The following instructions are for installing Windows 7 using the media provided with the system.

• Only a CLEAN INSTALL is possible using these disks
• Back up all of your data to an external drive

• Insert the Windows 7 Professional Recovery disk into the optical drive
• Shut the system down
• Turn the system back on and press any key when prompted to boot the Recovery disk
• The system will boot from the DVD (this will take several minutes), then you will see the Windows Setup menu
• Select Windows 7 Professional and Click Next to continue the installation
• Agree to the license terms and Click Next
  
  The hard disk partitions must be removed before installing Windows 7
• Click Drive options (Advanced)
• Select a partition on Drive 0 and Click Delete, repeat this for all partitions and click OK on each confirmation pop up
  (Unallocated Space should be the only thing left)
• Click Next, (this starts installing Windows 7)
• The system will reboot, (don't press any key to boot to dvd this time) and you can remove the DVD from the optical drive
• The system will continue configuration
• The system will reboot again
• The system will do its final configuration
• Installation is complete

Note:
Some PowerSpec models do not come with a Drivers disk.
If your system did not come with a drivers disk , the drivers have been preinstalled to the recovery image.
The Drivers and Updates disk is not required for these systems and you can skip this step.


• After Windows 7 has been installed, the drivers need to be installed using the Drivers disk
• Insert the Drivers disk
• An action prompt will appear
  
• Select 'Run Autorun.exe' or 'Run PowerSpecUpdate.exe'
  
  Note: If the prompt does not appear...
• From the Start screen, Select the Desktop, then File Explorer folder from the task bar
• Select Computer, double click the DVD drive, right click 'PowerSpecUpdate'
• Select 'Run as administrator', then click Yes
  
  
• Click 'Install' and the drivers will be installed
• Restart the system when prompted
• Manually eject the Drivers disk

• Restore your data from your backup
• Reinstall your applications from the original source