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Which of the following steps would be performed FIRST to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 Professional on a new hard drive?
The correct answer is B. Load any RAID or SATA drivers needed. When installing Windows 7 on a new drive that uses RAID or SATA controllers, the necessary storage drivers must be loaded before setup can detect or partition the drive.
Question
Which of the following steps would be performed FIRST to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 Professional on a new hard drive?
Options
- AFormat the partition
- BLoad any RAID or SATA drivers needed
- CPartition the drive
- DConfigure Windows settings
How the community answered
(31 responses)- A6% (2)
- B90% (28)
- C3% (1)
Why each option
When installing Windows 7 on a new drive that uses RAID or SATA controllers, the necessary storage drivers must be loaded before setup can detect or partition the drive.
Formatting a partition cannot happen before the drive is detected and partitioned; driver loading must precede this step.
Windows 7 setup must be able to detect the physical storage device before any partitioning or formatting can occur. If the system uses a RAID controller or a SATA mode (such as AHCI) for which Windows 7 does not have a built-in driver, the drive will not appear in setup unless the driver is loaded first using the 'Load Driver' option early in the installation wizard.
Partitioning the drive requires setup to first detect the drive, which depends on having the correct storage drivers loaded.
Configuring Windows settings occurs after installation is complete, making it the last step, not the first.
Concept tested: Windows 7 installation order - loading storage drivers first
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-setup-technical-reference
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