Download, Copy and Unpack Hadoop on windows

Download hadoop 0.19.1 and place in some folder on your computer such asC:\Java.

Open Cygwin command prompt.

Execute the following command:

cd

Execute the following command to enable your home directory folder to be shown in the Windows Explorer window:

explorer .

Open another Explorer window and navigate to the folder that contains the downloaded Hadoop archive.

Copy the Hadoop archive into your home directory folder.