Required! Windows XP system installation

Because Windows XP is an NT kernel operating system, its installation is basically the same as Windows 2000/NT4.0, and the installation of Windows 9x is quite different, many of my friends are not familiar with the installation of the NT System, so I will write the installation steps and precautions here for your reference.

Install Windows XP in Windows

After you insert a Windows XP disc, it runs automatically. The installation page is displayed. Click "Install ". If it does not run automatically, double-click the setup.exe directory in the root directory to start installation. Before restarting the computer, there are several options during the installation process. Note that if you plan to install Windows XP to another partition instead of a drive C, click the "advanced" option, then remember to select "select partition during installation". Otherwise, you will not be able to select the partition to be installed after the restart.

Install in DOS

This situation may be caused by a new computer or a Windows system failure. It will be installed under DOS. The NT system is different from the 9x system. It is not installed in DOS like Windows 98. you can click setup.exe. in this case, you must first run smartdrv.exe and then run winnt.exe in the/IMG directory.

The procedure is as follows:

Assume that the smartdrv.exe file is on disk A and the optical drive is on disk g (Note: This file is available on Windows 9x or in Windows 9x)

A: \ smartdrv.exe

A: \ G:

G: \ CD i386

G: \ i386 \ winnt.exe

This is the case. You must upgrade smartdrv.exe to another version.

Other notes-NTFS

If you want to install multiple operating systems for NTFs, remember not to convert drive C to NTFS. For more information about the differences between NTFs and FAT32 In the FAT file system, see other documents.

If you do not know whether to convert it to NTFS, a simple method is to use FAT32 and select "Do not convert ". After you understand NTFS, you can use convert.exe, an executable file, to convert the C disk to NTFS at any time in the command line. For example, "convert C:/Fs: NTFS.

NTFS supports file encryption for most common users. Windows XP, like Windows 2000, supports multiple users, and supports switching to another user without logging out of the current user. This is called Quick User Switching. When using the NTFS file system, different users can encrypt their own documents, while other users cannot access them. The system will prompt you that you do not have the right to access this file. Another advantage of NTFS for general users is that it can support large hard disks with very small disk allocation units, reducing the generation of disk fragments. In addition, the familiar CIH virus cannot be spread in the NTFS file system. Users who use NTFS do not need to care about CIH. Of course, CIH has lost its power, but I want to say that the NTFS file system is safer than FAT32.

DOS and Windows 9x systems cannot access NTFS, which is also a security feature of NTFS, but also a disadvantage of NTFS. For example, many friends prefer to use the Ghost Software to back up the system. The Program of the ghost cannot run under XP/NT, it must run in DOS and put the file on the FAT32 partition. In addition, in order to access some files in some emergencies, you need to leave a partition named FAT32. In general, the NTFS file system is a good file system and is recommended. At least you can convert the partition of your installation program to NTFS. Of course, the NTFS file system has many advantages, such as disk quota and disk compression, which are conducive to user management. However, I think these are not very important to individual users, these are mainly for enterprise users and clients and servers in domain mode.