How to install Windows XP

All version op Windows XP CD are bootable. In order to boot from CD/DVD-ROM you need to set the boot sequence. look for the boot sequence under your BIOS setup and make sure that the first boot device is set to CD/DVD-ROM. You can then perform the following steps to install Windows XP.

This procedure demonstrates how to install Windows XP Professional XP home edition is very similar to the professional edition. Since windows XP pro is more advanced operating system. It will be used to demonstrate the installation procedure.

Step 1 - Start your PC and place your Windows XP CD in your CD/DVD-ROOM drive. Your PX should automatically detect the CD and you will get a message saying "Press any key to boot from CD". Soon as computer starts booting from the CD your will get the following screen.

Step 2 - At this stage it will ask you to press F6 if you want to install a third party Raid or SCSI drive. If you are using a an IDE Hard Drive then you do not need to press F6. If you are using a SCSI or SATA Hard drive then you must press F6 otherwise Windows will not detect your Hard Drive during the installation. Please make sure you have the Raid drivers on floppy disk. Normally the drivers are supplied on a CD which you can copy to a floppy disk ready to be installed. If you are not sure how to do this then please read your motherboard manuals for more information.

Step 3 - Press S to Specify that you want to install additional device.

 

  
Step 4 - You will be asked to insert the floppy disk with the Raid of SCSI drivers. Press Enter after you have inserted the disk.

Step 5 - You will see a list of Raid drivers for your HDD. Select the correct driver for your device and press ENTER.

Step 6 - You will then get a Windows XP Professional Setup screen. You have the option to do a new Windows install. Repair previous install or quit. Since we are doing a new install we just press Enter to continue.

Step 7 - You will be presented with the End User Licensing Agreement. Press F8 to accept and continue.

Step 8 -  This setup is very important. Here we will create the partition where Windows will be installed. If you have a brand new unformulated drive you will get a screen similar to below. In our case the drive size 20000MB. We can choose to install windows in this drive without creating a partition, hence use the entire size of the drive. If you wish to do can just press Enter and windows will automatically partition and format the drive as one large drive.

Step 9 -  Windows will show the total size of the hard drive and ask you how much you want to allocated for partition you are about to create. I will choose 10000 MB. You will then get the screen below. Notice it shows C: Partition 1 followed by the size 10000 MB. This indicates the partition has been created. We still have an unpartitioned space by pressing down the arrow key. Then press C to Create another partition. You will see the total space available for the new partition. Just choose all the space left over, in our case 2180MB


Step 10 - Select partition 1 (C: Drive) and press Enter.   



Step 11 - Choose format the partition using NTFS file system. This is the recommended file system. If the hard drive has been formatted before then you can choose quick NTFS format. We chose NTFS because it offers many security feature, supports larger drive size, and bigger size files.

Windows will now start formatting drive C: and copying setup files as shown on two images below: 

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