Chapter 5
Installing and Upgrading Windows
Lab Exercises
5.01   Installing/Upgrading Considerations
5.02   Using Windows Easy Transfer
5.03   Upgrading a Windows Operating System
5.04   Performing a Clean Installation of Windows 7
5.05   Performing a Clean Installation of Windows XP
5.06   Post-Installation Tasks: Drivers and Updates
Lab Analysis Test
Key Term Quiz
As a PC technician, you’ll spend a lot of time installing and upgrading operating systems. For this reason, it’s important that you become familiar with the tasks involved; otherwise, you might find yourself in a tight spot when Windows won’t install on the laptop that your boss needs for a presentation this afternoon.
A number of different operating systems are in use today, including ...

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