05. 06. 09
This is the best way to achieve a clean and uncluttered install of any Windows operating system.
If you have a terribly corrupted Windows operating system then first of all you will want to blank the hard drive first. This can be easily achieved by booting from a
Linux boot disk then using the "
dd" command to write directly to the hard drive. I shall cover the Linux boot in another post. Place your Windows install CD into the CD-ROM drive and restart the computer. As the BIOS starts, hit DEL or F2 or whatever your BIOS requires to enter the setup and set it to boot from the CD-ROM drive first, followed by the hard drive you wish to install Windows on. Save your settings and restart the computer. This should now start the Windows installation procedure.
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Choosing a partition size is completely at your discretion, personally if I am only installing Windows on the computer then I choose the whole of the hard drive. From XP onward only a quick format is required.
The vital thing is that you have or obtain any required drivers for your hardware. This is not always provided if you have an "off the shelf" computer. The main thing is that Windows recognises your network interface. If you have this working then you can get back on the internet and download those
missing drivers. I shall cover this matter in another post.
