本周早些时候，我们请您分享在新（或重建）计算机上安装应用程序的策略。回复堆积如山，现在我们回来强调你的提示。

整个响应中的一个共同点是安装中的重要性层次（例如，安装愤怒的小鸟之前的核心硬件驱动程序更新）。更谨慎的用户还混合了备份和驱动器映像，以提供一个安全网。Huuisie可能会凭借其详细而充满后备力量的表演赢得这一奖项：

STEP 1 ———— 1. Format and partition HDD – C: for Windows and apps, D: for Data 2. Install Windows 7 and SP1 3. Create 1st system image backup (Backup 1) with Macrium Reflect (can backup RAID5) (This is now source used when reinstalling from scratch)

STEP 2 ———— 1. I tweak Windows extensively, so this gets done now 2. Secret sauce is Liberkey – this is installed on D:. Allows me to browse for stuff, use CCleaner, etc. without affecting OS setup and C: drive (keeps it clean). Keeps app install on C: drive (later) to a minimum. 3. All Windows Updates installed 4. Create Backup 2

STEP 3 ———– 1. Install Office 2010 (+SP1 now) 2. I tweak Office settings extensively for workflow, so this happens now. 3. Create Backup 3 4. As driver and app updates can change quite a bit and/or have unexpected c***equences, I prefer to get my “essential” setup done first. 4. When I get rid of my HP AIO printer (and delete the huge pile of drivers and software it requires) and buy a new AIO (not HP!), I only need to go back this far.

STEP 4 ———– 1. Install all drivers and settings for them (Catalyst, printers, etc) 2. Create Backup 4.

STEP 5 ———– 1. Install essential apps ‘n other stuff (Firefox, DropBox, Java, DirectX, etc) and all settings. 2. Liberkey and Firefox profile(s) in DropBox 3. Combo of Live Mesh and DropBox keeps files and media synced between PCs. 4. Backup 5 – all done (whew!)

NOTES ———– 1. I know conventional wisdom is to install drivers with Windows and then backup, but I prefer doing it incrementally. As Windows 7 has excellent driver support, I can put this off until I have my core “work” functionality installed. 2. If anything goes wrong with apps or drivers, I don’t have to go to square one. 3 Even if I make major changes (like when I was wrestling with ways to limit Libraries from messing with my file system and workflow), I can: – install each backup stage – make necessary changes – create new (updated) backup stage – this might be time-c***uming, but much less so than doing so from scratch

这些年来，我们已经完成了相当多的安装工作，这种彻底性和交错的备份将使我们免于一个巨大的头痛。

马克给了我们一个从BIOS开始的演练（计算机构建/更新的一个经常被忽视的方面）：

Bare Metal Clean Installs have been my specialty since I was beta testing Windows 95 OSR2 in 1996.

Hardware First

Bios updates are always done prior to installing your OS. You can use the great Ultimate Boot CD to get to a command prompt and flash the motherboard BIOS, then reboot and teak the settings. This will make for a more successful (read: better performing) OS install. On newer systems I like to set the hard drive controller to AHCI SATA mode, not IDE mode, as I find it works **oother with less CPU overhead.

Get any expansion cards installed and have all your hardware ducks in a row BEFORE you begin the OS install.

Software Next

I like to build a custom OS installer for my systems, slipstreaming all the latest updates and drivers into the mix so the system will be totally up-to-date when the OS install completes. The great DriverPacks by Wim Leers and company go a long way to making this happen, and there are some wonderful tech forums where people eat, breathe and sleep this stuff. I used to use nLite and vLite, but now I use something called SMART which can alter the service settings to make the box work faster, be more secure and reliable, for whatever you need to do.

After the OS and current drivers are installed, I like to use System Restore or Ghost to make a backup/save the clean install so if I need to, I can go back to it easily.

I also reboot the system a few times during this phase to populate the Prefetch folder and flush out any startup and shutdown potential problems. Get the networking setup and tested, but don’t go out to the web much until later when security software is installed

Applicati***, Oldest First, Newest Last

I start with browser, archiving utilities (WinRAR, Firefox), add the Adblock and NoScript plugins, text editor (NotePad++) and FTP (WS_FTP or FileZilla), then the bigger apps, oldest first and newest last.

Very last, install anti-virus, and firewall (I love MS Security Essentials), and something called WinPatrol (Scotty says “woof woof”) which monitors all kinds of system stuff all the time and tells me when something tries to install itself.

YMMV, but this approach has stood me well for many years and hundreds of installati***. I am transitioning all this to a virtualized approach, where my host OS will be plain and simple (though secured) and all my apps stuff will be done in easily restored VM disk files.

I love technology. And I love How to Geek!

我们喜欢详细回答读者的问题！BIOS不是传统上的列表，但正如马克指出的那样，正确更新的BIOS为稳定的计算机提供了基础，并在开始之前防止头痛。

虽然许多人在他们的列表中包含驱动程序更新（通常接近顶部），但没有多少人了解驱动程序安装顺序的细节。简附和了她的戴尔驱动程序更新清单：

According to Dell:

The correct order to install drivers on all portable systems is as follows: Notebook system software Chipset Video Cardbus / Media card controller Audio Network Wireless Touchpad Modem Bluetooth (if available) Dell Quickset Any other applicati***

不管您是否同意这个顺序，这个列表肯定足够全面，可以确保您已经更新了所有主要的系统驱动程序。

最后，Ninite是最受欢迎的应用程序之一，它重复出现在大家共享的例程中。我们第一次报道Ninite是在2009年，从那以后，它只会越来越受欢迎。Ninite允许您使用简单的检查表格式批量下载应用程序（节省您在所有喜爱的应用程序网站上查找下载链接的时间）。它不仅适用于首次安装电脑时下载应用程序，而且Johann还强调了为什么要保留Ninite安装程序：

Fellow Ninite users – remember to keep your installer, you can run it again to update all your installed software in one hit. You can even set it as a scheduled task (admin rights) if you like. I do this on all those PCs you get stuck ‘fixing’ for friends and family. What with that and Windows set to update all MS components you know that most of a systems is being regularly patched for any vulnerabilities.

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