Procedure Text : How to Formatting and Installing the Windows XP CD

1. Education English | Procedure Text : How to Formatting and Installing the Windows XP CD | This section explains how to reformat a drive from the Windows XP installation Cd. This can be used when installing a fresh copy of windows onto a computer. here it is especially important to backup all of your important information because upon formatting you will lose everything that used to be on the drive. This includes all applications and device drivers. so you must back up everything you can.
2. Insert your windos xp installation disc onto your Cd drive.
3. Now as your computer boots a little more, it will say 'Press any key to boot from Cd" press a key to do so.
4. The Cd will load up a blue screen and then spend a while loading files it needs. When it ginished, it will list a few options, mainly "Press enter to set up windows xp " press enter or return 
5. Now you are back on the screen to choose where to install windows . The box on the lower half of the screen should no longer show a partition but simply have an entry "Unpartitioned space xxxxxMB" Select this with the arrow and maximum sizes the partition can be and lets you pick the size. The default size is the maximum  but double check that the number entered is the maximum and hit enter.
6. Now you will again be back at the choose where to install windows screen . But this time you will have a partition that looks something like this "C: Partition 1 (New(Raw) xxxxxMB". Highlight this entry and press enter.
7. The next screen lets you choose which file system to format the drive with. Choose NTFS as if is faster and more secure. If the drive is brand new and has never been used before then use one of the options that ends (" Quick") or choose one of the lower down options. Use the arrow keys to select the proper one and press Enter or Return
8. From here you are all set and the installation of Windows will proceed starting with a format of your drive. This will take a while (over half an hour) so you can take a little break.

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