COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS LAB REPORT # 02

WINDOWS INSTALLATION PROCESS AND HOW TO FIND

WINDOWS ISO FILE AND HOW TO MAKE USB BOOTABLE

LAB # 02

FALL 2021
CSE101L Computer Fundamentals Lab

Submitted by: MAAZ KHAN

Registration No. : (ETEA ID: 55002)
Class Section: C

 “On my honor, as student of University of Engineering and Technology, I have neither given
nor received unauthorized assistance on this academic work.”

Student Signature: ______________

Submitted to: 
Engr. Abdullah Hamid
November 22, 2021

Department of Computer Systems Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar

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Installation Process of Windows 10

Step # 01

Insert Disc/USB into PC and click on F12 to boot it from Disc or USB. When you select your
boot preference then the below image will be shown:

Then press any key to boot.

Step # 02

Then at the first screen of Windows 10 installation, click Next.

Step # 03 At the install screen, click Install now.

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Step # 04

When Activate Windows screen loads, type your product key and click Next.

Step # 05

At Applicable notices and licence terms screen, check I accept the licence terms. Then
click Next.

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Step # 06

Then select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

Step # 07

 Then select the hard drive you wish to install the OS and click Next.

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Step # 08

 Wait for the installation to complete the first steps to install Windows 10 to a new hard
drive. This step will take a while.

Step # 09

 When the installation steps are completed, your PC will display a restart notification
countdown. To restart immediately, click Restart now. See the second image below.

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Step # 10

 The restart will take a while. Then your PC will display the following screens. It may stay
on the Getting ready screen for a while.

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Step # 11

 After the Getting ready screen, your PC will restart again..

Step # 12

Complete the Final Steps to Install Windows 10 on a New Hard Drive

When your computer restarts, follow these steps to complete the final steps to install Windows
10 on a hard drive:

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1. Check that your region is correct. Then click Yes to continue. Otherwise, select your
region and click Yes.

2. Then
confirm
that your keyboard is correct and click Yes. Or select a new keyboard.

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3. At the option to add a second keyboard, to add a new keyboard click Add layout.
Otherwise, click Skip.

4. Then wait for the next screen to load…

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5. The installer will begin configuring some additional setups.

6. Then you will be offered the option to choose whether you are installing Windows for
personal use or for a company. Select an option and click Next. For this demo, I will
select Setup for personal use.

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7. At the Sign in with Microsoft screen, enter your Microsoft account. Then click Next.

8.

Then type the password for your Microsoft account and click Next

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9. On the Create a PIN screen, click Create PIN.

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10. Then enter a 4-digit PIN and click OK.

11.
If
you

require this service configure it. Otherwise, click Do it later.

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12. Then, on the Back up your files with OneDrive screen click Only save files to this
PC.

13. Finally, on the next set of screens, configure various privacy options including
Cortana. For most of the screens, select an option then click Yes or No…or Accept
or Decline…
14. After making your selections, the installer will perform some final configurations…Then
you will be automatically signed in.

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Windows 10 installed.

How to Find

an ISO Image File on a PC

Windows ISO File:

An ISO file is a compilation of data compressed into one item, commonly extracted from optical
discs and kept as a backup copy on your computer. Given the large space capacity computer hard
drives possess, finding a particular ISO file may prove rather difficult, particularly when you are
missing valuable information about it. Microsoft Windows offers intuitive methods to search for
any desired file, even if you are not familiar with basic details pertaining to the item.
Steps to find an ISO File on PC

Step 1

Click on the Windows "Start" menu, and click the "Search" function available.

Step 2

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Type the ISO image's name. If you do not possess such information, type "*.ISO" without the
quotation marks. This search option searches for any available ISO files stored on your
computer.

Step 3

Press "Enter" to initialize the search query. Allow the operating system to display all available
results.

Step 4

Right-click the desired ISO image file from the available results. Select "Open File Location" to
launch the actual directory where the file resides.

How To Make USB Bootable using Media Creation

Tool
1. Connect a USB to your Windows 10 PC. You might need to format your
USB drive to exFAT. If you want to know how to format a hard drive for Windows
10, check out our guide here.

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2. Then go to Microsoft’s website to download the Windows 10 Media

Creation Tool. Click on the Download tool now button, which you will see
under Create Windows 10 installation media.

3.Double-click the file called MediaCreationToolxxxx.exe file to launch

it. T
his
file

should be in your Downloads folder or wherever you set downloads to go. The last

four digits of the file name indicate the version of Windows 10.
4. Then click Accept in the pop-up window.
5. Select the Create installation media option and click Next.

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6. Select the language, architecture, and edition that you want to use to create
the bootable USB. You can check the Use the recommended options for this PC box
to use the same language, edition, and architecture you are using now. You can also
use the drop-down options to change the options. If you’re not sure about whether you
need a 64-bit or a 32-bit architecture, select Both from the Architecture drop-down
menu.

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7.Next,

choose USB flash drive and click Next.

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8. Select the removable drive you want to use and click Next. If you have more
than one device connected to your computer and you’re unsure which one to use,
disconnect the other drives. If you don’t see the drive you want to use, click Refresh
drive list.

The Media Creation Tool will then start to download the latest Windows 10
installation files on your computer. This process can take around 30 minutes.

9. Finally, click Finish.

If you want to make sure that you created a bootable USB drive with the Windows 10
installer on it, go to File Explorer and check your drives in This PC. Your drive
should be renamed something like USB-ESD (Electronic Software Delivery). When
you open the drive, you should see boot files and a setup.exe file.

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Now, if you need to install or reinstall Windows, you can connect the drive to your
computer and reboot it. Your PC should then give you the option to install Windows.
If not, double-click the setup.exe in the drive to start the installation process.

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