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The first step to installing Windows 10 is to know what type of media you need to install the Windows 10 operating system. Windows 10 gives you multiple ways to do an install.

You can install Windows 10 either from the bootable DVD or through a network installation using files that have been copied to a network share point or USB device. You can also install Windows 10 by using a virtual hard drive (vhd). This option will be discussed in Chapter 2, “Installing in an Enterprise Environment.” You can also launch the setup.exe file from within the Windows 10 operating system to upgrade your operating system.

To start the installation, you simply restart your computer and boot to the DVD. The installation process will begin automatically. You will walk through the steps of performing a clean install of Windows 10 from the DVD in Exercise 1.1.

If you are installing Windows 10 from the network, you need a distribution server and a computer with a network connection. A distribution server is a server that has the Windows 10 distribution files copied to a shared folder. The following steps are used to install Windows 10 over the network:

1. Boot the target computer.

2. Attach to the distribution server and access the share that has the files copied to it.

3. Launch setup.exe.

4. Complete the Windows 10 installation using either the clean install method or the upgrade method. These methods are discussed in detail in the following sections.

Performing a Clean Install of Windows 10

On any installation of Windows 10, there are three stages.

Collecting Information During the collection phase of the installation, Windows 10 gathers the information necessary to complete the installation. This is where Windows 10 gathers your local time, location, keyboard, license agreement, installation type, and installation disk partition information.

Installing Windows This section of the installation is where your Windows 10 files are copied to the hard disk and the installation is completed. This phase takes the longest because the files are installed.

Setting Up Windows In this phase, you set up a username, computer name, and password; enter the product key; configure the security settings; and review the date and time. Once this is finished, your installation will be complete.

As explained earlier, you can run the installation from the optical media, from a USB, or over a network. The only difference in the installation procedure is your starting point: from your optical drive or USB or a network share. The steps in Exercise 1.1 and Exercise 1.2 assume you are using the Windows 10 DVD to install Windows 10.

Setting Up Your Computer for Hands-On Exercises

Before beginning Exercise 1.1, verify that your computer meets the requirements for installing Windows 10, as listed earlier in Table 1.3. For Exercise 1.1, it is assumed you are not currently running a previous version of Windows that will be upgraded.

The exercises in this book are based on your computer being configured in a specific manner. Your computer should have at least a 50 GB hard drive (this exceeds the basic minimums) that is configured with the minimum space requirements and partitions.

When you boot to the Windows 10 installation media, the Setup program will automatically start the Windows 10 installation. In Exercise 1.1, you will perform a clean install of Windows 10. This exercise assumes that you have access to Windows 10 Enterprise; other editions may vary slightly. You can also download an evaluation version of Windows 10 from the Microsoft website.

Also, I may list steps that you may not see or I may not list steps that you see – this is because my version of Windows may be different. For example, I am installing an MSDN Windows 10 Enterprise edition. At this time, I am not required to enter a license number during install. A normal version bought from a vendor may ask for the license during the actual install.

I am loading Windows 10 Enterprise into a VMware Workstation virtual machine. Again, this may make your installation a little different than the steps listed in Exercise 1.1.

EXERCISE 1.1

Performing a Clean Install of Windows 10

1. Insert the Windows 10 DVD into a machine or virtual machine with no operating system and start the computer.

2. If you are directed to “Hit any key” to start the DVD, press Enter.

3. The first screen will ask you to enter your language, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method (see Figure 1.1). After filling in these fields, click Next.

4. On the next screen, click the Install Now button (see Figure 1.2).

5. A message appears to tell you that the setup is starting. The licensing screen will be first. Read the license agreement and then check the I Accept The License Terms check box (see Figure 1.3). Click Next.

6. When asked which type of installation you want, click Custom (Advanced) as shown in Figure 1.4.

7. The next screen asks you to identify the disk to which you would like to install Windows 10. Choose an unformatted free space or a partition (partition will be erased) with at least 50 GB available. You can also click the Drive Options (Advanced) link to create and format your own partition as shown in Figure 1.5. After you choose your partition, click Next.

8. When your partition is set, the installation will start (as shown in Figure 1.6). You will see the progress of the installation during the entire process. When the installation is complete, the machine will reboot.

9. After the system restarts, a screen appears that asks if you want to use custom or express settings, as shown in Figure 1.7. Click the Use Express Settings button. The system will then restart.

10. After the restart, a screen appears that asks you to choose how you will connect. Select Join A Domain (see Figure 1.8), and then click the Next button.

11. The next screen asks you to enter a username and password. Type in your username, password, and a password hint, as shown in Figure 1.9. Then click Next.

The Hi screen will appear, and the system will continue its setup. Then the system applications will be installed.

12. You will be asked if you want your system to be recognized by other systems on the network. This is a choice you can make. If you want other machines to see this Windows 10 system, choose Yes.

Once Windows 10 finishes its installation, you should see the Windows 10 desktop, as shown in Figure 1.10.

FIGURE 1.1 Windows setup screen

FIGURE 1.2 Windows install screen

FIGURE 1.3 Windows license screen

FIGURE 1.4 Type of install screen

FIGURE 1.5 Windows disk setup screen

FIGURE 1.6 Windows installation status screen

FIGURE 1.7 Windows express settings screen

FIGURE 1.8 Choosing a domain

FIGURE 1.9 PC account screen

FIGURE 1.10 Windows 10 screen

Before we talk about the Windows 10 upgrade procedure, I want to quickly explain something that you saw during the Windows 10 install. In step 10, I had you choose Join A Domain instead of Azure AD. We will explore both of the choices in greater detail, but I wanted to quickly explain why we chose one over the other.

Microsoft offers two main networks: workgroup-based or domain-based. Workgroups (also referred to as peer-to-peer networks) is when you just connect your computers together directly to each other. A perfect example for most of us is what you do in your home network. Most home users connect their machines together without the use of a main server.

Corporations normally do things a bit differently than that. Domains are networks that are controlled by servers called domain controllers. Domain controllers are Windows servers that have a copy of a database called Active Directory (AD). Recently Microsoft took domain-based networks a step further by allowing companies to set up a cloud-based version of an Active Directory domain (Azure AD). This means that companies no longer need to maintain and manage their own domain controllers. Since most people don’t have a cloud-based version of Azure AD, I had you choose the option Join A Domain so that we could finish the Windows 10 install.