Question about install order?

[mojothehut]

Hey hey

So I'm replacing a hard drive in my 4 month old computer, going to re-install windows as well.
I'm wondering what the "best" order to install software is, so things end up being the most stable and so on.
Win7 Pro SP1 64bit is my OS.

Should I update Windows right away, then install ATi video drivers, followed by motherboard, sound, etc?
Or Video drivers first, then motherboard and save windows updates for last?
I also plan to install ESET-NOD32 4.0 AV software.
I'm mostly curious about what order I should install ATi's 12.4 drivers, as my video card is fairly new (7950) guessing Win7 wont have any idea what it is right off the bat.

Thanks

 

[lxskllr]

I don't think it matters much. What I usually did was fully update Windows, fully update core system drivers, fully update peripheral drivers, then install software.

 

[JackMDS]

I would leave the Windows update as the last step.

This way the Computer gets updated according to its final working status, as oppse to the intermediary status.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Install Windows
install network drivers
install video drivers
install other drivers like chipset and USB and audio drivers
install WinRAR, flash player, etc.
then do windows updates
then install security suite software

 

[mojothehut]

Alright thanks for the helpful info =)

 

[Chiefcrowe]

delete post.

 

[us3rnotfound]

I would install the chipset drivers before network/video/sound.

Get all the drivers you need beforehand so that you don't have to go online to grab drivers without being protected with security updates and a secure browser.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

This is what I usually after install -

Install BIOS update if applicable
Then, chipset drivers
network drivers
video drivers
sound drivers
anything else that needs drivers
windows updates
antivirus

 

[VirtualLarry]

The only reason that I install the NIC drivers first, is often, I then use that machine to go online and grab the other drivers.

 

[postmark]

This is what I usually after install -

Install BIOS update if applicable
Then, chipset drivers
network drivers
video drivers
sound drivers
anything else that needs drivers
windows updates
antivirus

Similar here, but I would do bios update before windows install. Also I usually just do chipset inf installer and network. Then just get the rest from windows update as the Intel boards usually have the rest on there.

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[themillak]

looking at the windows 3.1 thread what popped into my mind:
dos
mouse
win 3.1