Re: Clean install questions XP PRO
From: Sandman (Peterf41_at_Bellsouth.net)
Date: 02/14/05
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:21:04 -0500
If you are saying you have a full retail Windows XP Pro disc, I hafta wonder
why you are not installing from the disc instead of using the 6 floppies?
Maybe I missed something here(?) And while I know people do use partitions
, more than 1, there is little benefit to this although people who use them
disagree. If your HD craps, you lose all of it anyway, and because of the
way NTFS accesses data on the HD, it seems more of a benefit to create
one(1) large partition and then install XP. Once you do that, (delete all
the partitions on the drive) you can create one large one and then format
it. If you can't do that, there must be more going on with your hardware
than you have said.
"Jam" <timenext@antispam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi folks:
> after much todo, I am now trying a clean install of XP PRO on my new
> system (thanks for all of your help so far, I'm starting a new
> thread to be more specific)
>
> I have now used Microsoft's own downloadable XP PRO boot floppies (6
> of them I just created here- my old win98 system) and have
> successfully gotten an XP install screen (instead of the loop of
> "encountered a problem reboot please" which I had been getting when
> booting from the XP CD)
> but before proceeding I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1) I don't quite know what to select for partitions, they are a bit
> of a mystery to me though I've read up. I understand there are
> potential benefits down the road for separate partitions, I just
> don't know specifically what to do, what size, name, etc is a good
> recommendation.
> This is what comes up in the install process and I'd like advice
> about what to do:
>
> "select one of the following":
> G: Partition 1 NTFS 194466MB (180108 MF free)
> C: Partition 2 (VPSGHBOOT) [FAT] 8MB (3MB free)
> unpartitioned space 29275 MB
>
> What would you suggest? One of the above, or delete them all and...?
> Do I have to be careful with the VPSGHBOOT partition?
> (I am not a techie, but can follow step by step instructions)
>
> 2) one site recommends that I create an XP SP2 disk ready to install
> before ever connecting online (so not to get it via automatic
> update- too open to problems until installed?). I am downloading to
> this system now, and will burn it to a CD. But I wondered if my XP
> PRO disk was already SP2...? It was brand new at Christmas- were any
> XP PRO install disks created with SP2 already on it? I take it I
> don't have to do SP1 first?
>
> 3) another site wonders if I have 'drive overlay software installed'
> and to be careful if I do. I have no way of knowing. Any tips?
>
>
> here's where I've been:
> http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_pro.htm
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm
> http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPHome/installxphome1.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q313348/
> and other, and google news searches.
>
> thanks all,
> Jam.
>
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