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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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USB packaging. Ah, but there is a devil in the details!

First of all, the CompTIA A+ 1002 objectives list the following Windows

versions: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. I am

confident that CompTIA is only interested in an upgrade installation from

one of these older Windows versions to Windows 10. If you want to upgrade

Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 . . . good luck.

Second, you need to decide on a clean install, an upgrade install, or a

multiboot install. Review the steps covered earlier in this chapter to make

your decision. The following is an example of a clean installation of

Windows.

Third, Windows isn’t the only operating system out there. Even though the

following example uses Windows, keep in mind that both macOS and all

Linux desktop distributions share similar installation steps.

Windows 10 Clean Installation Process

Start by booting your computer from some sort of Windows 10 installation

media. When you’ve booted into the installer, the first screen you see asks

you if you want 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Since almost all CPUs support 64-

bit, select that option (see Figure 11-16). If you’re wrong, don’t worry. The

installation will fail and you’ll just try again.

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