{"id":122,"date":"2013-08-21T02:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T02:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/kb\/?p=122"},"modified":"2013-09-06T00:54:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T05:54:00","slug":"installing-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/installing-windows-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Windows XP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following guide covers the process of installing Windows XP.<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/h2>\n

The first step is to start up your PC (herein referred to as “booting” or “booting up”).<\/p>\n

Here you will need to watch your screen.\u00a0 You have to enter your BIOS setup.\u00a0 It varies from PC to PC which combo of buttons will get you into the setup.\u00a0 Some it’s F2, while others it’s the Delete key.<\/p>\n

Hit the key needed and enter your BIOS Setup.\u00a0 You want to check the boot configuration.\u00a0 From there you want to make sure that the order for the boot devices is set to CD, then HDD (Hard Drive).<\/p>\n

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Booting from the CD<\/h4>\n

Now insert your Windows XP CD.\u00a0 Restart your system.\u00a0 Now you will let the system pass the POST (Power on Self Test) and let it continue to boot.\u00a0 After the POST it will search the installed devices for a bootable application.\u00a0 It should recognize the XP CD as being the first bootable device since it is in the CD Tray already.\u00a0 You will see something flash on the screen that says “Hit any key to boot from CD”, here just press a key to get started with the XP Install.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Now after you press a key the XP install will start up.\u00a0 It will load the drivers needed to get this process going.\u00a0 After it loads all the needed info it will take you to the next screen.<\/p>\n

Starting Windows XP Setup<\/h4>\n

Here you have a few options.\u00a0 Option 1 is to install XP by hitting Enter. This is the option you want.\u00a0 The others will be discussed at another point in time. They are more for XP repairs rather than install.\u00a0 Since you are installing not repairing you don’t need to worry about those options.<\/p>\n

\"Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

After you hit enter it should scan to see if you have Windows XP already installed.\u00a0 From here it will show you your HDD and ask you what to do next.\u00a0 I always recommend partitioning your HDD so you can separate your files.\u00a0 XP only needs about 10GB of space for install and installation of files.\u00a0 So if you wish to create a partition hit C.\u00a0 If not just choose the RAW space to install.<\/p>\n

Partitioning your Disks<\/h4>\n

Some extra clarification on this section. If you are formatting a drive already you do not have to partition it. You also do not have to create a partition. Also if you currently have a partition setup that you are formatting and not creating you will not have the RAW format drive to select. You will just select the drive you wish to install to.<\/p>\n

If you wish to delete all partitions you do so by hitting the “D” key. This will give you a new prompt to verify tha tyou wish to do so. Here it will tell you to hit the “L” key to delete the partition. From there you can either create a partition just for the Operating System or you can use the whole drive. To create a new partition by hitting the “C” button to create. But Windows oesnt see drives in GB. It is seen in MB. So you have to remember that 1024MB = 1GB. So if you want a 20GB partition it would be 20480MB to create a 20GB partition. Then just click enter to create the partition of the size you want. This is where it will be in RAW format as stated above.<\/p>\n

\"Disk<\/a><\/p>\n

From here you will have to choose to format the partition.\u00a0 It will give 4 or 5 options.\u00a0 Option 1 is to Quick Format with the FAT32 file system.\u00a0 Option 2 is to Quick Format with the NTFS file system.\u00a0 Option 3 is to Full Format with the FAT32 file system.\u00a0 Option 4 will be to Full Format with the NTFS file system.\u00a0 Sometimes Option 5 is available which is to leave the partition alone.<\/p>\n

\"Format<\/a><\/p>\n

I always recommend to Full Format with the NTFS file system.\u00a0 This is the best option which will lead to least amount of errors.\u00a0 This will take some time depending on the size of the partition\/HDD you are formatting.\u00a0 So go have a coffee or something to eat for a bit.<\/p>\n

Setup Begins<\/h4>\n

After it format it will start to load the files needed for the XP install.\u00a0 This will also take a few minutes depending on your system.\u00a0 After it loads the needed files it will reboot.\u00a0 Let the system reboot but do not choose to boot from the CD.\u00a0 Let the system keep loading.\u00a0 This will force the system to continue the XP install.\u00a0 This is where it will ask some questions.<\/p>\n

First it will want your product key – written on the packaging of your Windows XP, usually on an orange label. It will ask you about your network setup.\u00a0 It will ask you to choose your region and time zone.\u00a0 It will ask you if you wish to set an administrator password.\u00a0 This option is all up to the user.\u00a0 If you wish to set a password this will stop other users from accessing the Safe Mode Administrator account if they don’t know the password.\u00a0 Then it will ask you if you wish to rename the PC name that XP will recognize it as.<\/p>\n

\"Enter<\/a><\/p>\n

You can just choose the default settings for almost everything and the install should go just fine.\u00a0 After it loads all the devices and that it will reset again.\u00a0 From there don’t boot from CD and let XP load again.\u00a0 This will start XP up for the first time.\u00a0 Here it will give you some more options.<\/p>\n

To create users, and then after that it will load to the desktop which has a guided tour of Windows XP right there.\u00a0 To get more familiar with XP take the tour so to get to know your newly loaded OS (Operating System) a bit more.<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/a><\/p>\n

Setup Complete<\/h2>\n

That’s it. You have fully installed Windows XP.\u00a0 Congratulations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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