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10. Choose installation partition. The first partition is listed as FAT and is quite small,
this is your diagnostic partition (if you created one in earlier steps). The second listing
will either be listed as UNPARTITIONED SPACE or will be listed as one or more
partitions depending on whether you erased your hard drive or have chosen to install
over another operating system. Using the arrow keys highlight the
UNPARTITIONED SPACE and press ENTER to use all available space, otherwise
you can press C to create a partition that is smaller than the available space if you
wish to have a separate data partition.
11. Choose the format for your installation partition. Select FORMAT USING NTFS
(QUICK) or FORMAT USING FAT (QUICK) depending on your needs. Hewlett-
Packard suggests that you select NTFS at this point if you intend to convert to NTFS
at a later time, this will make a higher performance file system and appropriate
security settings. Setup will examine the hard disks and begin to copy files after the
format is complete. At the end of file copy the system will restart automatically.
12. Upon restart, the graphical (GUI) portion of the install will begin. There is still about
10-15 minutes available to you before you will be asked for input; the total process
takes about 40minutes from this point.
13. Select your regional information and your language settings. For US installations you
will not need to make any changes. Click NEXT.
14. Enter you name and organization information and click NEXT.
15. Enter your product license key and click NEXT.
16. Provide a computer name and a password for the administrator account. You may
accept the default computer name and/or leave the administrator password blank.
Click NEXT.
17. You will be asked to provide TAPI (telephone settings) if your system has a modem
that XP already has drivers for. Provide your area code and any special dialing needs
like a 9 to access an outside line. Click NEXT.
18. Define your time zone to XP and set the appropriate date and time. Failure to define
the proper time zone may cause problems later with programs like Outlook that rely
upon this setting.
19. At the Network Settings screen, allow the default of TYPICAL SETTINGS unless
you have some special needs. Click NEXT.
20. At the Domain and Workgroup Settings screen, input any needed settings for your
LAN. Keep in mind that you will need to have rights to add this PC to a domain if
you need to. Click NEXT.
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