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Windows Xp Prox64 Install????

  • 11-09-2006 9:49am
    #1
    lendrahcir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi, sorry to be such a noob, but i never installed an OS b4 and i was just wondering could any1 tell me the best way of going about it? I got kinda confused when i heard people making partitions on the hard drives for pagefile and stuff.
    I have the cd installer and a completely blank hard drive if thats any good.
    Help would be much appreciated, thanks.


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    most of the partitions stuff is when you are trying to fit a second OS on a disk that already has one or tweaking the system

    the boot disk will take care of that stuff, you don't need to worry about it on your first install

    the main thing to worry about is the langague settings - make you get them all


    if you have a very new pc you may need additional drivers for various devices, IIRC sata hard drives may need them

    BTW: on the off chance it's a dodgy copy of xp then you will have lots of problems, if not now then later on when you need updates..


  • #3
    lendrahcir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭lendrahcir


    Thanks for that, that takes alot of my mind.
    If i have any problems im sure i'll be online at some piont for more help,
    thanks again captain midnight.
    Ps: i think i should have a good copy of XP, i got it of komplett so hopefully.


  • #4
    BKtje
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,081 ✭✭✭BKtje


    If your doing a raid (0,1,5 etc) you'll need drivers for the hdd's to be recognised, else sata drives come up fine.


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