Installing XP on a new HD.

[mordeth]

Haven't done this in QUITE a while, so forgive any n00bness. But how do I go about installing Windows XP on a completely new hard drive? I have the full version, so do I just pop in the CD and hope it boots up and takes over? Does XP use NTFS partitioning? Anything else I need to know? The way I remember doing it was:

Using Boot Disk (FDISK) to create a partition (FAT32) on the hard drive
formatting hard drive
using boot disk to access cd-rom (win2k)
Win2k starts up and asks if I want to NTFS the drive
Win2K formats and installs

Thanks guys

 

[dbwillis]

If your CD is bootable and your MB can boot from CDRom, you should be able to just pop the CD in , power on and it should prompt you to install the OS

 

[stockjock]

If your CD is bootable and your MB can boot from CDRom, you should be able to just pop the CD in , power on and it should prompt you to install the OS

What he said! Go into your mobo bios and change the boot sequence..make your CD the first boot device

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: stockjock

If your CD is bootable and your MB can boot from CDRom, you should be able to just pop the CD in , power on and it should prompt you to install the OS

What he said! Go into your mobo bios and change the boot sequence..make your CD the first boot device

What he said too... :beer: