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Windows 7 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-680, and MCITP 70-685 and 70-686
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Windows 7 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-680, and MCITP 70-685 and 70-686

by Darril Gibson
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
7h 59m
English
Pearson IT Certification
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Chapter 23. Installing Windows 7 with setup

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Installing Windows 7 with setup

Using the autounattend.xml file

Using slmgr

Installing Windows 7 with setup

In addition to installing Windows 7 using imagex (covered in Chapter 20, “Using imagex”), you can also install Windows 7 from the command line using the setup application. Setup.exe is located at the root of the installation DVD. The basic syntax is

setup [options]

Tip

If AutoPlay is enabled, the setup application automatically starts when you insert the installation DVD.

The following table shows the common setup options.

Note

You don’t have to run setup from the installation DVD. You can also copy the ...

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