Installing windows xp c. How to install Windows XP on a new hard drive. A. Preparatory stage. Downloading support software

You will also need drivers for devices installed in the computer (chipset, sound card, video card, webcam, etc.)

Burning a Windows XP installation disc

To burn a Windows installation disk, we need a disk image, a disk burning program from the image, a CD writer, and the CD itself.

Download the Windows XP SP3 Professional disk image

Any disc burning program that supports burning from an iso image will do, for example Nero or DeepBurner, which can be downloaded for free.

So, we downloaded the disk image and installed the DeepBurner program. Now let's look at the disc burning process.

Insert a blank CD-R into the drive and launch DeepBurner. Once launched, DeepBurner prompts you to select the type of project to create.

Choose Burning an ISO Image and click Next.

I don’t know about you, but for me the project window opened in a compressed form. Therefore, you need to stretch it by grabbing the lower right corner with the mouse or expand it to the full screen so that it looks like in the figure below.

In the project window, click the button with three dots (Browse) and select the file of the downloaded iso image of the Windows XP installation disk. In our case this is the file ZverCDlego_9.2.3.iso.

Now you need to select the recording speed and press the button Burn ISO. In order for the disc to record better, the speed should be selected slightly less than the maximum. Now all you have to do is wait for the disc to burn. Once the Windows XP SP3 installation disc has been burned, the drive tray will eject itself. The disc is ready!

Windows XP(internal version - Windows NT 5.1) - operating system (OS) of the Windows NT family of Microsoft Corporation. It was released on October 25, 2001 and is an evolution of Windows 2000 Professional. The name XP comes from the English. eXPerience(experience).

Unlike the previous Windows 2000, which came in both server and client versions, Windows XP is a client-only system.

According to web analytics, from September 2003 to July 2011, Windows XP was the most used operating system for accessing the Internet in the world. As of February 2013, Windows XP was in second place after Windows 7 with a share of 19.1%. The maximum of this value was 76.1% and was reached in January 2007.

How to install Windows XP from a disk via BIOS

Now it's time to look at the process itself installing Windows XP on a computer from a disk.

First of all, you need to configure boot from the floppy drive in the BIOS. To do this, go to the BIOS menu. How to do this may vary depending on the motherboard model. In most cases, this menu can be accessed by pressing the button Del(on some motherboard models you need to press the key F2) after turning on the computer (during the startup splash screen). It's better to press this key several times to be sure.

The BIOS menu differs depending on the manufacturer and version. There are two main types of BIOS: AMI and AWARD.

Below are screenshots of the AWARD BIOS. Need to go to the menu Advanced BIOS Features.

Here in the menu item First Boot Device press Enter and select CD-ROM

After this, press the Esc key to exit to the previous menus, where select Save and Exit Setup. That's it, now the first device to boot your computer will be the DVD drive. You can move on to the process installing Windows XP from disk.

Now let's look at how to install disk boot in AMI BIOS

Select a tab Boot, and in it we go to the menu Boot Device Priority

Set the first boot device (1st Boot Device) to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (your drive model)

In some BIOS versions, the first device is selected after pressing the Enter key on the desired item and selecting a device; in others, devices are moved up and down using the F5 and F6 or + and - keys

After this, you need to exit to the main menu using the Esc key and go to the tab Exit. Select an item Exit and Save Changes to save changes and exit.

Now let's look at the process itself installing Windows XP from disk to computer.

Insert the installation disk into the drive and restart the computer. The disc menu below appears.

Select an item Installing Microsoft Windows XP SP3 manually and press Enter.

Please be warned that installing Windows XP SP3 on a computer takes about 40 minutes. So be patient.

On the first screen, press the Enter key to continue the installation.

In the next step, read the license agreement and press F8

Now select the disk partition where you want to install Windows XP. If the hard drive is new and not yet formatted, you need to create a partition by pressing the C key.

Select the section and press Enter. If the partition already existed, you need to confirm installation to this partition by pressing WITH.

At the next stage, the installation program prompts you to format the disk. Select an item Format partition in NTFS system (Quick) and press Enter.

To confirm formatting, press F

After formatting, the process of copying the necessary files to the hard drive will begin.

