The document provides step-by-step instructions for reformatting a hard drive and reinstalling Windows XP using an installation CD. It warns that reformatting will erase all data unless partitions were used, and recommends backing up files. The 14 steps include booting from the CD, deleting partitions, creating new partitions, formatting drives, installing Windows XP, and entering the product key.

1. HELLO TO ALL,
MY NAME IS
IMRAN. A. FAROOQI
• Today we will see to how to
format a system using XP CD.
IMRAN AHMED FAROOQI

2. Reformat Your Hard Drive Using a
Windows XP
***Warning this might erase all of your data particularly if you did
not partition your hard drive. Back up all your files to a removable
storage, CDs or DVDs or to another hard disk before continuing.
Have your device drivers ready as well as these will be installed
after the reformat. Make sure you have your Windows XP
installation disc with a valid serial key before proceeding. Consult
your computer manufacturer’s manual for more reference.
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3. STEP 1
Make sure that your computer will boot to CD or DVD drive first. Watch the first screen
during boot, it will usually tell you what to press to access the boot menu. Some BIOS
have different ways on accessing the boot menu. The most common is by pressing F8, or
F12. If this doesn’t work then try F11 and F12. You should see a small screen that says
boot menu. Make sure to select CD ROM or DVD ROM. If you still can’t access the boot
menu using the shortcut key then you’ll have to change the boot order in BIOS itself. If
you’re not so familiar with BIOS then this might be a little bit tricky for you as some BIOS
have different menus and ways on changing the boot order sequence
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4. STEP 2
Insert your Windows XP disc into your CD or DVD drive then
restart your computer. You will see on the black screen
“Press any key to boot from cd” press Enter.
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5. STEP 3
Select the first option “To set up Windows XP now,
press Enter”.
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7. STEP 4
• Press F8 to Agree
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8. STEP 5
• If you have more than one partition, select the drive
where you had previously installed Windows XP. It’s
usually in the drive C. Press Esc to continue
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10. STEP 6
• If you only have one partition listed, then delete the selected partition by
pressing “D”. (This will delete everything in your hard drive so make sure
you have a back up of everything, including drivers and installers). If you
have a second partition for your data files then it may not be necessary to
delete this unless you want to format your wholehard drive and start
everything new.
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12. STEP 7
Press enter to delete the partition.
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13. STEP 8
It will ask you to confirm the deletion by pressing “L”.
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14. STEP 9
You will notice that you have unallocated space, this time you
will create a partition. If you have just one whole big partition
before then it is recommended to create another one this time
for your files or data. This will also serve as a back up for your
files in case you have to format your hard drive again in the
future. Press "C" to create a partition.
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16. Now you will be asked to set the size for the new partition.
Create a new size for your system drive (C:) where Windows
XP will be installed and also another partition for your data
files (D:). Note that the size is in MB and is not always exact.
So for example you have 80 GB of hard drive then it may come
out as “76309 MB” in your installation screen. To create the C
partition, just enter 40000 MB (40GB) and the rest will be for
your second partition.
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17. STEP 10
On this screen you will be asked to format the partition. If you
have an old computer it is best to choose the regular
formatting using the NTFS file system to avoid any errors
during set up, otherwise select quick format using NTFS
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19. STEP 11
Your hard drive is now being formatted. The files will be copied from your CD to
your hard drive, this may take several minutes.
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20. STEP 12
. Your computer will automatically restart, you should leave
the installation disc in your CD or DVD ROM. Do not press
enter when you see this prompt again “Press any key to boot
from cd” during reboot if you don’t want to startall over again
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22. STEP 13
. After your restart of your system, the following screen will
appear and it will take 40 minutes to complete the installation
of operating system(XP), and in between you need to install
product key for XP
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24. Product key may be example:HRXTR-FKTCV-
X8QCH-D7PTH (ENTER AND CLICK NEXT)
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25. STEP 14
CD / Product key comes with the original CD cover as shown
below:
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