3. TechnoTech Enterprise is a leading manufacturer of consumer electronic goods based in Highway Street, Sydney. The company has various departments, such as Accounts, Sales, and Human Resources. Currently, the company has branches in Phoenix and Seattle with employee strength of 575. TechnoTech Enterprise is using Windows-based network environment to centrally manage all network users and resources. The clientele of the company has grown tremendously in the last year. Therefore, the management has decided to expand its business operations and setup a new branch office in Germany to cater to the service requirements of new clients. To provide effective services, the management wants to implement 10 Windows-based client machines at the new branch office with the latest Windows version installed. As the System Administrator of the organization, John needs to fulfill all the requirements of the company in a cost-effective and reliable manner. John analyzes the requirements and needs to create a report on the basis of following considerations: The hardware requirement for installing Windows The different methods for installing Windows The installation option and its methods for installing Windows Help John to prepare a report for the preceding considerations. Experiment To resolve the exercise, you need to perform the following tasks: Identify the hardware requirements for installing Windows. Identify the options for installing Windows. Identify the installation method and its options.

The minimum recommended hardware requirements for Windows 8:

1 GHz or faster pocessor
1 GB RAM (32-Bit)
Hard Disk 16 GB (32-bit)
2 GB RAM (64-Bit)
Hard Disk 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or
higher driver

The options for installing Windows.

Installing Windows Options .....

Running Windows 8 installation from DVD
Installing from the Product DVD is the simplest way to install Windows 8,
and Includes the following steps
1. First Option DVD...

2. Second Option USB....

Running Windows 8 Installation from a Network Share
Instead of a DVD, you can store the Windows 8 Installation files in a network share.
Generally, the network source is a shared on a file server. Perfrom the following
steps to install windows 8 from a network share.
3. Third Option Network share...

4. Fourth Option Third party tool....

The installation method and its options.

1. Clean installation
  . InstallWindows 8 on a new partition
  . Replace an existing operating system on a partition
2. Upgradc installation
  . Replace an existing version of Windows with Windows 8
  . All users application, files, and setting are retained
3. Migration
  . Move files and setting from an old operation system to Windows 8
  . Side-by-side wipe and load