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computer,whetherthatisalaptoporadesktop.

**Beforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem,besurethatyouhaveyour
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Step1:InsertYourWindowsXPBootableDisk

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Forthisstep,youwillneedtoopenyourCDRomdriveandinsertyourWindows
XPdisk.YoucannowclosetheCDRomDrive.

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Step2:HowtoBootFromaCD
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Onmosthomecomputers,youwillwanttoshutdownyourstation.Afterthe
stationisoff,youcanrestartit.Whilethestationisrestarting,beginpressing
theF12keyoverandoveragain.Thiswilltakeyoutothebootoptionsmenu.

Nowthatyouareinthebootoptionsmenu,youwillneedtousethearrowkeys
onyourkeyboardtomoveoverthechoiceforanOnboardorUSBCDROM
Drive.PressEnter.

AfteryouhavepressedEnter,mostWindowsXPdiskswillpromptyoutopress
anykeytobootfromtheCD(Asseeninpicture2).Whenthisappears,youwill
haveonlyafewsecondstopressanykeyonthekeyboard.Iusuallychoosethe
Spacebarbecauseitistheeasiesttofindandpress.

Step3:BeginningtheProcess
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AfteryouhavechosentobootfromtheCD,youwillhavetowaitafewminutes.
ThediskwillcheckyourharddrivetoseeifwindowsXPiscurrentlyinstalledon
it.Afterthediskhasmadeitscheckyoushouldseeascreenliketheoneinthe
firstpictureonthispage.

YouwillwanttopressEnterbecauseyouareplanningoninstallingWindowsXP
onyoursystem.Ifyourealizethatyouhavedataonyourharddriveandneed
tobackitup,nowwouldbethetimetopressF3andexittheinstallationprogram
tobackitup.

Step4:LicensingAgreementandBeginSetup

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ThenextpagethatyouwillseeistheWindowsXPLicensingAgreement.On
thispage,youcantakethetimetoreadthroughtheagreement,butitisjust
sayingthatyouwillnotbebreakinganylawsusingthisproduct.Ipersonallyjust
hitF8(toagree)andmoveontothenextstepintheinstallation.

AfterpressingF8,youwillcometothebeginningoftheWindowsXPsetup.On
thispage,youwillwanttopresstheEsckeyonthekeyboard.Thiswilltellthe
programnottotryandrepairthecurrentinstallation.

Step5:DeletingtheCurrentPartition

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ThenextstepininstallingWindowsXPistodelettheoldpartitiononyourhard
drive.Youwillseeascreensimilartotheoneinthefirstpictureofthispage.
YouwillwanttoscrollovertheC:partitionthatiscurrentonyourharddrive.
ThenextthingyouwillneedtodoisclicktheDkey.Thiswilltelltheprogram
thatyouwanttoDeletethecurrentpartition.

AfteryouclicktheDkey,youwillseeascreenliketheoneinthesecond
picture.OnthisscreenyouwillwanttopresstheLkeytoconfirmthedeletionof
thepartitionoftheharddrive.

Step6:BeginningtheInstall

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Inthisstep,youwillwanttochoosewhetheryouwanttohavesystemdoaquick
installationorastandardinstallation.Forthepurposesofthissetofinstructions,
Ihavechosentodoastandardinstallation.

Afterchoosingyourmethodofinstallation,youwillwanttopresstheEnterkey
tocontinuetotheinstallation.

Step8:AllowingWindowsXPtoInstall
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Thisstepwillprobablybethelongeststep.Thisisbecauseyouareatthe
mercyofthesystemandhowfastitinstallsWindowsXP.Afteryouhave
pressedtheEnterkeyinthelaststep,youwillseethescreeninthefirstpicture
hereappear.Thiswillmeanthattheprogramisrunningtheinstallation.

Overtime,theprogressbarwillmoveacrossthescreen,asshowninthe
secondpicturewheretheprogressbarisattwentyfivepercent.Afterthe
Installationhasfinishedplacingthefilesystemonyourharddrive,youwillsee
theprogramrestartyourcomputer.Donotbealarmedatthis.itwillbootback
upandyouwillseeascreensimilartothethirdpictureonthispage.

Step9:ChoosingYourKeyboardLayout,Organization,and
ComputerName
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Thefirstscreen(seeninthefirstpicture)thatwillcomeupwillbeascreenfor
youtoselectthelanguageandkeyboardstylethatyouwishtouseforyournew
installationofWindowsXP.IhavechosentousetheEnglishLanguageandthe
USkeyboardlayout.Youmayselectanyconfigurationthatyouarecomfortable
withandthenpresstheNextbutton.

Thenextthingtheprogramwillaskforisthenameandorganizationthatthis
installisaffiliatedwith(asseeninthesecondpicture).Youwillwanttofillthisin
withyourinformation.Afterfillingintheinformation,youwillpresstheNext
button.

Whenthenextscreencomesup(asseeninthethirdpicture),youwillwantto
choosethenameyouwanttogivetoyourcomputerandthepasswordthe
Administratorofthecomputerwillhave.PresstheNextbutton.

Step10:ChoosingYourTimeZone
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Youwillnowseetheareaforyoutochoosethetimeanddatetobesetonthe
computer.ThiswillcorrespondtotheTimeZoneinwhichyoulive.Iliveinthe
CentralTimeZone,soIhavechosentohavethedateandtimecorrespondto
that.Youmaypickwhicheveryouwouldlikefromthismenu.

AfterchoosingtheTimeZoneyouarein,youwillneedtomakesurethetimeis
correct.Thiscanbedonebycheckingthetime(asseeninthesecondpicture).

Step11:WaitingforInstallationtoContinue
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Nowyouwillneedtowaitfortheinstallationtocontinuebeforeyoucando
anythingmore.

Step12:DisplaySettings

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Theinstallationwillpromptyoutoimprovethedisplaysettings(asseeninthe
firstpicture).YouwillneedtopresstheOKbuttonforthistocontinue.

AfterpressingtheOKbutton,youwillseeanotherboxappear(liketheonein
thesecondpicture).ThisboxwillwantyoutopresstheOKbuttonalso.

Step13:ProtectingYourComputerandGivingItaUser

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AfterpressingOKinthelaststep,youwillseetheMicrosoftWindowswelcome
screenappear(likethefirstpicture).Onthispage,youwillwanttopressthe
nextbuttonatthebottomright.

NowyouwillseeascreenpromptingyoutoprotectyourPC.Youwillwantto
decideifyouwantWindowsXPtohaveautomaticupdatesonornot.Ichoseto
havethesystemdoautomaticupdatingtosavefromthehassleofhavingtobe
surethecomputer'suserrememberstoupdatethecomputer.Aftermakingyour
choice,youwillneedtopressthenextbuttoninthebottomright.

Nowyouwillbepromptedtogivethecomputerauser.Forthepurposesofthis
setofinstructionsIgaveitausernamed"MyName",butyoucannamethisuser
whateveryouwouldlike.Aftergivingthecomputeratleastoneuser(youmay
wanttogiveitmany),youwillneedtopressthenextbutton.

Step14:FinishingtheInstallation

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Afterpressingthenextbutton,youwillseeaThankyouscreen.Onthisscreen
youwillneedtopressFinish.

Thiswillbringupascreensimilartothesecondpictureonthispage.

Nowyouwillseethatthecomputerhasloggedyouinforthefirsttime.You
shouldseeascreenlikethethirdpictureonthispage.

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