Installing BackTrack to a hard disk drive

The installation to a disk drive is one of the most basic operations. The achievement of this task will let us run BackTrack at full speed without the DVD.

Before explaining the procedure, the following requirement needs to be met:

·         A minimum of 25 GB of free disk space

·         A BackTrack Live DVD

Let's begin the installation. Insert and boot the BackTrack Live DVD.

1.       When the desktop environment finishes loading, double-click on Install BackTrack to run the installation wizard:

2. Select your language and click on the Forward button.

3. Select your geographical location and click on Forward:

4. Choose your keyboard layout and click on Forward to continue to the next step:

5. Leave the default option, which will erase and use the entire disk. Click on the Forward button one more time:

6. The installation summary will appear. Check whether the settings are correct and click on the Install button to begin:

7. The installer will start and in a few minutes will be completed:

8. Finally, the installation will be complete and you'll be ready to start BackTrack without the install DVD. Click on Restart Now to reboot your computer. To log in, use the default username root and password toor.