8/8/2019 Installation of Microsoft Windows XP http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/installation-of-microsoft-windows-xp 1/41 Installation of Microsoft Windows XP Booting From Windows XP CD: Welcome Screen to Setup: Once the initialization process completes, the screen in Figure shown below, loads to guide the XP installation process. More than anything, this screen is a fork in the installation road. This guide deals with a clean install and to accomplish that goal. Select the first option by pressing Enter. If we want to use the Recovery Console with an already completed XP installation, pressing R would be the proper choice. F3 ends the current installation process. After pressing Enter, setup will search the drives for an existing XP installation.
Once the initialization process completes, the screen in Figure shown below, loadsto guide the XP installation process. More than anything, this screen is a fork inthe installation road. This guide deals with a clean install and to accomplish thatgoal. Select the first option by pressing Enter. If we want to use the RecoveryConsole with an already completed XP installation, pressing R would be theproper choice. F3 ends the current installation process. After pressing Enter,setup will search the drives for an existing XP installation.
Pretty much any way we go at an installation anymore we're going to run into theWindows XP Licensing Agreement, better known as the End-User License Agreementor EULA, shown in Figure below. Press F8 if we agree to the terms or press Esc andstart researching alternative operating systems if we don't agree. There's no middleof the road.
Since we agreed to the terms of the EULA in the previous step, and because this is aclean installation from an upgrade version of XP to an unpartitioned and unformattedhard disk, the screen in Figure shown below, appears asking us to verify and qualifyto use the upgrade product. The qualifying products are listed on the screen. Replacethe XP CD with the qualifying product CD and press Enter.
Creation Of New Partition:Once the partition creation has been initiated, the screen in Figure, shown below,opens and prompts for the size of the partition that will be created. As long as weadhere to the minimum and maximum listed on the screen we have the freedom toset partition sizes as we wish. Keep in mind that there are minimum spacerequirements to install XP. Set the size of the desired partition and press Enter.
Once the partition has been created, we are returned to the screen in Figure, shownbelow. If there is still unallocated space on the drive and we want to create anotherpartition, highlight the unallocated space entry and press C again to repeat thepartition creation process. If we want to change the partition that was just created,highlight it using the up and down arrow keys and press D. A confirmation messagewill be displayed. Once we're satisfied with the partition scheme, highlight thedesired install partition and press Enter.
The final step after creating and selecting the install partition is specifying the filesystem to use for formatting the partition. The available choices will be shown on thescreen that appears as in the Figure, shown below. In most cases we'll want to useNTFS. It's far more secure than FAT32 and supports permissions, encryption, andcompression. The only reason for considering FAT32 would be data sharing with Win9x/Me installations and since this scenario deals with a clean install, it’s not even aconsideration.
Now, after doing all the upper described jobs, remember a few steps ago when XPwanted us to insert a CD to prove us qualified to use the upgrade version of XP?What it didn't do was tell us to remove the qualifying version and reinsert the XPinstallation CD. That time has arrived. Now, simply insert the CD for completion of installation of the window.
Copy Files on Hard Disk:As one boring section ends, another boring section starts. In this section of setup, thefiles, needed for installation, are being copied to the hard drive. We think at the leastthat Microsoft could have changed the progress bar color.
Initialization of Windows XP:Almost there; the configuration is being initialized. This screen has a blissfully shortappearance. It remains for a short interval and disappears, leaving space for the nextscreen.
System is Rebooting:Finally, a red progress bar, which indicates the system will reboot in 15 seconds, sothe Graphical User Interface (GUI) portion of setup can begin. If we're still awake andnot feel boring, tap the Enter key to speed up those 15 seconds until restart.
Start of Graphical User Interface Section of Setup: This is the end of the text portion of setup. Now, the text portion of the setup ends
and the graphical portion, called Graphical User Interface phase of XP setup, starts.Here, we have to give information about ourselves, asked by setup. We shouldprepare ourselves for what is possibly the longest commercial for a piece of softwarethat has ever been presented.
While, installing Windows and Finalizing installation are incoming. Afterit, setup gives us information that it will complete in about 39 minutes.While, MS tells us that it is an exciting look.
The first screen that requires any user input in this phase is Regional andLanguage Options. If we're using English and we do entry via the keyboard thedefaults will suit us fine.
Somehow, typing any name and any company name doesn't exactly give a warmfuzzy sense of personalization, but that's what the Personalize Your Softwarescreen shown in Figure shown below-- wants us to enter. Give some bogusinformation if it sends a little thrill through to pull one over on Microsoft.
Installation is going to automatically assign a computer name in the ComputerName and Administrator Password screen. Once we see the name it chooseswe'll be grateful it can be easily changed. The important part of this screen is theadministrator password. All the begging and pleading in the world can't make uschoose something that's hard to guess, but just remember that this one single choicewe're making right now is the key into everything you hold near and dear in theworld of computing.
Unless we prefer to live in the past or future, Date and Time Settings should be setcurrent. Set the DATE and Time according to the place where we are living, or set asdefault (GMT).
If we're a domain member, this is the time to speak up, or at least type the name of the domain. More than likely we'll do just fine being a part of a workgroup. We canleave the name 'WORKGROUP' if we want, but why not avail our self of one of the fewplaces in the XP setup where we can actually express some creativity.
