For IA and IB students who wish to construct a PC running Windows from scratch:

• putting the hardware together
• partitioning a disk
• installing the O/S
• installing any special drivers needed
• setting up network interfaces
• installing basic mail and browser software

The Linux O/S is available to more advanced software users. Sessions for this activity take place in the Electrical and Information Engineering Teaching Lab (EIETL) and will last from 9 am to 1 pm (possibly continuing into the afternoon if necessary). Sessions have been scheduled on:

• Monday 15 January 2018
• ​Thursday 15 March 2018

12 students can be accommodated at each session. Online booking for the session in January will open on Thursday 9 November 2017. Online booking for the sessions in March will open on Thursday 22 February 2018.

If you book a session and then find you are unable to come, please inform Prof. Wilkinson (tel. 339709) at the earliest opportunity.