Removes temporary files.

To save hard disk space, the Setup Wizard deletes any files used for installation only. 5. Restarts the computer.

The Setup Wizard restarts the computer. This finishes the installation.

Practice 1: Installing Windows XP Professional from a

CD-ROM

In this practice, you install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM on to a computer that contains no partitions or operating systems. If your computer will not boot from a CD-ROM or if there is already an operating system loaded on your computer, go to Practice 2 to install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM without having to boot from the Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM.

To run the Setup program

1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and turn on the computer.

Some computers will require you to press a key to boot from the CD-ROM drive. If you are prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press the spacebar.

Setup displays the Windows Setup screen while it is loading files, and then displays the Windows XP Professional Setup screen.

If you are loading an Evaluation Edition of Windows XP Professional, press Enter to continue (or F3 to quit Setup). Setup displays the Welcome To Setup screen.

You can also use Windows XP Professional Setup to repair or recover a damaged Windows XP Professional installation.

Setup displays the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen.

3. Read the licensing agreement, and press F8 to agree with the licensing terms.

Setup displays another screen, which prompts you to create a partition in which to install Windows XP Professional.

If you want to use only a portion of the available space, enter the amount of space you want to use and then press Enter.

You must create a space of at least 2000 MB in size.

4. Select an area of unpartitioned space, at least 2000 MB in size, and press C. Setup prompts you to enter a size for the partition.

5. If you want to use all the available space to create the partition, press Enter.

If you already have partitions created, you can also delete partitions at this time. If you have a C partition, you might not be able to delete it because Setup has already loaded some files onto it.

Setup displays the list of existing partitions for you to select a partition for the installation. 6. Press Enter to install Windows XP Professional on the partition you created.

Because you are installing into a newly created, unformatted partition, Windows XP Professional Setup prompts you to format the partition.

If you are planning on dual booting your computer with an operating system that does not support NTFS, your C drive cannot be formatted with NTFS. You might want to install Windows XP Professional in a different drive and format that drive with NTFS.

7. When prompted, format the partition with NTFS.

If you format the partition with the FAT file system, Windows XP Professional provides the Convert command, which you can use to convert a partition to NTFS after installation is complete without reformatting the partition and losing all the information contained on the partition.

Setup formats the hard drive, examines it, and then copies files to the Windows XP Professional installation folders.

8. When Setup prompts you to restart the computer, remove all the disks from the drives, and then press Enter. Ensure that you remove the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. If you don't and your computer supports booting from the CD-ROM drive, the computer can attempt to reboot from the CD- ROM. If this happens, remove the CD-ROM and then restart the computer.

The computer restarts. A message box appears, prompting you to insert the Windows XP Professional CD- ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and then click OK.

The Setup Wizard displays a Files Needed dialog box prompting you to verify the path to the Windows XP Professional installation files.

2. Ensure the path to the Windows XP Professional installation files is correct and then click OK. Windows installs the files. This might take several minutes.

The Setup Wizard prompts you to customize Windows XP Professional for different regions and languages. 3. Select the appropriate system locale, user locale, and keyboard layout or ensure that they are correct for your

language and location, and then click Next.

The Setup Wizard displays the Personalize Your Software page, prompting you for your name and organization name. Setup uses your organization name to generate the default computer name. Many applications that you install later will use this information for product registration and document identification.

4. In the Name box, type your name. In the Organization box, type the name of your organization, and then click Next.

The Setup Wizard displays the Your Product Key page.

5. Enter your 25-character product key located on the back of the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM case, and then click Next.

The Setup Wizard displays the Computer Name And Administrator Password page. 6. Type Pro1 in the Computer Name box.

Windows XP Professional displays the computer name in all uppercase letters, no matter how you type it. If your computer is on a network, check with the network administrator before assigning a name to your computer. The practice sessions in this training kit refer to Pro1. If you do not name your computer Pro1, you must substitute the name of your computer in each practice.

7. In the Administrator Password box and in the Confirm Password box, type password, and then click Next.