purchasing a laptop with him you get the installed operating system Windows Vista or Windows 7. Of course, this system is all good - a nice interface, a lot of interesting applications, games, but for many users need a suitable version of the operating system, soYou need to install Windows XP - a system that is better than others for this purpose.In order not to not to demolish the existing operating system, you can install a second parallel.
Consider a simple installation of the operating system.If this operation is carried out in the first time it is not necessary to activate it until then, until you are sure that all fixed equipment is working properly.That is, there is complete compatibility of devices.If something does not work or is distorted, you will need to reactivate.For devices such as a printer or scanner, this is not true.
order not to sit in front of computer an hour or more, while there installing Windows XP, you can create an answer file.All the questions that will arise during the installation process, will be obtained from the file system, and, without your participation.This file can be created using the program Setupmgr.We are looking for a file on the boot drive support \ tools \ deploy.cab, then removed from it setupmgr.exe.This tool is a simple wizard.Such programs Windows enough.After answering all the questions are the same as when the system can no longer observe the installation process.It will take place from the beginning to the end without your intervention.Answers to the questions will take 5-10 minutes.
If you want to follow the process, then we will install Windows yourself.First turn on the computer, insert the boot disk in the CD-ROM and we press F2.It is necessary to enter the BIOS and make the necessary adjustments.Typically, a new computer attached instructions for installing Windows, which describes the installation process.
Put a tick option "boot from CD-ROM».This is to ensure that when the computer is turned on, immediately opened the boot disk.It appeared on the screen the contents of the disc.Push the button installing Windows XP.The system begins to gather information, and then copies the files from the boot disk to the hard drive.Once gone first restart, we press on F2, we go back into the BIOS and return to the place tick.Again reboot the system.Now start the installation of the operating system from your hard disk.
When you install Windows must carefully familiarize themselves with the text that appears in front of you, and do not press a button.When the system asks which partition to install in Windows, specify the drive C. Typically, this section is the default.Leave the file system or format the old drive, you decide.If you plan to install Windows XP from scratch, then click "Format".In this case, all the information stored on the C drive, remove.If you want to keep the old file system, then we press respective button.That is, it turns out that the new Operating System will lay down on top of the old one, but it will correct corrupted or deleted files to add.And the information will remain intact.Often an error while installing Windows, with the imposition of a new file system on the old system.On the pop-up window indicating that it is impossible to set a particular file.In this case, it is necessary to format the system, or after installation, many programs will not work correctly, or even not to run.
Reboot your computer and watch the installed Windows.In the course of installation, you have to fill in the necessary details.Within an hour or so the operating system install.Next, install the driver, located in the accessory disk.Their installation is not difficult.After each driver installed reboot the system to activate passed.