Once the files are copied, the computer will restart.

When you boot your computer, it will start again from the boot CD. In the disk menu, select the item

A window will open for selecting driver packages for unpacking and installation. These are built-in drivers for many devices included in this build. If you install Windows XP from a Microsoft distribution, this window will not appear.

Select the required driver packages by checking the boxes and click OK. If you don't know exactly which drivers are needed and which are not, select all. If you have disks with drivers for all devices (motherboard, video card, etc.), then uncheck all the boxes to speed up the OS installation process. In this case, you will need to install the drivers manually from the disks after Windows installation is complete. Read more here: How to install Windows XP drivers.

After clicking OK, the unpacking of driver packages will begin, and when it is finished, Windows installation will continue.

Next, the Regional and Language selection window will appear. If the distribution kit is the Russian version of Windows XP, then nothing needs to be changed here.

In the next window you must enter your product key and click Further.

A window will appear in which you need to enter the computer name and administrator password. You don't have to change anything in this window. Then the administrator password will not be set.

In the time and date settings window, set the correct date and time, as well as the time zone.

In the OS network parameters window, select Regular Options and click Further.

In the workgroup window, write the name of the workgroup or domain in which the computer participates. If you don't have a home or office network, you can leave everything unchanged and click Further.

After this, Windows installation will continue, after which the computer will automatically restart.

We go into the BIOS and set the first option to boot from the hard drive, as described at the beginning of the article. We exit the BIOS and save the changes.

Now before that how to completely install Windows XP on a computer last minutes left.

When loading, the system will prompt you to automatically adjust the screen resolution. Click OK.

In the Windows XP welcome window, click Further.

A window will appear asking you to select a Windows update mode.

Choose Postpone this action to disable automatic system updates and press the button Further.

The next window will ask you to set up your Internet connection. Click Skip.

We refuse the offer to register by selecting No, some other time and press Further.

In the final window, click Ready.

That's all! Now you know how to install Windows XP from an installation disk on your computer.

All that remains is to install drivers and programs, but this is beyond the scope of this article.

It is possible that today installing Windows XP will seem like a rather strange decision to someone. In fact: after all, newer versions of the Windows operating system have been released a long time ago. In addition, Microsoft has already officially announced the end of support for Piggy.

However, in practice, many computers around the world continue to function successfully on XP. There could be a lot of different reasons for this. There is probably no point in understanding them here. Instead, it’s worth telling how Windows XP is installed from scratch. Moreover, this procedure differs in many respects from that common in modern operating systems.

Windows XP installation options

You can install Windows XP from a variety of sources:

• From the supplied system disk;
• From a bootable flash drive;
• Or even downloading all the necessary files from the network.

There are also several very specific methods, but they are so rarely in demand that they are probably not worth considering here.

What to do first

Not only before installing XP, but also other operating systems, you will need to perform a number of mandatory actions:

• Get an installation disk or an installation flash drive;
• Make backup copies of all your important data: after all, everything that was on the hard drive before will disappear forever;
• Make sure that all the necessary drivers are at hand: XP did not come with ready-made video and sound drivers - so they will have to be installed separately;
• And also set as the boot source the drive that you plan to use: a flash drive, CD drive or other device.

In order to implement the last point, when the computer starts, you will need to go to the BIOS. Typically, this is done by pressing the F12 key, but for certain computer models it may be other keys: refer to the documentation. In the BIOS settings you will need to set the parameter: First Boot Device from CD-ROM, or flash drive, or indicate that the boot will occur from network resources.

Let's start the installation

Once the download source is specified, you will need to insert the system disk, save the changes and restart the computer. If everything was done correctly, the drive will rustle and a prompt will appear on the blue screen to begin installing Windows XP. If you agree, you will need to press F8 to confirm the License Agreement.

Next, a list of available partitions for installation will open. Typically, drive C is selected as the system partition. However, this is not necessary. Some users even install several copies of the OS in different partitions. In short, use the cursor keys to select the partition to be installed and then select the method for formatting this partition. In most cases, “Format in NTFS” is suitable. This is where XP works. You can also select "Quick Format with NTFS". In this case, your data will not be destroyed, and the formatting and installation itself will also be faster. However, if the problem loading XP was caused by a problem in the system, or Windows XP was not installed before, this should not be done.

