore completes. Any programs you have installed will need to be reinstalled.

5. Once you hit the restart button, wait for a few minutes to see the following screen. Select your keyboard input method and click Next.

6. In following screen, you will be prompted with reinstall Windows 7 confirmation box. Click Yes to proceed to the next step.

7. Now insert your Windows 7 installation disc and then click Yes to see the Windows 7 installing screen. From here onwards, you need to follow the simple onscreen procedure to complete the re installation procedure (you can refer our Windows 7 installation procedure).

8. Windows will take a few minutes to show the below screen, where you need to enter a username to your account.

9.  At this stage you need to choose a user name and computer name. Click next to continue. The user account you create here is the Administrator account which is the main account for your Windows 7 that has all the privileges.

10. Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically. Choose Use recommended settings.

Step 11 - Review your time and date settings. Select your time zone, correct the date and time and click next to continue.

Step 12 - Select your computer's current location. If you are a home user then choose Home network otherwise select the appropriate option.

13. You are almost done! You have successfully reinstalled Windows 7. You might see the Restore my files box on the desktop. Click Restore my files button if you have done a backup in the step 5.

14. Finally, you might want to delete the Windows.old folder during the re installation process by Windows to move your old installation files. Refer our Steps to safely delete Windows.old folder in Windows 7 guide to free up a few GB's of your hard disk space.

15. Install all your software and drivers.

16. Enjoy Windows 7!