Two Potential Dangers in the XP Installation Process

Windows XP is the Windows operating system introduced by Microsoft. It has the largest volume, the longest installation time, and the most powerful feature. The time to install XP basically takes about 50 to 80 minutes, so what did XP do in such a long time? Why do some people claim that installing XP destroys their original system or files? We will carefully Take a look at the key steps of XP installation, let everyone understand the security points of XP installation: First, extract the data package, copy the temporary file installation program is mainly to create a temporary directory in the C drive, put some compression package in the installation program The files inside are released into this directory and are ready for installation. 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, SMARTDRV.EXE must be loaded in DOS installation. If you forget it, the installation process will be lengthened several times. Note! HIMEM.SYS is loaded first in CONFIG.SYS, otherwise it is invalid to type SMARTDRV. Generally this process takes 8 to 15 minutes, depending on your hardware capabilities. People who don't load SMARTDRV may force the restart of the damaged partition table because the copy process is particularly lengthy. This is the first danger. Second, check the partition situation and the original version of Windows From Windows 2000, Microsoft's installation program has the ability to detect the user's hard drive and partition. If your partition has not been formatted, the installer also provides the ability to format partitions, which can be formatted as FAT, FAT32, NTFS, etc. The recommended format for Microsoft is NTFS, and the partition format that will be installed will appear in the list. The option for NTFS. If the user is a newbie, choose to format it as NTFS. If the XP installer crashes in the middle of the conversion format, it will probably destroy the partition table, and NTFS cannot be started with the DOS boot disk. The newbie is likely to Overwhelmed, forcibly repartitioning with FDISK and losing all data. This is the second danger. It is recommended that novices still use the FAT32 format. If you really want to convert, it is recommended to use the PQ partition master, it is fast and safe.