We agree that all data on this partition will be destroyed by pressing the F key, then watch how the progress bar of the formatting process is filled. This process can take quite a long time - it all depends on the speed of the computer and how large your hard drive is.

As soon as formatting is completed, the computer will reboot; at this time you do not need to press any keys. If everything went well, the necessary system files will begin to be copied.

Continue installation

After copying the most important files, Windows will switch to graphical mode. You can read about the advantages of the new Windows in comparison with older versions. As a matter of fact, you won’t have to do anything special at this time. Unless you agree with everything they offer.

Although some actions will still need to be taken. For example, in the first stages you will be asked to enter a license code. If it is not there, the installation will not be able to continue. Therefore, you should take care of the sticker with the code, or write it down somewhere and store it separately.

If the entered code matches the genuine one, the installation will continue. Sometimes the computer will overload, sometimes it will “think” for too long. There is no need to be afraid of this: everything goes on as usual.

But it’s still too early to go on a coffee break. The system, for example, will ask what language we want to set as the main one, and also set the time and date, give the name of the account (it can be changed later), register (or not) on the Microsoft server, update our operating system right now ... In general, all queries are intuitive, so choosing the right answer option is not difficult.

At the final stage, the operating system will inform you that almost everything is ready and will automatically configure the display parameters. However, until the video drivers are installed, the image will still not be of high quality.

Finally, the computer will reboot for the last time, after which the familiar Desktop with a photo of a green hill will appear. The installation can be considered successful.

Final stage

At the final stage of installing the OS, you will need to configure the operating system itself to your liking, as well as install all the necessary drivers. How to do this is a topic for another article. As for installing drivers, everything is quite individual, here is just a small list of the most necessary ones:

• Video system driver;
• Sound drivers;
• Network drivers;
• If necessary, you can install drivers for modem, printer and other devices.

As you can see, there is actually nothing particularly complicated in the question of how to install Windows XP. Anyone can do this if they have certain skills.

Greetings. I decided to write about it today how to install Windows XP. They just brought me a computer, it’s kind of old, it’s already old. 256 MB RAM, Celeron processor, 40 GB hard drive. Well then? But whatever, XP is just right for him.

It’s just that everyone is already writing about installing Windows 8, but something has gone wrong with me. Well, oh well, I think that XP will still live, because whatever one may say, it’s a good OS and many people still work with it. I would like to immediately apologize for the photos; I took the photos on a 15-inch monitor and also on my phone. Ideally, of course, you could install Windows XP on a virtual machine and take beautiful screenshots, but I have a living example :).

Preparing to install Windows XP

Important! Make sure that drive C (the drive on which you have or have installed the operating system) does not contain information that is important to you. Desktop and folder "My Documents" is stored on drive C. If there is information, it can be copied to drive D using a boot disk.

If everything is fine, then we move on. Insert the Windows XP installation disc into your computer's drive and restart your computer. If, after the download starts, you see loading at the bottom of the screen (the dots will move), then everything is fine. Quickly press any key (we didn’t have time:), restart the computer again) and you can proceed to the beginning of the installation.

Well, if you didn’t boot from the CD, but the computer started booting as usual from the hard drive, or an error appeared that caused you to reinstall the operating system, then it means that you don’t have boot from the drive set first in your BIOS. I already wrote an article about that, but in this computer the BIOS was different from what is described in the article.

Go to the “Boot” tab.

Click “Boot Device Priority”.

Using the “Enter” and “Top” “Down” keys, set CD/DVD first, then the hard drive, etc. Now press F10 and save the changes. The computer will restart and the CD will begin loading. Press any button and proceed to the beginning of the installation.

Windows XP installation process

As soon as you press any key, we see this:

Here you will have to wait, well, nothing can be done, we wait :).

In this window, press “Enter”.

We accept the license agreement by pressing the F8 key.

As you can see, I have already found an old version of Windows XP and you can try to restore it, but I think you also need a clean installation, so press “Esc”.

We select the partition on the hard drive in which we want to install the operating system. As a rule, this is C:, select it and press “Enter”.

Confirm the installation with the “C” key.

Here you need to choose how the partition will be formatted. I advise you to choose FAT and not fast. Press “Enter”. Confirm formatting by pressing the “F” key.

We wait until the partition on the hard drive is formatted.

Copying files from the disk will start immediately, wait again :(.

You can immediately set up the language and keyboard. Click “Next”.

Enter your name and organization name. Go ahead.

Setting the time and date. Click “Next”.

We're waiting again, just don't go too far :).

I left “Regular settings” and clicked “Next”.

You can register with Microsoft. But I refused. Let's continue.

We specify users by computer.

Congratulations! Windows XP installation is complete.

All friends, the installation is complete and you can start using your computer. I also want to note that I installed the simplest build of Windows XP. You may also have an assembly, for example from ZWER, where the installation process may be slightly different. For example, in this version I still entered the key, I forgot to take a photo. But in the assembly from ZWER there seems to be no such item. Well, if it asks for a key, then look for it in the text file that you most likely downloaded with the disk image.

Well, that's it. Good luck friends!

The issue of reinstalling the Windows operating system is not something supernatural for many users. The whole procedure takes about 40 minutes and does not cause any particular difficulties, because modern versions of the OS perform all operations with virtually no user intervention. Some users switch to Windows XP in order to speed up their computer. But many people don't know how to install Windows XP on a laptop.

In fact, the process is quite similar to installing Win 7, 8, 10, but it has a completely different graphical interface. Let's consider in detail all the steps that need to be taken to install Windows XP.

Before you begin installing Windows XP, you need to pay attention to the key features of this operating system.

• Firstly, this is the most popular version among the others for the entire existence of the Windows OS. It was under its control, in the modern world, that most users began to get acquainted with the computer. It was a truly stable and fully functional version of the operating system.
• Secondly, since 2015 it has no longer been supported and no updates have been released, but many users still use it and categorically do not want to switch to newer versions, because it uses much fewer resources than new versions.

Windows XP installation steps

First, you need to decide what media you are planning to install from. You can install using an optical disk (you can also use a CD, since the volume of the installation package is designed for 700 MB), or you can burn the image to a flash drive. Download from the Internet or borrow an image of this OS from someone and burn it to a disk or flash drive (for removable media you will need to install one of the additional burning programs, for example, Ultra ISO). It is best to use tested and optimized assemblies, where the necessary functions are already optimally included and stability is ensured (read the comments about this assembly or get the OS from an employee of one of the service centers).

Many skeptics will argue: why use an outdated version of Windows when almost all laptops come with versions of Windows 7, 8 or 10 already installed? The fact is that if one of the RAM sticks fails, the new OS distributions will not work quickly and freezes and slowdowns will constantly occur. With the OS in question, this problem can be solved without resorting to purchasing RAM. In addition, if the user uses graphic editors or programs that require a lot of resources, he will be much more comfortable working with the old version, because the software in this case will work much faster.

Go to the BIOS settings (in a laptop, entering the BIOS is done in different ways, for example, using the Del button, F12, etc. When loading, as a rule, a hint appears on the screen on how to enter the BIOS menu). Select the boot priority item and in the First Boot Device line, select the media from which you plan to install. Click the F10 button to save the settings. After the reboot, a message will appear that you must click on any button to continue the installation. Do this and the installation process will begin.

A blue screen will open in front of you, showing the progress of identifying controllers, devices, etc. A dialog box will then appear where you can select three options to continue. Due to the fact that we are installing Windows XP for the first time, we must press the Enter button (you can also use the OS there or exit the installation wizard).

After this, you will be asked to select the disk on which this operating system will be installed. Select the required section and press the Enter button.

A window that appears again will offer a choice of formatting for this section. You can leave this section unchanged, but this is the wrong decision and not rational. From personal experience, I can say with confidence that you need to choose quick formatting with the NTFS file system.

After formatting the disk, the laptop will restart and then a window will appear with the direct installation of Windows XP. The presented window will display the installation stages and the entire installation progress. Also, innovations that have been introduced compared to Win 2000 will be displayed there, but this will not surprise anyone, because many used more modern versions of the OS. The laptop may reboot during the installation process, and the screen may go dark for a few seconds.

