Because the Windows XP operating system is the NT kernel operating system, its installation is basically the same as Windows 2000/NT4.0, and the installation of Windows 9x system is quite different, considering many friends. I am not familiar with the installation of the NT system, so I am here to write about the installation steps and precautions for your reference. Installing Windows XP under Windows
Inserting the Windows XP CD will automatically run, 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 the "Installation process." In the "Select partition" item, otherwise you will not be able to select the installed partition after the restart of the installation process. Installing under DOS
This may be a new computer or a Windows system that 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 or not, huh, you may not be able to install Windows XP on one night. Other notes - ---NTFS
Regarding the choice of NTFS, if you want to install multiple operating systems, please remember not to convert the C drive 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 in command line mode to convert at any time, such as "convert c: /fs:ntfs" to convert c drive to NTFS. NTFS has the advantage of supporting file encryption for most ordinary users. 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 cannot access NTFS, which is a security feature of NTFS, but it is also a disadvantage. For example, many friends like to use GHOST software to back up the system. Ghost backup program can't run under XP/NT. It must be run under DOS, and the file is placed on the FAT32 partition. In addition, in order to access some files under certain emergency conditions. 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. Schedule: