The user must specify any hardware such as mice or printers during installation. The installation of Windows 1.x, Windows 2.0, Windows 2.1x requires that a compatible version of MS-DOS is installed.
The new graphical setup environment is based on Windows Preinstallation Environment. With the release of Windows NT 6.0 ( Vista), Microsoft introduced a fully graphical setup environment and UEFI support (partial in Windows Vista and 7, full UEFI support on Windows 8 onwards). Additionally, it did not need preinstalled DOS as a requirement. The 9x family installer was similar to NT despite it being MS-DOS-based. The Windows NT family, from 3.1 through 6.0 featured text-based installation that prompted users to a GUI wizard in the final steps. The early versions of Windows required an existing compatible version of DOS operating system in order to be installed.
Windows Setup is an installer that prepares a computer for a Microsoft Windows installation by allowing the user to pick installation settings (modifying partitions if necessary) and copying the files to the drive. Expanding files during installation in Windows 11
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