Follow the instructions below to find sytem and hardware information about your Windows 7 PC.
* We are using Windows 10 in the examples, so it will look slightly different from your Windows 7 system.
Processor (CPU) & Memory (RAM)
1. Open “File Explorer”.
– Yellow folder icon in the Task Bar.
– Keyboard shortcut: “win” + “e”.
2. Right click “My Computer”* in the navigation pane on the left hand side – a menu will open.
* This example was done on Windows 10 so shows “This PC” instead of “My Computer”.
3. Select “Properties” – a new window will open.
This will show the “Processor” (CPU) and “Installed memory” (RAM) on your pc.
Storage
1. Open “File Explorer”
– Yellow folder icon in the Task Bar.
– Keyboard shortcut: “win” + “e”.
2. Select “My Computer”* in the navigation pane on the left hand side.
* This example was done on Windows 10 so shows “This PC” instead of “My Computer”.
3. This will show all the active drives (partitions).
– “C:” is usually the operating system hard drive.
4. Right click the drive you are after – this will open a menu.
5. Click “Properties” – this will open a new window.
This will show a breakdown of the storage space of the drive.
– Used space.
– Free space.
– Capacity (Total storage size).
Graphics Card (GPU)
1. Open “Run”.
– Windows “Start Menu” > “Run…”.
– Keyboard shortcut: “win” + “r”.
2. Type “devmgmt.msc” (without the quotes).
3. Click “OK” – this will open a new window.
4. Expand the “Display adapters” section.
– Click the arrow pointing right, next to the “Display adapters” heading.
This will list all GPUs in the current system.
Windows Version
1. Keyboard shortcut: “win” + “r”.
2. Type “winver” (without the quotes).
3. Click “OK” – this will open a new window.
This will show the Windows version and build information.
Motherboard
1. Keyboard shortcut: “win” + “r”.
2. Type “msinfo32” (without the quotes).
3. Click “OK” – this will open a new window.
4. Find the motherboard model information.
– Look at the “BaseBoard Product” row.
