How long does it take to reinstall Windows 7 and update it, etc?

[keto6789]

Hi.

When I built my computer over 5 or 6 years ago (I think), I purchased Windows 7, which I still have on cd of course. I remember that it takes some time to reinstall and then update everything, etc. I think I remember sometimes spending over 6 hours doing it or so. Am I right?

I'm thinking of getting an ssd and want to reinstall to that as a main drive. Am I wasting my time and money making an ssd my main drive? I recently bought my mom a computer with a 250 g main drive and it boots in 2 seconds flat. It's Windows 10 though, I'm wondering if 7 will boot the same.

 

[captaincharisma]

windows 7 can install in 10-15 minutes but windows 7 now has over 200+ updates to install now so depending on how fast your computer and intrernet connectionb is it may take more then 6 hours to be fully updated.

 

[drtweak]

^^ Agreed. I just did a wipe and install of 7 on a clients PC. Installing off a USB Thumb drive (Over a USB 2.0 on a almost 10 year old system now) took 15 minutes. 2 days later I'm still dealing with updates!