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Format and Reinstall Windows XP Or
Performing a Clean Installation of Windows XP
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How to Format and Reinstall Windows XP / Performing a Clean Installation of Windows XP: Web Tech Support Video Page!
By Raymond Garcia
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How to Format and Reinstall Windows XP or Performing a Clean Installation of Windows XP. Just watch the How to Format and Reinstall Windows XP video and read the how to text below. You will need the Windows XP install CD and you may need your Windows XP product key. You can find the Windows product key on a label on back of your Pc or with the install CD package.
This How to Format and Reinstall Windows XP will delete all files on your computer, so back all important files, emails, mp3s, videos and explorer favorites links before you think of formatting your Pc. A big USB external hard drive like is a "Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive" or smaller 500GB, is a good choice for backing-up your Pc.
You will notice your computer runs faster, starts faster and your now have more space to save file on your computer.
Performing a Clean Installation of Windows XP:
To perform a clean installation ofWindows XP, put the Windows XP CD in your CD-ROM drive
or DVD drive and boot from it. (You may have to change the boot settings in your computer’s BIOS
to boot from the CD.) Setup automatically launches itself.
First, Setup displays the Welcome to Setup screen. From here, press the Enter key to start the
installation. (Press the F3 key if you’ve reached this stage by mistake and need to quit.) Setup displays
the partitioning screen.
Choosing a Hard Disk Partition:
The partitioning screen lets you create and delete partitions as well as specify the installation partition.
The screen lists the current partitions on the disk, their label, their type (for example, NTFS for
an NTFS partition, FAT32 for a FAT partition, and Raw for a new, unformatted partition), their size,
and the amount of space free on each. Any unpartitioned space is listed as such. Any space youfve
deliberately left unpartitioned will of course be free, but there will often be a few megabytes of
unpartitioned space left over after youfve tried to allocate all the space on the disk.
To choose an existing partition for the installation, use « and ª to move the highlight to it. Then
press the Enter key.
To create a new partition, select some unpartitioned space and press the C key. Setup displays a
details screen. Specify the size of the partition in megabytes and press the Enter key.
If you want to install Windows XP and use up the full amount of unpartitioned space, you don"t
need to explicitly create a partition first. Just select the Unpartitioned Space item and press the Enter
key to start the installation.
To delete an existing partition, select it in the list and press the D key. Setup displays a screen
confirming the action. Press the L key. If the partition is a system partition, Setup displays a more
extensive warning. And if the partition is the partition on which Setup has installed its temporary
files for carrying out the installation ofWindows, Setup refuses to delete the partition.
Once youfve chosen a partition, Setup proceeds. If the partition is a new partition, Setup offers
you the choice of formatting it with NTFS or with FAT. For each, therefs the option of a quick format.
A full format includes a scan of the disk for bad sectors; a quick format skips this scan. Unless
youfre in a tearing hurry and have checked the disk recently for bad sectors, go with the full format.
NOTE: If you choose to install Windows XP on a partition that already contains another operating system, Setup displays
a page warning you that this may cause problems. Press the C key if you’re prepared to continue. Press the Esc key to
return to the partitioning screen and select another partition.
About NTFS & FAT: If you’re installing Windows XP on an existing partition that uses FAT, Setup offers you the option of
converting the installation partition to NTFS. Think seriously about doing so, because NTFS is one
of the major improvements in Windows XP Home Edition over Windows Me and other Windows 9x
versions.
NTFS offers two compelling advantages over FAT. First, NTFS has security features (including
auditing) that FAT does not. And second, NTFS keeps a log of activities so that it can restore the disk
to order after a hardware or power failure; FAT simply loses your data instead.
Next, you see the license agreement. Read it and press the F8 key if you agree and want to proceed.
NOTE: Press the Esc key to cancel installation. But don't press Esc to cancel, you want to install Windows.
That's it Windows XP is installed. Windows XP will ask you some questions to fish Windows settings.
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Related see How to Partition a hard drive. and how to Partition in Windows XP- click here | Format and Reinstall a Clean Installation of Windows XP. Video | How to Format a Hard Drive Using Windows Vista | How To - Tech Support Page.
