Windows XP Installation

Third Grading

How to Install Windows

Part I Pre-Installation Stage
Part II Installation Stage
Part III Completion and Setup
Stage

Pre-Installation Stage
1. Check the system requirements for
your operating system
2. Find the operating systems product
key
3. Set your computer to boot on the
media to be used for installation

Pre-Installation Stage
1. Check the system requirements for your
operating system

Pre-Installation Stage
To check your computers specifications, go to the
start menu and type dxdiag on the search box and
press Enter

Pre-Installation Stage
2. Find the operating systems product
key

Pre-Installation Stage
3. Set your computer to boot on the
media to be used for installation

Installation Stage
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Load the XP bootable disk on the computer

Press any key to start the installation process
Read the EULA then press F8 to agree
Select the partition for Windows installation
Select the format that is desired for the
installation
6. The format process will complete
7. The setup files will be copied to the disk
8. The computer will reboot

Installation Stage
1. Load the XP bootable disk in the
computer CD/DVD drive

Installation Stage
2. Press any key to start the
installation process

Installation Stage
3. Read the EULA then press F8 to
agree

Next you will prepare your hard drive for the

installation of Windows. you will see the list of hard
drives and its partitions.
Delete the partition prefix C: To do this select the
partition and press thebutton D.

Setup will warn you that this is a

system partition.Press Enter

To complete the removal of the

partition,Press Lwhen you see the
screen below.

You will return to the partition list. There

should be unpartitioned space item on the
list. highlight the
unpartitionedspaceand press Enter.

To create a partition in the

unpartitioned space, press C

The Setup display your system disk available space. To

create partition, enter the amount of disk space for the
partition size to be create. Then press Enter key

Select the partition for Windows

installation

Installation Stage
4. Select the partition for Windows
installation

Installation Stage
5. Select the format that is desired for
the installation

Choose and select to format the partition using the

NTFS file system. Then press Enter key to
continue with the setup process.


The setup then formatting the partition selected
with the NTFS file system. The progress bar shows
the formatting process. Wait until the process finish,
this process may take several minutes depend on
the disk size.

The setup process then examines your

system disk drives. This process may take
several minutes depending on the size of
disks.

Windows XP setup on progress and copying

files to disk, please wait this process may
take several minutes to complete.

of Windows XP setup completed successfully.

The setup process reboots your computer
automatically or you can press Enter key to
restart the computer.

First XP Flash Screen

Then the Windows XP professional Setup start collecting

information, now you can start read all the usual advert info
on the screen while the Setup process do the Collecting
information, Dynamic Update and till to the Preparing
installation.

The screen on Installing Devices... nothing happen

here... just wants to show you that the Windows
XP Professional Setup still at work :-)

The screen then displays Regional and Language Options. Make

changes to the options if you need to or just click Next button to
continue using the default setting.

Personalize Your Software, on this screen put your full

name and name of your company or organization.

On the Windows XP Product Key screen, you need to type in the

correct 25 character volume license product key on the text box
provided. Click Next button after you key in all 25 character volume
license product key on the box.

On this Computer Name and Administrator Password screen, you need

to provide the Computer name, Administrator password and you need
to re type password in the Confirm password box.
Click Next button to proceed.

On the Date and Time Settings screen, you can set the correct date
and time for your Windows XP Professional system, then choose from
the drop down list the correct Time Zone setting for the system time.
Click Next button after finish with the configuration setting.

Installing Network Screen, and the screen display the

status bar show that the estimate time to complete the
installation process is down to 31 minutes.

The Networking Setting screen. On the Networking Setting screen you

can configure the system networking components manually or you can
leave the radio button on 'Typical Settings' to accept the default
configuration. Click Next button to proceed.

The Workgroup or Computer Domain screen, enter the workgroup name if your computer
belong to the existing workgroup or leave the default WORKGROUP and If your
computer is a member of the domain on the network, click the radio button on 'Yes, make
this computer a member of the following domain:' and then type in the domain name in
the box provided. Click Next button to proceed.

Windows XP then start copying files to the system hard disk, sit back
and read all the usual advert info on the screen or better yet you can
go and make yourself a nice cup of coffee and return back to your
computer after half an hour.

The Windows XP Setup screen display that the Setup

removing temporary files and status bar show that the
setup process will complete in approximately in 1 minute.

Reboot Windows XP screenshot.

The welcome screen to setting up your computer.

Click Next button to continue.

The setting of automatic updates your Windows XP. Click on the radio button Help protect
my PC by turning on Automatic Updates now to make sure your Windows XP system
check the updates (this include hot fix (patch, security, critical updates) and service
packs) from Microsoft Windows Updates site and automatically install the updates. If you
want to Updates your system manually just click the radio button on Not right now. Click
Next button to proceed.

Windows XP setup then display the screen of Checking your Internet

connectivity. This process may take few moments, because the setup
check your computer to see if the computer already connected to the
internet or not.

Register Windows XP screen. There is two radio button on this screen,

click on the Yes, I'd like to register with Microsoft now to start
registering your Windows XP now or if you want to finish with the
installation and setup process and you want to register later click radio
button on No, not this time. Click Next button to proceed.

On the user account screen, type in the user name that who will use
the computer. Windows will create a separate user account for each
user so that they can log in to the system with their own username and
password. Click Next button to proceed.

Thank you and congratulation screen. Click Finish button to

finish the Windows XP setup configuration.

Welcome to Windows XP login screen. Click username and

enter the password for the username if any to log in and
start using the Windows XP operating system.

Finish. Windows XP
desktop/menu

Installation Stage
6. The format process will complete
7. The setup files will be copied to the disk
8. The computer will reboot

Installation Stage
9. Installation will continue
10.Select your language and regional
settings
11.Enter your name and organization
12.Enter your product key
13.Set the computers name
14.Set the time zone
15.Choose network settings
16.Wait until the installation get finished

Completion and Setup Stage

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2.
3.
4.
5.

Set your display preferences

Set your connection preferences
Activate your copy of Windows
Create users
Set computer to boot from hard disk
again