zagor Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 24 minutes here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Goatlord Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I made a bootable flash drive and copied the installation files onto it from the DVD, and on my laptop it takes about 15 minutes, desktop about 8-10 or so, give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zagor Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 I made a bootable flash drive and copied the installation files onto it from the DVD, and on my laptop it takes about 15 minutes, desktop about 8-10 or so, give or take. that is impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmmay Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 16 minutes flat since build 7000. Upgrade however takes a lot longer. Approx 1 hour sometimes more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Wouldn't have taken anymore then 25 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUTZIFER Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I was actually really surprised with how fast Windows 7 installs. Well a clean install anyways, took like 20 minutes on my Acer Aspire One D150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedr0 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Installed the Professional x64 from an SD card, took 18 minutes on my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Installed from a USB flash drive to my SSD. Took around 15 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 21 min... I am really impressed with windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted October 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2009 On my wifes HP netbook using an XBox HD DVD External Drive, although I was not counting the minutes, if I had to guess it took around 30-40 minutes. On my Core i7 Gaming PC, 10 minutes tops, was insane how quick it went. Both clean installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 20 mins for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Clean Install.... Something close to an hour, everything worked perfectly though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 clean install of home premium 64bit... 20mins (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted October 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2009 16 minutes for ultimate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YounGMessiah Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 18-20 minutes win7 pro 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zagor Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 It seems best way to go about this is to create a bootable flash disk and install from it. I noticed it greatly improved the installation time on my second laptop. 12 mins down from 24 mins. 24 mins was on the first laptop. Both laptops have identical hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splur Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 15 minutes, I'm not sure if my memory of installing XP is just being exaggerated by how long ago it was, but it feels like the Windows 7 installation was a lot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 9 minutes. Installed Ultimate x64 from a USB Sandisk Titanium U3 4GB Flash drive and installed it onto a Vertex SSD 60GB. Booting after the BIOS takes about 10 seconds to a fully bootable OS! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphen Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 15 minutes, I'm not sure if my memory of installing XP is just being exaggerated by how long ago it was, but it feels like the Windows 7 installation was a lot faster. +1 and your memory does not fool you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Wagyu Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 From DVD to 640GB WD Caviar Black: Around 15mins from BIOS booting disc to Username setup screen Got an SSD to set up Windows 7 on properly later, might try my 4gb USB pendrive too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodrain Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 from an XP screen, to all programs installed with win7 was about 35 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Upgrade took about 45mins.. Very impressive! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionVoltss Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 5 hours and counting. Seems it dosnt like my 7800gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Around 15 minutes from a DVD though I didn't actually time it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 I wasn't paying much attention but it seemed to take about 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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