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Lab 01: Installing Windows Operating System and Disk Partitioning

This document provides instructions for creating a bootable Windows 10 installation USB drive using Rufus software, installing Windows 10 by booting from the USB drive, and creating file system partitions during installation. It describes downloading the Windows 10 ISO file, using Rufus to write the ISO to a USB drive, changing the BIOS boot order to boot from the USB drive, and guiding the user through the Windows 10 installation process with screenshots. The document also includes exercises for students to create a bootable drive with a tool other than Rufus and to install Windows 10 from the bootable USB they create.

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Lab 01: Installing Windows Operating System and Disk Partitioning

This document provides instructions for creating a bootable Windows 10 installation USB drive using Rufus software, installing Windows 10 by booting from the USB drive, and creating file system partitions during installation. It describes downloading the Windows 10 ISO file, using Rufus to write the ISO to a USB drive, changing the BIOS boot order to boot from the USB drive, and guiding the user through the Windows 10 installation process with screenshots. The document also includes exercises for students to create a bootable drive with a tool other than Rufus and to install Windows 10 from the bootable USB they create.

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Lab 01: Installing Windows Operating System and

Disk Partitioning
Upon successful completion of this lab the students will be able to:
 Create bootable media for Windows installation.
 Install Windows 10 via bootable USB stick.
 Create partitions using windows setup and disk management.

1.1 Tools
 Bootable Windows 10 ISO file.
 Removable media (USB 4GB or more).
 Rufus software.

1.2 Background
1.2.1 Operating System
Operating system is a system software that enables the computer hardware to communicate
and operate with the computer software. It control’s computer hardware and interacts with
the user and application software. Number of operating systems are available, few of them are
listed below:

 MS-DOS (By Microsoft)  UNIX


 PC-DOS (By IBM)  Ubuntu Linux
 Windows 95  KUbuntu Linux
 Windows 98  RedHat Linux
 Windows 2000  Fedora Linux
 Windows ME (Millennium Edition)  Mac iOS
 Windows XP  iPhone OS
 Windows Vista  Android
 Windows 7  Symbian
 Windows 8  Blackberry OS
 Windows 8.1  Windows Phone
 Windows 10  Ubuntu for Mobile

1.2.2 Bootable Media


Bootable media is any removable disk from which the computer can load and boot (start) from.
It contains a bootable program such as operating system. The media that can be created as
bootable are: Floppy, USB, CD, DVD etc.

1.2.3 Rufus
Rufus is the utility used to format and create bootable USB drives, pen drives, flash cards etc.
Rufus supports both, Master Boot Record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition
systems.
1.3 Procedure
Creating bootable USB using Rufus

Step 01: Download Windows 10 ISO image file.

Step 02: Download Rufus from https://rufus.akeo.ie/


and execute.

Step 03: Use the following configuration:

 Device = USB drive


 Partition scheme = MBR for BIOS or UEFI
 File system = NTFS
 Cluster size = 4096 Bytes (Default)
 New volume label = Win10 (you can provide
any name)
Step 04: Select ISO Image from drop down list beside
“Create a bootable disk using”.

Step 05: Click the icon beside the drop down list and
select Windows10.iso file.

Step 06: Click start to create bootable USB.

Figure 1.1: Rufus Interface

Installing Windows 10 from bootable USB

Step 01: Plug in the bootable USB in to system unit.

Step 02: Restart the computer.

Step 03: In some computers you need to change BIOS boot sequence, to do this:

 Access BIOS setup by pressing setup key continuously at restart


 Set USB as first bootable device in boot sequence.
 Save changes and exit the setup.

In other computers you just need to access boot order and select the bootable USB.

Note: Setup key on different computer vary, some of the possible keys are: Esc, Del, F2, F10)

Step 04: Computer now loads windows files from USB.

Step 05: Click Install Now to start.


Figure 1.2: Setting USB as first bootable device in BIOS

Figure 1.3: Selecting boot from USB-HDD


Figure 1.4: Step 05 – Click to install windows

Step 06: Enter Windows 10 product key and press Next (if available).

Step 07: Check “I accept the license terms to agree” and press Next.

Step 08: Click “Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced)”.

Step 09: Select and remove all partitions from the Disk.

Figure 1.5: Step 08 – Click Custom Install for fresh installation


Step 10: Select unallocated space and click New, specify the size in MBs for new partition.

Step 11: Similarly create other partitions.

Figure 1.6: Step 09, 10 & 11 – Deleting and creating partitions

Step 12: Select the partition in which you want to install windows and click Next.

Step 13: The setup will now be copying files and installing the windows (this may take several
minutes depending on your system configuration).

Figure 1.7: Step 09, 10 & 11 – Copying files and installing windows
Step 14: After the installation is completed, the computer will reboot.

Step 15: Remove the USB from the computer.

Step 16: The setup will now be getting the device ready to use.

Figure 1.8: Step 16 – Getting device ready

Step 17: Click the “Use Express Setting” to use default settings.

Step 18: Skip the Microsoft account login.

Step 19: Create your user account by providing the username and password.

Figure 1.9: Step 19 – Creating user account


Step 20: Wait until the setup configures the setting and installs the default Apps.

Step 21: The setup has successfully installed windows 10 and the desktop appears.

Figure 1.10: Step 21– Windows 10 desktop


EXERCISE

Exercise 1.1: Create a bootable Windows 10 USB. Note: use any tool other than Rufus.

a. Describe the entire procedure step by step.


b. With every step, capture and place in the screenshots.

Exercise 1.2: Download windows 10 ISO image and install it through bootable USB:

a. Describe the entire procedure step by step.


b. With every step, capture and place in the screenshots.

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