Once the process is completed, you can remove the flash drive and plug it into your newly assembled desktop PC. All current gen motherboards will have the appropriate options selected by default in the BIOS. The other thing to check is Boot Priority i. This means every single SSD, hard drive and network will be checked to see where the operating system lies and it will boot the OS which is the highest on the list of boot priority.
If everything seems normal up till now. Your PC will boot once or twice and then hunt for the operating system. This will automatically initiate the Windows 10 setup. This varies from manufacturer to manufacturer and for MSI it is F You should refer to the motherboard manual to figure out the boot menu shortcut key for your system.
It is usually, F11, F6 or F2. Things have become monumentally simpler over the last decade and installing an OS is an extremely simple process now. Click on Install now to proceed. The next screen will ask you to enter the Windows 10 product key, if you have purchased a product key, now is the time to enter it. If not, you can always perform this step after Windows 10 is installed. The next screen allows you to pick the Windows 10 Version.
The versions with N at the end have some software removed for legal reasons. There are basically 3 major versions - Home, Education and Pro. The pricing for these is different with Home being cheap and Pro being the most expensive of the lot, so when you purchase a key later on, remember what you picked.
In the next window, you will be presented with all the disk drives that can be used for Windows 10 installation. The storage drives are arranged in sequence with labels that read Drive 0, Drive 1, Drive 2 and so on.
Identify the fastest drive based on the capacity. Enter the capacity and proceed. For the OS, we recommend using about GB or so. Once you have created a new partition, select it and proceed. Windows will create a few additional partitions for recovery purposes, let these remain and pick the largest of these partitions and proceed. Windows will now start the setup and start copying all the files.
Your PC will automatically reboot after this process is done and setup will continue after the PC reboots. Pick India. Next is your keyboard layout. You can add additional keyboard layouts when you press next. Next is the Network screen. If you have an Ethernet cable plugged in, your setup process will skip this screen, if you rely on Wi-Fi, you can choose to connect to the Wi-Fi access point at this juncture.
We prefer to not do this during the setup process since Windows tries to download additional files during the setup and if your network speed is slow, it will cause your setup to go on for a really long time. After the network screen comes the account Screen. Enter the name of the person or organisation that will be using your new PC and click on next. Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Windows will want access to the Internet when it starts up. Obviously, you can skip this section if you already have an installation disc or USB drive ready. Head to this website on another Windows computer and download the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft.
Plug in a blank or unimportant flash drive with at least 8GB of space. Note that anything stored on this USB drive will be deleted by the installation process, so if you have anything on it, move it somewhere else now. Double-click the program, then follow the steps below. Click Next. Make your language and edition selections. Select the blank USB drive you just inserted. The tool will download the operating system files, load them on the drive, and get it ready for installation.
Depending on your Internet connection, this will take somewhere between ten minutes to an hour. Or you can go watch an old Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot. Whatever you want, dude. Set the first boot drive to the USB drive. With the boot order set in the BIOS, you should see the Windows 10 installation program start automatically after you reboot. Choose the maximum amount of data available for your drive when prompted.
It will create some new partitions, which Windows uses for various pre-boot and recovery tools. It may restart the computer several times; this is fine. The process will take somewhere between a few minutes and an hour based on variables like your storage type, processor speed, USB drive speed, et cetera. Go watch another episode of Fresh Prince.
Just follow the instructions and create your account. This will keep your PC from looking at any USB or DVD drives for a bootable operating system—you can change this setting back if you want to re-install Windows or something else later on.
Now you can restart your computer to boot into Windows, and get ready to set it up! Unlike older versions of Windows, Windows 10 comes pre-installed with thousands of generic and specific drivers, so some of your hardware—like network, audio, wireless, and video—should have at least basic functionality. This has both a downloadable detection program and a quick driver search tool.
Note: graphics cards drivers tend to be big, several hundred megabytes. Give it a minute or two. Double-click the program, follow the on-screen instructions, and your driver will be installed in a few minutes.
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