On a machine with Intel Core-i5 or i7 and a standard HDD, how long should an installation of Windows 7 64 bit roughly take? I'm after a rough estimate because my installation seems to be running quite slowly (previously, I've installed Win7 32bit on a laptop and it went much quicker but maybe there are differences between 32 and 64 bit editions).

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Depends on hardware, remember CPU isn't the only performance factor :)

With decent hardware though, it shouldn't take any longer than 30 - 35 minutes.

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I normally allow a full business day for an operating system re-install. Remember, it's not the system install itself that takes so long; it's all the patches and applications you install after the operating system. Windows 7 isn't that old and so there aren't quite as many patches yet, so you might be able to do it in a little less time.

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Mine on an older laptop (P4 dual core/5200RPM ATA hard drive/2GB ram) took just about an hour. So it can vary largely based on hardware.

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Less than 15 minutes in a Virtual Machine for me - 4GB ram - normal HDD.

Those times are accurate for a laptop but I have seen desktops take as many 14 to 16 hours with the Vista partition.

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