Installing XP

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This weekend I plant to install XP Home on a computer that is currently running 98se. I'm backing everything up becasue I heard a "clean install" is best.

I installed NT a couple years ago and don't remember much. How did you do it? What can you warn me about? Any and all suggestions and advice wanted!
 
Make sure you get all the drivers beforehand: if the system starts to ask for drivers that you don't have, it will disturb the integrity of the install.
 
Originally posted by milefile
This weekend I plant to install XP Home on a computer that is currently running 98se. I'm backing everything up becasue I heard a "clean install" is best.

I installed NT a couple years ago and don't remember much. How did you do it? What can you warn me about? Any and all suggestions and advice wanted!
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FYI - XP Home will not all Domain Name networks. Pier to Pier networks are fine, but if your going to run IPX/SPX or MS Domain Networking, it's not going to work ya...

(Just givin' ya a little heads up)
 
This is how I install XP:

1. Go into your BIOS and make sure your CD drive boots up first. Insert the XP CD and reboot.

2. Wait until you get a blue menu. Choose Install XP.

3. You'll get a menu to format your drive and convert it to NTFS. It will format and convert, then it will restart.

4. Go into your BIOS and set your HDD to boot first. Reboot.

5. XP will go into the installation process. Set the normal options like regional settings, computer name, and workgroups, user names, etc. Then you can walk away for 30 minutes.

6. XP will restart when it is finished. XP will tell you that it can setup your display settings automaticly, say OK. Another setup screen will come up about setting your Internet settings. You can skip it.

7. XP will load the login screen. All of the usernames are set to Administrator. Login and install any drivers that you need.
 
A hint of advice: oddly the quick upgrade installation may not work all the time but the new installation works perfectly.
 
XP will find half your drivers for you. I just formatted the other day and the only drivers I had to load up was my printer, scanner and a few other things.
 
Originally posted by Viper Zero
This is how I install XP:

1. Go into your BIOS and make sure your CD drive boots up first. Insert the XP CD and reboot.

2. Wait until you get a blue menu. Choose Install XP.

3. You'll get a menu to format your drive and convert it to NTFS. It will format and convert, then it will restart.

4. Go into your BIOS and set your HDD to boot first. Reboot.

5. XP will go into the installation process. Set the normal options like regional settings, computer name, and workgroups, user names, etc. Then you can walk away for 30 minutes.

6. XP will restart when it is finished. XP will tell you that it can setup your display settings automaticly, say OK. Another setup screen will come up about setting your Internet settings. You can skip it.

7. XP will load the login screen. All of the usernames are set to Administrator. Login and install any drivers that you need.
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What kind of installation is this? Upgrade? Clean? If not clean, how do you do that?
 
I'm assuming that you have a FULL version of XP? If so, I might suggest booting to your command prompt and going into fdisk. From there, you can do a clean format of your partition.

Next, reboot with your XP disk in your CD-Rom drive.

Let it go through it's install process.

Note: Take notice where your CD-Rom driver files are. Is it fully supported by your MOBO, or does it run off of dos cd-rom drivers (mscdex, I think)? This is important, because you need to be able to access your Rom Drive even without a OS installed. :)
 
It's the version that came with my new computer.* One CD.

*I have learned (on Tech TV's Screen Savers) that MS doesn't care if you install an OS on one or two other computer in your home. Multiples and giving it away is another story.
 
While backing up my files my CD writer went kaput. I have no desire to get it fixed or replaced at the moment, and using floppies is totally unrealisitc. What constitutes an "important" file just changed dramatically.
 
I'm sure it did. Can you setup a quick network to another computer and transfer the files via Cat5?
 
I wish. This was the main reason I wanted to install XP on the broken CD machine. It can see the laptop, but the laptop can't see it. After a day and a half of messing with it I decided to just put XP on it (98 right now) and hope it works. The vast majority of the files are mp3's. Most of the other files are smaller, resumes and stuff. I doubt I need my wedding guest list any more. But I think the mp3's might have to bite the dust. Everything else can probably go on floppy. Fortunately all my web stuff and pictures are already on CD and/or on a webserver.
 
If it can see the laptop, can't you copy the files TO the laptop even though the laptop can't see the broken cd desktop machine?

Just share out a folder on the laptop and copy the files to the shared directory on the laptop.
 
Originally posted by Pako
If it can see the laptop, can't you copy the files TO the laptop even though the laptop can't see the broken cd desktop machine?

Just share out a folder on the laptop and copy the files to the shared directory on the laptop.
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:dopey: Heh. I guess you could. :embarassed:
 
You at home to try it or are you slackin' at work, like someone else I know?
 

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