Installing Windows XP

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  1. monkeyrantz

    monkeyrantz Ancient
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    Anyone have any experience reformatting a hard drive and installing Windows XP on it?

    How long would it take...
    Chances of screwing **** up...
    Any wisdom you want to share...

    I'm pretty good with computers and I think I'll be able to figure it out for the most part.

    Here's my game plan:
    1. Back the important **** up.
    2. Make note of installed drivers.
    3. Put in the Windows XP installation disk.
    4. Delete the old C partition.
    5. Create a new C partition.
    6. Format the drive as NTFS.
    7. Install Windows XP on the new partition.
    8. Fix any remaining problems.

    I realize that is an extremely vague to-do list, so basically I was looking for any pointers before I start this journey.

    Please note that the computer is Windows Vista, it's a couple years old, and I want to do this for multiple reasons that are worth breaking what I'm sure is a now worthless computer. Thanks.
     
  2. Titmar

    Titmar Le Mar du Teet
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    just make sure you back stuff up.
    it takes a couple hours.
     

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