At this point you must decide which Operating System you are going to install. Most of you already have. For those of you who haven't you have a number of choices. If you're a Microsoft Windows user you choices are Windows 7 or Windows 8. In order to take advantage of the RAM we used and further upgrades I suggest the 64 Bit version and not the 32 Bit edition.
If you are looking to save money and are familiar with Linux or want to try Linux you have a mulitple of choices. One of the best in my opinion is Ubuntu 12.04 and can be downloaded at this link. They will ask fir a donation to help move Ubuntu along but it's not necessary. You can download this to a another system, rn it to a DVDR then use it to build your system.
Booting From DVD.
After you decided which Operating System you are installing you must set the system to use your optical disk as the first boot device. Upon powering up your new PC tap the Delete key seveal times. Ths will takeyou into the motherboard's OS (Basic In Out System.) in here you set up the board functions. You first set the Date & Time. This is the first page of the BIOS. Next, using the arrow keys, move to the boot page. Arrow down the Boot Disk Priority and set the frist boot device as your DVDRW drive. Set the second boot device as your hard disk drive. Leave all the other settings as de
Tap the F10 Key and save the changes. While your system is rebooting inset your OS boot disk. In this case we're using the Win 7 64 BIT The system will boot from your DVD. Then first stop is to choose your language. Next you will have to accept the license agreement. The system will continue to boot until you are asked to select your partition. At this point you can use the drive as on large partition or you can divide the deive in to two oe more. I always divide the drive into two partitions 250 GIG for the OS and programs. The balance you can format later for data, picture, music, etc. The good thing about storing the data on an secondary partition is if you OS corrupts you can reinstall the OS with out worrying about yur data.
Once you've set up your drive, click on next. From here Windows 7 with install itsself, rebooting as necessary. Depending on the Speed this will take from between 20 to 30 minutesThe next input requierd is you logon name and PC Name. Next you will be asked to enter a password (Strongly recommened.) Make it one you know and can remember. Next install your Windows 7 key. This is located on box or on the back of the case. Even though you can go past this I recommend you do this right away.
Next comes your drivers. Open you DVDRW and remove the Windows 7 disk and return it to the case for use in case of a disaster. Inset the driver disk that came with your motherboard. Depending on your brand the driver disk will boot up differently. This the Asus board you will probably com up to a page different than the driver install page. Click on the driover page and begin installing drivers that support your board. this will take a while because with most driver you still have to reboot after each install.
We almost done. Next go to start and click. (Lower right corner.) Go to computer and right click, scroll down and and click on properities. On the left hand side of the properities page and click on device manager. I you do not see any yellow triangles you've got all the drivers in and your ready to download all the Microsoft updates. Hook your internet connection to the built-in NIC (Network Interface) on the back, answer the question about the connection, It either Home or work, this is not a public computer.
To download all the updates click on start, right click on properities. On the page in the lower left hand corner you'll updates. Click on it and follow the onscreen instructions. Continue to reboot and install the updated until there are no more. Your PC is now ready to install your software and get to working.
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