XP system installation notes analysis (a)

mentioned that the installation of XP system is believed to be familiar to everyone, this system with the highest usage rate in the world has been highly recognized by users, but XP is also the easiest to install in all systems. The system in question, whether it is a software or a system installation, needs to decompress or compress the file. If the file is large, it may take tens of minutes, the small one takes only a few seconds, and the XP system is the most installed time in all systems. Long system software, sometimes it takes about an hour to install. After the installation is completed, there are always some problems. Sometimes it can't be solved by reinstalling several times. This makes many users unable to figure out where the problem is. This section explains the XP system installation precautions

Decompress the data package and copy the temporary files

When installing the system software, the files are usually installed on the C drive, and the system will automatically create a new folder. , then release the installed files to this folder. XP's compressed installation files have reached hundreds of megabytes, and there are also two or three hundred megabytes copied into the temporary directory. Therefore, if you install DOS, you must load "SMARTDRV.EXE". If you forget it, the installation process will be lengthened several times. Load "HIMEM.SYS" first in "CONFIG.SYS", otherwise typing "SMARTDRV" is invalid. Generally this process takes 8 to 15 minutes, depending on the hardware performance. Failure to load "SMARTDRV" may result in a very long copy process, forcing a forced restart of the damaged partition table.

Continue to copy, extract files and detect plug-and-play devices

After entering the XP installation graphical interface, the installer begins to copy files, mainly to build applications to the official directory where XP is installed. Groups and menus, etc. After the installation of XP has entered the late stage, the system will perform hardware configuration detection to install the correct driver for the plug-and-play hardware device.

Many hardware with poor compatibility will jump out or crash automatically in this step. If the overclocking system or the inferior plug-in device is used, the probability of a problem is very large. This is a potential crash. The danger of data.

Installer takes over the boot area

While copying the temporary file, the XP installer also writes the boot base file required to load the NT kernel to the boot area of ​​the C drive. If you force the RESET to restart when the installer copies the file, or if there is an accident such as a crash or a power failure, then XP's installation takeover may not be completed yet, and the system may be embarrassed, even if other versions of Windows are installed. Invalid because XP's installer sets its boot file to have the highest priority.

So you must prepare a DOS system disk just in case, if there is a problem, after booting from the system disk, enter the XP installation directory and start the installation program again to fix it. If it is a normal exit, the XP installer will automatically continue the installation task next time. This takeover process is a very important step.

Checking the partition and the original version of Windows

Starting with Windows 2000, Microsoft's installer has the ability to detect user hard drives and partitions. If the partition has not been formatted, the installer also provides the function of formatting the partition, which can be formatted as FAT, FAT32, NTFS, etc. The format recommended by Microsoft is NTFS, and the format of the partition to be installed will be NTFS in the list. Option.

If the user chooses to formatted as NTFS, the XP installer will crash in the middle of the conversion format, and it will probably destroy the partition table, and NTFS cannot be started with the DOS boot disk. Some users may Overwhelmed, forcibly repartitioning with FDISK and losing all data.

The first boot after the installation is complete

After detecting the device and copying the file, XP will ask the user to restart the computer again in order for the loaded driver to take effect. This process can be completed in 2 to 3 minutes. At this point, XP is finally installed. You should see the words "Welcome" on the blue background. If the motherboard CMOS has no power, the system date is set to an invalid date such as 1999. XP's date check mechanism will be "Welcome." Lock the computer in the interface, do not make any prompts and no options, except for a mouse can move similar to the fake death, if you do not pay attention to the date, no matter the repair operation will be invalid, it is likely that the installation will fail to format the partition, lost data.

Through the above introduction of Xiaobian, I believe that everyone pays attention to the XP system installation. Although installing XP is a very common operation, if you want the installation process to be smooth,

still need to be careful. Every step.