Since the Windows XP operating system is the operating system of the NT kernel, its installation and Windows 2000 / NT4.0 are basically the same, and the installation difference between the Windows 9x system is relatively large, considering that many friends are not familiar with the NT system, so I am Here you specialize in the installation steps and precautions for your reference.
Install Windows XP under Windows
Insert a Windows XP disc, automatically run, display the installation interface, click "Install". If there is no automatic run, double-click the setup.exe of the CD root directory to start installing. Before restarting your computer, there are several options, you need to pay attention to: If you intend to install Windows XP to other partitions instead of C drive, you have to pay attention to the "Advanced" option, and remember to select the installation process Select a partition ", otherwise you will not be able to choose the installed partition after you will be able to select the installed partition.
Install under DOS
This situation may be a new computer, or the Windows system cannot enter. Will choose to install under DOS. The NT system is different from the 9X system, which is installed in DOS unlike installation of Windows 98, it is possible to load setup.exe, but first load smartdrv.exe, then run the WINNT.EXE under the / i386 directory.
The specific operation method is as follows:
Suppose smartdrv.exe this file is on a disk, the optical drive is a G disk (Note: This file is on the Windows 9x CD or the Windows 9x system's Windows directory)
A: /SMARTDRV.EXE
A: / g:
g: / cd i386
g: /i386/winnt.exe
This is ok, you must remember to load smartdrv.exe. Otherwise, huh, you can't finish Windows XP.
Other attention ---- NTFS
About NTFS selection, if you want to install multiple operating systems, remember not to convert the C drive to NTFS. Specifically, regarding NTFS and FAT32 distinguish between FAT file systems, please see other documents, this is not fine here. If you don't know if it should be converted to NTFS, a simple way is to use FAT32, select "Do not convert". After you understand NTFS, you can use Convert.exe in command line mode to transform at any time, such as "CONVERT C: / FS: NTFS" converts the C disk to NTFS.
NTFS is the advantage of most of ordinary users.
Support file encryption. WINDOWS XP is like Windows 2000, supports multi-user use, and it supports switching to another user without canceling the current user, which is called fast switching user. When using NTFS file systems, different users can encrypt their own documents, while other users are unable to access. For example, the current PCCAT account is logged in, I encrypt A.TXT, then quickly switch to the Whislter user to log in. When the Whistler user clicks on A.Txt, the system will prompt you to have the right to access this file. For ordinary users, another advantage of NTFS is that it can be good.
Support big hard drives, and the hard disk allocation unit is very small, reducing the generation of disk fragments. Moreover, the familiar CIH virus is no way to spread under the NTFS file system. Users who use NTFS don't need to pay attention to CIH. Of course, CIH has already lost their previous power, but I want to say that NTFS file system is better than FAT32 Safety.
