How to Install Windows Xp Professional

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How to Install the Windows XP Professional1. First you must put your Windows XP CD in the drive.

2. Then restart your computer.

3. When it says press any key to boot from cd, Press any key on the keyboard. If it

doesn't ask you

this then restart your computer again.

4. Go into the BIOS settings of your PC, usually by pressing the F1, F2, F10, ormaybe the delete

key. If you are not sure watch the screen at startup and it will say "To enter

setup press.......".

You have to be quick and press it. If you miss it restart again. Once you are in

the bios you

have to change the boot options. You have to make your cd rom the first boot

option.

Save and exit.


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5. A blue screen will appear and you are on your way...

6. Press Enter to setup Windows XP now. See screenshot above.

7. Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.

8. If an existing Windows XP installation is detected, you are prompted to repair

it. To bypass the

repair, press ESC. (See below screenshot)


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9. All existing partitions and non-partitioned spaces are listed for each physical

hard disk. Use the

ARROW keys to select an existing partition, or create a new partition by

selecting the non-

partitioned space where you want to create a new partition. You can also press

C to create a

new partition using non-partitioned space.

Note: If you want to create a partition where one or more partitions already exist,

you must first

delete the existing partition or partitions, and then create the new partition.

You can press D to


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delete an existing partition, and then press L (or press ENTER, and then press

L if it is the

System partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this

step for each

existing partition that you want to include in the new partition. When all the

partitions are

deleted, select the remaining non-partitioned space, and then press C to create

the new

partition.

10. To create the partition with the maximum size, press ENTER. To specify the

partition size, type

the size in megabytes (MB) for the new partition, and then press ENTER.

11. If you want to create additional partitions, repeat step 9.

12. To format the partition and install Windows XP, Use the ARROW keys to

select the partition

where you want to install Windows XP, and then press ENTER.

13. Select the format option that you want to use to format the partition. You can

select from the

following options:

a. Format the partition by using the NTFS file system (Quick)

b. Format the partition by using the FAT file system (Quick)

c. Format the partition by using the NTFS file system

d. Format the partition by using the FAT file system

e. Leave the current file system intact (no changes)


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Notes

a. If the selected partition is a new partition, the option to leave the current file

system intact

is not available.

b. If the selected partition is larger than 32 gigabytes (GB), the FAT file

system option is not

available.

c. If the selected partition is larger than 2 GB, the Windows Setup program

uses the FAT32 file

system (you must press ENTER to confirm).

d. If the partition is smaller than 2 GB, the Windows Setup program uses the

FAT16 file system.

e. If you deleted and created a new System partition, but you are installing

Windows XP on a

different partition, you are prompted to select a file system for both the

System and Startup

partitions.

14. Press ENTER.

15. After the Windows Setup program formats the partition, follow the

instructions that appear on

the screen to install Windows XP. After the Windows Setup program is

finished and you have

restarted the computer, you can use the Disk Management tools in Windows

XP to create or

format more partitions. For additional information about how to use the


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Windows XP Disk

Management tools to partition and format your hard disk

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