system guide / windows 7

Windows 7

Make your install media, upgrade straight from Vista, or wipe the drive and start clean, then activate the license online or by phone. Six guides cover every route into Windows 7.

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Which step are you on?

USB CreationBootable flash drive with Rufus
DVD BurningBootable installation DVD from an ISO
Upgrade from VistaDirect upgrade keeping your files
Clean installationFresh install from DVD or USB
ActivationActivate with a product key
Anytime UpgradeSwitch editions without reinstalling

Windows 7 left extended support in January 2020, so it gets no security updates and is best kept off the open internet or behind a current browser and antivirus. Installing it also means finding drivers yourself, since Windows Update no longer supplies them: download at least your network driver before you start, or the machine will come up without a way to get online.