Win XP system installation classic skills

Since the Windows XP operating system is the operating system of the NT kernel, its installation is basically the same as that of Windows 2000/NT4.0, and the installation of Windows 9x system is quite different. Considering that many friends are not familiar with the installation of NT system, So I am here to write about the installation steps and precautions for your reference.
Installing Windows XP under Windows
Insert Windows XP CD, it will run automatically, the installation interface appears, click "Install". If it does not run automatically, double-click setup.exe in the root directory of the CD to start the installation. There are several options during the installation process before restarting the computer. Note that if you plan to install Windows XP to another partition instead of the C drive, you should pay attention to the "Advanced" option and remember to select " During the installation process, select the partition " one, otherwise you will not be able to select the installed partition after the restart of the installation process.
Installing under DOS
This situation may be a newly purchased computer or a Windows system cannot be accessed. Will choose to install under DOS. NT system is different from 9x system. It is not installed under DOS like Windows 98. Just type setup.exe, but load smartdrv.exe first, then run winnt.exe in /i386 directory.
The specific operation method is as follows:
Assume that the smartdrv.exe file is in the A disk, and the CD-ROM drive is the G disk (Note: This file is available on the Windows 9x CD or in the windows directory of the Windows 9x system)
> a:\\smartdrv.exe
a:\\g:
g:\\cd i386
g:\\i386\\winnt.exe
This is fine, be sure to remember to load smartdrv.exe Otherwise, huh, huh, you can't install Windows XP last night.
Other issues of concern----NTFS
About NTFS, if you want to install multiple operating systems, please remember not to The C drive is converted to NTFS. For details about the differences between NTFS and FAT32 in the FAT file system, please check other documents, so I won't go into details here.
If you don't know if you should convert it to NTFS, an easy way is to use FAT32 and select "do not convert". After you understand NTFS, you can use convert.exe executable file to convert at any time in command line mode, such as "convert c: /fs:ntfs" convert c drive to NTFS.
NTFS For most ordinary users, it has the advantage of supporting file encryption. Windows XP, like Windows 2000, supports multi-user use, and it supports switching to another user without logging out of the current user. This is called fast switching users. With the NTFS file system, different users can encrypt their own documents, while other users are inaccessible. For example, the current pccat account is logged in. I encrypt a.txt and then quickly switch to the whislter user login. When the whistler user clicks on a.txt, the system will prompt you that you do not have access to this file. For ordinary users, the other advantage of NTFS is that it can support large hard disks very well, and the hard disk allocation unit is very small, reducing the generation of disk fragmentation. Moreover, the familiar CIH virus can't be transmitted under the NTFS file system. Users who use NTFS don't need to pay attention to CIH. Of course, CIH has lost its previous power, but I want to say that the NTFS file system is better than FAT32. Safety.
DOS and Windows 9x systems can't access NTFS, which is a security feature of NTFS, but it is also a disadvantage. For example, many friends like to use GHOST software backup system, GHOST backup program can not run under XP/NT, must run under DOS, and the file is placed on the FAT32 partition, in addition to access some files in some emergency state. Need to leave a partition for FAT32. In general, the NTFS file system is a good file system, it is recommended to use, at least you can convert the partition of your installer into NTFS. Of course, the NTFS file system has many advantages, such as disk quotas, disk compression, user management, etc., but I think these are not very important for ordinary users, mainly for enterprise users, clients in domain mode. And the server.