How to Install Windows XP - Part 1 - Step-by-Step Guide

Buy a Laptop without an OS (Operating System) pre-installed, it will make you save money and not have to pay extra to have the OS installed -  if you are already having a windows XP CD. But now the problem is how to install windows XP? How to create a partition? How to format the hard disk? Please follow these steps:
 
Step 1:
Turn on your brand new laptop/notebook and then go to BIOS
(When your computer is booting up, look for "press [key] to enter setup" then press that key. The common keys are Del, F2, Esc, F1. F6)

Step 2:
Look for a setting that says Boot Order, Boot Management, Boot Sequence, or First Boot Device.
Change the boot order CD-ROM or DVD-RW Drive as first boot device > insert Windows XP CD > and then press F10 to save and exit. Your computer will restart.
 

Step 3:
Press any key to boot from CD...



Step 4:
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
If your laptop has SATA AHCI/RAID configuration you need to install third party driver to make Windows XP able to detect the Hard disk, but you will need a floppy disk with the sata/scsi/raid driver or you may try to slipstreaming sata ahci/scsi/raid driver using nlite or simply change sata mode from BIOS to IDE mode
For now let's skip this part and do not press F6.


Step 5:
Setup will ask to press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR),
Do not press F2...


Step 6:
Please wait...
Setup will load all necessary files...


Step 7:
Welcome to Setup This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft (R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer.

• To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
• To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
• To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER ...



Step 8:
The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list.

• To set Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER.
• To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C.
• To delete the selected partition, press D.

Because the hard disk / hard drive is unpartitioned, we will create partitions first.
Press C to create a partition.



Step 9:
You asked Setup to create a new partition on 81918 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR].

• To create the new partition, enter a size below and press enter.
• To go back to the previous screen without creating the partition, press ESC.

The minimum size for the new partition is 8 megabytes (MB). The maximum size for the new partition is 81910 megabytes (MB). Create partition of size (in MB): 81910

81918 ???? What is this?
My hard disk size : 80 GB = ~ 81918 MB
it may different with your hard disk size...

Change 81910 to 20000 to create 20 GB drive C:
And then press ENTER





Step 10:
Select "unpartitioned space" using arrow key, then press C



Step 11:
Change the value to 20000 to create 20 GB drive D:
And then press ENTER





Step 12:
Select "Unpartitioned space" again and then press C



Step 13:
We will create drive E, to use all available space, do not change anything
And then press ENTER




Step 14:
The partitions created successfully...
Now select drive C and please continue to part 2