Here are some of my operating system (OS) installation times (approximate times). Times include starting the installation CD/DVD, defining my installation settings, partitioning, formatting and waiting for the installation to end. Times also include restarting the operating system (happens a lot with Windows). I'm also mentioning some critical/recommended OS updates as you probably want to prepare your time for updates also before using your system online. When you use Microsoft Update it's wise to install a few updates (maybe about 15 updates) a time or you may run into bugs. Update times depend for example on my current network connection, how much the update servers are loaded at that time and how many updates there are to be downloaded and installed. See also: Program Installation Times, Driver Installation Times, Operating System Installation Settings, Operating System Startup Times, Operating System Settings, Installation Order, My computers.
Wings desktop computer
- installation: 9 min
- Fedora updates (February 2011, 13 updates + 499 updates (337.4 MB), downloads 39 min + installation 20 min): 59 min
Wings desktop computer
- installation: 16 min
- Fedora updates (August 2011, 384 updates (289.1 MB): 17 min (note: except fedora-release-rawhide-15-3)
Wings desktop computer
- installation: 11 min
- Fedora updates (August 2011, --- updates (--- MB): -- min (note: except fedora-release-rawhide-15-3)
FS laptop
- installation:
- conventional hard drive: 31 min
- SSD hard drive: 37 min
- Mandriva updates (February 2011, from sunet.se, 365 packages):
- conventional hard drive: 1 h 13 min
- SSD hard drive: 1 h 17 min
HP laptop
- installation:
- conventional hard drive: 24 min
- SSD hard drive: 25 min
- Ubuntu updates (in February 2011, 386 items (300.6 MB)):
- conventional hard drive: downloads 51 min + installation 20 min = 1 h 11 min
- SSD hard drive: downloads 48 min + installation 19 min = 1 h 7 min
FS laptop
- installation:
- conventional hard drive: 33 min
- SSD hard drive: 45 min
- Windows updates (in February 2011, upgrade from Windows Update to Microsoft Update, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Media Player 11, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Silverlight):
- conventional hard drive: 3 h 8 min
- SSD hard drive: 5 h 2 min
HP laptop
- installation:
- conventional hard drive: 35 min
- SSD hard drive: 36 min
- Windows updates (in February 2011, upgrade from Windows Update to Microsoft Update, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Media Player 11, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Silverlight):
- conventional hard drive: 2 h 48 min
- SSD hard drive: 5 h 44 min
Wings desktop computer
- note to myself: don't insert D-Link DGE-528T before installing drivers
- installation: 26 min
- Windows updates (in February 2011, 51 important updates listed by Windows Update, Microsoft Update activated, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Silverlight): 1 h 13 min
Last modified: May 9th, 2013
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/os-installation-times