Re: XP Clean Install. Some Questions.
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:53:51 -0700
Don wrote:
I will be doing a clean install soon. I've got multiple backups of my data and I will use the FAST Wizard to transfer my files and settings back afterwards. (For convenience only. I'm not relying on it to save my files.) I've read up on the process and I know the steps involved, but I still have a few questions:
1. I've got SP1a and SP2 on disk. Do I need to install both of them, or will the SP2 contain everything in sp1? (Even if it does, would it still be better to proceed with SP1 first and then apply SP2 to it?)
You need only install the most recent service pack. Microsoft designs its service packs cumulatively, so that the newest one (SP2, in this case) contains everything from SP1 that needed to be retained. However, you'd likely save a lot of time by using the SP2 CD to create a slip-streamed WinXP installation CD. Then, you wouldn't need to install the service pack separately.
For slip-streaming the service pack and subsequent updates to WinXP:
How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828930
SlipStreaming WinXP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm
2. After I've given my XP Product Key Number, should I disconnect from the net at that point until the process is finished so that I'll have a firewall and antivirus in place when I come back to it later (and thus minimize my unsafe exposure to the Net) ? I had a virus which is why I'm doing the clean install and I don't want to risk getting another one while in the process of doing the clean install.
Er, well,.... no. You should not even think about connecting the computer to the Internet until *after* you've finished the OS installation, installed any service pack (if necessary), installed an anti-virus application, and installed/enabled a firewall. Leave it physically disconnected until you've safeguards in place.
3. When should I install my motherboard driver and other drivers? Right after the clean install is over and before SP2 is installed, or after SP2 is installed?
Immediately after the OS installation.
4. Same question as in 3. above, but for programs.
After you've finished installing and configuring the OS, any service pack/patches/upgrades, and all device drivers.
5. Should I use the Files and Transfer Wizard after my programs are re-installed, or before?
Were the programs installed when you created the FAST file? If so, restore your setting after installing the applications; it should cut down on some of the reconfiguration time. If not, it doesn't really matter.
Finally, after you're satisfied that all is well(and you'll have up to 30 days to decide this0, go ahead and Activate the installation.
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