HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP STEP BY STEP

ORDER A MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP STE UP  CD FROM THE VENDOR.

PUT THE SETUP CD INTO THE  DRIVE , AND PRESS THE RESTART BUTTON ON THE COMPUTER CASE.

 

MAKE SURE THE COMPUTER PROMPT YOU TO PRESS A KEY TO START THE SETUP.

IF IT DOES NOT , YOU  NEED TO SET THE CD-DRIVE AS THE FIRST BOOT DEVICE IN BOOT CATEGORY  IN YOUR COMPUTER'S BIOS.

 

INSTALLING WINDOWS

 

AFTER YOUR COMPUTER REBOOTS, A BLACK SCREEN WILL APPEAR SHOWING THE MESSAGE  " PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD...." PRESS ANY KEY.

 

WAIT FOR A FEW SECONDS UNTIL  THE A BLUE SCREEN POPS UP WITH THE TITLE WINDOWS SET  UP.

 

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION ON THE SCREEN TO INSTALL WINDOWS.

                                                            

SELECT A DRIVE FOR WINDOWS TO BE INSTALLED, AND CHOOSE ITS FILE SYSTEM  (FAT32 OR NTFS).

SET THE REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE , AND NETWORK SETTINGS, AND LET THE SET UP INSTALL WINDOWS . YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE PROGRESS ON THE  GREEN BAR AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

INSTALL BASIC SECURITY SOFTWARE SUCH AS A FIREWALL, ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM AND AN  ANTI-SPYWARE PROGRAM; THE BUILT-IN WINDOWS FIREWALL, MICROSOFT AVG FREE AND SAFER NETWORKING SPYBOT  S& D SHOULD WORK FINE.

UPDATE WINDOWS AND THE SECURITY SOFTWARE .THIS SHOULD HELP PROTECT AGAINST SOME VIRUSES AND IMPROVE STABILIT.

 

MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR HARDWARE IS WORKING.UNLIKE OEM INSTALL, THERE CAN BE SOME ISSUES HERE.YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THE  HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITES FOR THE LATEST DRIERS.

 

YOU ARE DONE WITH  INSTALLING WINDOWS, NOW TAKE A QUICK TOUR

 , AS WINDOWS WILL POP-UP A MESSAGE FOR IT.

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