70-687 Lab 1

Lab 1

Evaluating Hardware Readiness and Capability

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This lab contains the following exercises and activities:

Exercise 1.1 | Evaluating Your Machine |

Exercise 1.2 | Running the Upgrade Assistant |

Lab Challenge | Reviewing Your Upgrade Options |

Exercise 1.1 | Evaluating Your Machine |

Overview | In this exercise, you will use several built-in tools to view the current Windows version and hardware. |

Mindset | Before you install or deploy Windows to a machine, you need identify what hardware the machine has and if that hardware meets the minimum requirements for Windows 8. An enterprise organization may have a software component that can perform inventory. However, you must still identify the hardware of a computer using the built-in tools that are included with Windows 8. |

Completion time | 10 minutes |

Question 1 | What version and edition of Windows are you using? Is it a 32-bit or 64-bit version of WindowsWindows 7 Enterprise, 32-bit |

Question 2 | How much memory does your system have?Answer may vary. An example may be 1 GB. |

Question 3 | Which version are you using?Answers may vary, but should be similar to 6.1.7600 Build 7600. |

Question 4 | Which processor or processors do you have?Answer may vary. Example may be E5345 @ 2.33 GHz,1 core. |

Question 5 | How much disk space do you have on your C drive?Answer may vary. It should be at least 30 GB. |

Exercise 1.2 | Running the Upgrade Assistant |

Overview | In this exercise, you will run the upgrade assistant to scan your computer to see what it can be upgraded to. |

Mindset | To make things easier for an end-user, Microsoft has developed the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, which scans the computer to determine if the computer can be upgraded to Windows 8 and also determines the versions of Windows 8 that you can upgrade to based on your upgrade needs. |

Completion time | 15 minutes |

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