Please If you are new to this then follow each step slowly by reading the instruction there and here.
Prepare The Boot Sequence
Insert the windows XP cd in your cdrom and than go to the BIOS by hitting “DEL” or “F12″ when your system in powering on. Go to Boot order and make sure cdrom is on the first place.
Save settings and restart your computer.
2/ You will see on your screen 'Press any key to boot from CD'
3/ At this stage press either Enter or any other key
4/ Set up will now automatically inspect your computer's hardware configuration
5/ After set up has checked your hardware a blue screen will appear with the words 'Windows set up' in the top left hand corner.
6/ At this stage, should you have a RAID, SCSI or SATA drive, you will have the option of pressing F6 to install the third party drivers for this hardware. If you do not have any of this hardware installed on your pc there is no need to press F6. XP will now start loading files into memory.
7/ After all the files have been loaded into memory the Welcome To Set Up Window appears.
8/ To begin installing XP Press Enter
9/ The next screen to appear is the EULA (End user Licence Agreement) Press F8 to accept the licence or ESC if you don't want to accept the licence agreement and want to terminate the install.
10/ After agreeing to the licence agreement set up searches your hard drive for any partitions
11/ The next screen shows all the partitions on your hard drive. You may have just one or several depending upon whether you have created partitions prior to installing Windows XP.
12/ You can select the partition you want to install XP on. Once you have selected the partition press Enter
13/ The next window will offer to format the partition for you. If the partition is already formatted the option will be 'leave file format as it is.' If it hasn't been previously formatted then you will have the option to either:
- Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)
- Format the partition using the FAT file system (Quick)
- Format the partition using the NTFS file system
- Format the partition using the FAT files system
15/ Set up will now begin to format your hard drive.
18/ Your system will now reboot.
19/ On reboot you will again be presented with 'Press any key to boot from CD' On this occasion DO NOT press any key. Leave well alone. Windows will then automatically launch. If you press any key during this process you will start the set up procedure all over again.
20/ You will now see the Windows XP Graphical interface as windows loads
Note If your copy of XP does not include Service Pack 2 the Logo will look slightly different to the one illustrated below in as much as it will display Windows XP Home or Professional. As soon as you upgrade to Service Pack 2 (SP2) the Home/Professional branding will be removed.
23/ Click the Customise button to select your Country standards, language, etc. Click OK when you are satisfied with your selections.
24/ After you have completed that return to the original Regional and language Options window and click the Details button.
25/ From here you can set the default keyboard language. Click OK when finished.
26/ Now click the Next button.
27/ The next window asks for your name and company. Fill this in with the relevant details.
28/ After completing the name and company dialogue boxes press Next.
29/ Now you are presented with the Product code number screen.
30/ Insert your product code numbers in the relevant boxes. Take your time here, as inserting the wrong number, will cause an error.
31/ After inserting the product code number press Next.
32/ Your next screen is the Computer and Administrator password screen.
33/ XP usually inserts a computer name but you can change it if you want something different.
34/ Next insert the Administrator password (you don't need to do this for XP Home Edition) and then confirm the password in the next dialogue box.
35/ Click Next to continue.
36/ If you have a Dial Up Modem installed you will now be asked for the Country and area code information. Fill this in as necessary and press Next. Do Not worry if the Dial Up Modem screen doesn't appear during set-up. Personally I much prefer to set-up the Internet Connection after Windows XP has completed it's installation.
37/ The Date and Time Setting windows now appears.
38/ Select your Time Zone from the drop down time zone list and XP will make the other adjustments.
39/ Finally click the Next button.
40/ Windows now starts to install the Networking part of the operating system.
41/ Assuming you have a Networking Card installed the Networking Settings window will now pop up.
42/ The Typical Settings Option should already be selected so simply press the Next button.
44/ Windows will now continue copying files.
45/ After a while Windows will finalise the installation. The progress bar will show Completing Installation followed by Installing Start menu icons, registering Components, Saving Settings and, finally, Removing any temporary files used.
46/ After finalisation Windows will again restart your pc.
47/ On reboot you will again be presented with 'Press any key to boot from CD' On this occasion DO NOT press any key. Leave well alone. Windows will then automatically launch. If you press any key during this process you will start the set up procedure all over again.
48/ You will now see the Windows Logo screen.
50/ If you are happy with the resolution change press OK again.
51/ Windows now needs to apply the computer settings so you need to be a little patience here.
52/ The Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen now appears. By clicking the ‘?’ you can get help.
53/ Click the Next button to continue.
54/ If you are using a copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 already integrated the next screen will ask you to enable the Windows Firewall.
59/ Insert the Name(s) of the user(s) who will be using the computer and then press Next.
60/ After completing the ‘who will use this computer’ section a thank you screen will appear.
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