After the installation is complete, the Windows XP desktop will open in front of you.

In general, the installation can be considered complete, but you still need to install drivers, because this OS does not provide automatic selection. Please remember that the network card will also not work without installing the driver and you will not be able to go online to download them. Therefore, make sure to download drivers for your laptop model in advance. Use only official download sources, for example, on the website of your laptop manufacturer.

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Friends, with this article we are opening a new section dedicated to how to work with a computer correctly. We will cover such issues as installing Windows XP correctly, as well as updating drivers and other programs for everyday use.

Many will say: “ What should I put there? Is everything simple there?" Do you know that incorrect installation of the OS in most cases is the main cause of malfunctions when working on a computer, ranging from banal freezing and braking to errors at the hardware level.

How you install the operating system on your computer will determine how well it will serve you. So, let's figure out how to install Windows XP correctly.

We analyzed enough material on the Internet on this topic, but we did not find a simple and adequate discussion of the topic. Also, to simplify perception and better understand the OS installation process, a video story with a detailed description was prepared.

No attention was paid to such trifles as “buying a disk with an operating system” or “whether you need to read the license agreement.” We paid special attention to the initial setup of the installed system.

Basic steps to install Windows XP

• 1. The first thing you need to do is change the boot order in the BIOS to “boot from optical disk”. To do this, when loading the OS, you need to click “ F2”, or “ DEL”, and go to the “ tab BOOT", where by pressing the " key + " or " — ”, edit the boot order so that the entry “ CD-Rom Drive” was at the very top.

• 2. Save the settings by pressing the “ key F10" When you restart your computer, the message “ Press any key to boot from CD..”, you must press any key to start booting from the installation disk.
• 3. Next, preparations for installing the operating system will begin. When the welcome window appears, the system will once again ask you to confirm your intention to install a new OS, press the “Enter” key.
• 4. When the license agreement appears, click “ F8” to accept it and continue with the installation.
• 5. If you reinstall the OS, the installer will try to restore the installed version. We don’t need this, press “Esc”.
• 6. Next, perhaps, the most important thing. Selecting a partition for installation. If your hard drive is already a priori divided into logical partitions: system and one or more user ones, then this is very good. Then you will only need to delete the system partition, then create it, format it and install a new OS on it.

If your hard drive has not been divided before, then this needs to be done right now. For what? Everything is very simple. By dividing the hard drive into a system part and a user part, you create a safety net for yourself. if the OS fails in the worst case, you will simply reinstall the OS on the formatted system partition, but your user data will remain safe on the user partition.

How to properly divide a hard drive, watch the video. As an example, the video lesson looked at a 10 GB hard drive. If your hard drive allows it, make the system partition at least 20 GB.

• 7. Next, you need to format the partition with the NTFS file system type. Select Quick Format.
• 8. The system will reboot, take advantage of the opportunity and restore booting from the hard drive in the BIOS settings, and not from the CD-Rom. We have already looked at how to do this in the very first steps.
• 9. After rebooting, the system will continue with the installation. The first window that appears will be “ Regional settings window”, where you need to select the keyboard layout.
• 10. Next, the installer will ask you to enter the Name and organization name. Enter only the Name and click next.
• 11. In the window that appears, enter the product license key. Be careful.
• 12. Set the Computer name. Leave the administrator password field blank for now.

Make the necessary date and time settings. One thing is true: at the moment, we have legally abolished the transition to winter time. I advise you to install the appropriate update from the official Microsoft website (WindowsXP-KB2570791-x86-RUS). This can be done after installing the OS.

• 13. Next, you need to determine whether the computer will work on a domain network or not. We don’t change anything, click “ Further" We wait until the installation program finishes its work and reboots.

• 14. When you first start, the system will try to automatically adjust the screen extension. accept them if you are satisfied with the selected option. When the welcome window appears, click “ Further”, we put off the automatic update settings, we skip the Internet settings, we put off registering with Microsoft.
• 15. Create an account.
• 16. Initial OS setup is mandatory. Watch the video and follow everything step by step. After completing all the settings, you will receive an optimally configured computer ready for work.

Video “how to install Windows XP correctly”

We watch the video and learn. If something is not clear, ask questions.