How to install XP?-Tutorial

It’s been about more than 8 years
when Windows XP was introduced
by Microsoft. After the launch of
Windows XP, thousands of
organizations and even
government departments across
the glove upgrade their computers
to use Windows XP. Many other
Operating systems were introduced
by Microsoft after XP but they
were unable to do the magic which
XP did on techies.
Even though Windows 8 has
launched in the market, Windows
XP is still used widely across the
nations. In this article I will teach
you How to install Windows XP,
newbie friendly. This is a complete
tutorial on Windows XP
installation steps through
installation CD.
So what you are waiting for ?
Move ahead and learn procedures
to install Windows XP.



Step 1: Place Windows XP CD in
your computer’s optical CD or DVD
drive.
Step 2. Restart the computer, enter
into BIOS setting(can be initiated
by pressing Delete or F1 key) and
set Optical drive as first boot
device and again save the settings
and restart the PC.
Step 3: Once your PC get’s
restarted, a message will appear
on your screen saying Press any
key to boot from CD…, press any
key on your keyboard to start the
setup
Step 4: Now wait for about 10
minutes and let installation file be
loaded.
Step 5: If your CD is not damaged,
you will be now seeing a Windows
XP Setup screen with Repair and
Install option,
Since we are interested toInstall
Windows XP, press Enter key on
your keyboard.
Setep 6: Now a License Agreement
would be presented on screen,
press F8 to agree it and continue
the setup
Step 7: Now you will be seeing 3
or more Partition on your screen,
depending on how many Local
Disks you had created
Step 8: Highlight and select the
Partition which is at the top,
Normally this is Local Disk C and
Windows should be installed here
Step 9: Highlight the top most
partition(C:) and press D , this will
delete all the Data on Local Disk C
and Delete the Partition
Step 10: Now if asked, pressL to
confirm deletion of C:
Step 11: Now you will be seeing an
unpartitioned space , highlight it
using navigation arrow keys on
keyboard and press C and create
partition
Step 12: Once it get created,
Highligh C: again and press Enter
to Install Windows XP on C:
Step 13: Select Format the
partition using NTFS file system. If
your Hard Disk has previously
formated with NTFS than you can
select Quick NTFS.
Step 14: Windows will now copy
the files and will restart computer
automatically after files get copied,
this may take about 20 minutes
Step 15: When computer will
restart automatically you will be
again asked for “Press any key to
boot from CD” , this time don’t
press any key and let setup
continue
Step 16: Now setup will install
Windows XP, after few minutes you
would be asked for Language,
Name and other Options
Step 17: Choose your Country or
Region and language,press Next
Step 18: In next windows, type
your Name and organization , if
any, press Next
Step 19: Enter Product Key, CD Key
of Windows XP and then press
Next
Step 20: Name your computer like
you want, and set an Administrator
Password, don’t forget the
password, press Next
Step 21: Select the Date and Time
settings, and press Next
Step 22: If you are asked for
network, then select typical and
enter a domain name, if you don’t
have a domain name leave it blank
and press Next button
Step 23: Now wait for few minutes
your computer will restart after
setup has been continued, again
don’t press any key if “Press any
key to boot from CD” appears on
your screen
Step 24: Now Windows will start, a
Welcome Screen will appear
Step 25: Choose ‘help protect my
PC by turning on automatic
updates now’ and press Next
Step 26: Now type name of the
User(s), and press next
Step 27: A Thank You screen will
appear, press Finish
That’s it, you have now
successfully installed Windows XP
in your computer. Now you should
install
computer drivers and necessary
software to make best out of your
computer.
If you find any difficulties, leave a
reply and we will try to help you.