Step-by-step illustration of the quick installation of the Windows XP operating system

Installing the operating system is relatively easy. Because most of the operating systems are installed with Chinese prompts, even those who are very good at English can be confident and do it themselves. Do not believe, just follow me to try.

How to choose the installation method

Before installation, we still need to understand the installation method of Windows XP, because different installation methods will lead to different results. There are three types of installation methods: upgrade installation, new installation, and multi-system shared installation. The upgrade installation covers the original operating system. If you want to replace the operating system with Windows XP Professional, the upgrade can be performed in Windows 98/Me/2000 and other operating systems; the new installation is installed without any operating system. Windows XP operating system; multi-system shared installation refers to the installation mode that keeps the original operating system and coexists with the newly installed Windows XP. The installation does not overwrite the original operating system, and the new operating system is installed in another partition. Some operating systems can be used separately without interference. Let's start with the easiest new installation.

Tip: Windows XP requires the CPU to be Pentium II 300MHz or more, the memory is 128MB or more, and it is better to have more than 5GB of available disk space. It is recommended to install Windows XP system partitions from 6GB to 10GB.

There are two ways to install a new one: one is to boot the system through the Windows XP installation CD and automatically run the installer; one is to boot from a floppy disk, hard disk or Windows 98 boot CD, and then manually run on the CD Windows XP installer in medium or hard disk. The former installation method is simple to operate and can save a step of copying files, and the installation speed is much faster.

In the first case, you only need to set the boot order to CDROM first in BiOS, and start it with the Windows XP installation CD. After booting, you can start the installation.

In the second case, you need to manually run the installer on your hard drive or CD after booting. Don't forget to run the "smartdrv.exe" disk buffer before installing it, otherwise the first step of copying files will take more than two hours. Windows XP installation and execution files are generally "winnt.exe". In the i386 directory of the installation CD or installation files, you can type something like "E:\\soft\\winxp\\I386\\winnt" at the DOS prompt. The "cd" command, go to the directory where i386 is located, run the "winnt" command (Figure 1), you can run the Windows XP installer. This installation method will have one more step of copying the file, and the rest is the same as the first case.

Figure 1

After the installer runs, the “Welcome to Installer” interface will appear (Figure 2). Press Enter to start the installation.

Figure 2

Next, the Windows XP license agreement screen will appear. Here, you can press the F8 key to agree to the next step.

Next, the existing partition on the hard disk or the space that has not been divided (Figure 3) will be displayed. Here, use the up and down cursor keys to select the partition that Windows XP will use. Press the Enter key when selected.

Figure 3

After selecting or creating a partition, you also need to format the disk (Figure 4). The FAT (FAT32) or NTFS file system can be used to format the disk. It is recommended to use the NTFS file system, which has many benefits (see the file system introduction at the end of the article). Use the cursor keys to select here, press the Enter key to start formatting.