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Turn your computer on and place the operating system (Windows Vista, XP or Linux) disk #1 into the optical drive. You will probably have to restart the computer after you put the disk in the drive to enable the computer to boot to the disk drive.
The computer should boot up to the Windows disk and begin the installation process. Since each version of Windows is different you will see varying screen sequences depending on the particular version you have. You will be prompted at some point to accept the license agreements and enter your disk's serial number or identification key.
One of the first things to do during your Windows installation is to format the hard drive. Since the hard drive is brand new it is totally blank and doesn't have the basic digital structure or framework yet. You will be asked how many partitions you want and what size you want each to be. I recommend using just one partition unless you have a compelling reason for more. Since the disk drive in your computer is so large it may take a half hour or an hour for your computer just to format the drive.
You will be prompted to enter your name, a name for the computer, time zone and similar information. If presented with a choice you should select the "default" or "recommended" option. The computer will probably reboot a few times and eventually you will be presented with a Welcome Screen at the end of the installation process.
Now that you have installed your operating system you can take a spin around the computer to see how things look. If this is your first experience with Vista you will surely notice some key differences from XP. You may notice at first that your computer is a little sluggish and you may get a couple error messages. You probably haven't heard any sound from the speakers yet either. Don't worry. This is most likely because you haven't installed the hardware drivers yet. Windows is using generic drivers to operate your components. The generic drivers are unable to take full advantage of the special features and abilities of the advanced components you installed. Let's get those drivers installed...
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