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<h1 style="">3.2 Installing Microsoft Windows</h1>
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>
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<p class="Quotations">One can use the Windows <b>fdisk</b>
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and <b>format</b> tools for partitioning a new unformatted
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hard disk. I have assumed that the reader has a new unformatted hard
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disk which he/she wishes to partition
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and then format for installing a copy of Microsoft WindowsXP. If you
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wish to upgrade from previous versions of Windows, only 98, 98SE and ME
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users
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can upgrade directly to WinXP Home whereas users of 98, 98SE, ME,
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NT and 2000 Professional can upgrade themselves to WinXP
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Professional. </p>
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<p class="Quotations">Please note that I have assumed
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that you own a computer system which runs without glitches and that
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you have access to a bootable Microsoft WinXP CD/DVD installation
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media. If you do run
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into problems booting from the CD/DVD-ROM or using Start-up disks, please
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consult your hardware manufacturer to
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obtain the CD/DVD-ROM device driver(s).<br><br></p><h2>= = STEPS TO FOLLOW = =</h2><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step1:</span> I fire up my PC and when it is booting up, I press the <small><span style="font-style: italic;"><DEL></span></small> key on the keyboard to access my PC's American Megatrends, Inc.
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CMOS Setup Utility. I then change: <span style="font-weight: bold;">1st Boot Device : MOSER BAER DH-20A6S</span>
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so as to access and boot
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from WinXP bootable installation media directly. If you are not sure
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about the specific key sequence on your keyboard, you can find your
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BIOS
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manufacturer and the desired key sequence here:
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<a href="http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm" target="_blank">http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm</a>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step2:</span> After the change, press
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F10 to save and exit. </p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step3:</span>
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The system restarts, and
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before it does, make sure you insert the bootable WinXP CD/DVD in your
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CD/DVD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the screen will clear
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and you will see a <span style="font-weight: bold;">'press any key to boot from CD'</span> prompt. Press <small><span style="font-style: italic;"><ENTER></span></small> to start the install.</p><p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step4:</span> The installer program will
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begin copying files from the installation media.</p><p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step5:</span> Press F8 to accept
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WinXP Licensing Agreement.</p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step6:</span> The partition editor is
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then displayed on your screen. If any prior partition(s) exists, delete prior partition(s) using <span style="font-weight: bold;">D = Delete
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Partition. </span></p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step7:</span> After all partition(s) have
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been deleted, it shows unpartitioned space on your screen. Press <span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span> to create a new
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partition. Enter partition size in MB: 30000
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<span style="font-style: italic;">(in my case) </span>which means, 30GB space reserved for WinXP. Keep in mind that
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1000MB = 1 GB. </p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step8:</span> This takes you back to the
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partition editor which now displays: <span style="font-weight: bold;">C:
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Partition1 [New (Raw)] </span>and corresponding size in MB. Select this
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partition and press <small><span style="font-style: italic;"><ENTER>.</span></small></p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step9:</span> You will be prompted to format the partition with one of four filesystems: NTFS quick, FAT quick,
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NTFS, or FAT. Since FAT filesystems work the best owing
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to compatibility reasons, especially whilst handling data
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access/read/write/transfer functionality when
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multi-booting systems with Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/OpenSolaris, I
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select the fourth option: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Format the partition using the FAT file
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system</span>. Press <small><span style="font-style: italic;"><ENTER></span></small> to continue.</p>
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<p class="Quotations"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step10:</span> The system now formats the partition.
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After formatting, the system copies the necessary files to install a
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graphical user interface (GUI) with mouse support which handles the
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rest of the OS installation. The system reboots and one
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proceeds with the GUI mode of the installation after this. </p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>The steps following this are self-explanatory and am sure
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the reader does not need much assistance and guidance and can manage
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themselves without any effort. </p>After creating this Primary
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Partition (30GB), we do not <span style="font-style: italic;">(I repeat: do not)</span> need to create any more partitions
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using
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Microsoft fdisk utility. E.g. I have a 150GB ATA HDD. I
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create a
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primary partition of 30GB during WinXP installation. The obvious question
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from the
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reader is: What about the rest? What happens to it? Well the
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answer is simple.
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I leave it untouched because I would be dividing this available space
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into 2
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halves for installing OpenSolaris 2008.11 and CentOS 5.2. So, no need to worry absolutely and just take the ride
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with me. By the time you are done reading this guide, not a single MB
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on your HDD would be wasted.
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<p class="Quotations">Thus, before we finally move on to
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the next section where
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we install and configure OpenSolaris 2008.11, I wish to round-off this chapter with a "Partition
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check". I have the following partition table on my computer after this
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step
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(as observed from Microsoft fdisk):</p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b style="">Display Partition
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Information<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<div align="center">
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<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<tbody>
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<tr style="">
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 53.45pt;" width="71">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Partition<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 40.35pt;" width="54">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Status<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Type<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 82.85pt;" width="110">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Volume_Label<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 47.15pt;" width="63">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Mbytes<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 44.85pt;" width="60">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">System<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 47.15pt;" width="63">
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<p class="TableContents" style=""><b style="">Usage<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="">
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 53.45pt;" width="71">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">C:1</p>
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</td>
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<p class="TableContents" style="">A</p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">FAT32</p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 82.85pt;" width="110">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">WIN</p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 47.15pt;" width="63">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">30000</p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 44.85pt;" width="60">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">FAT32</p>
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</td>
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<td style="padding: 0in; width: 47.15pt;" width="63">
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<p class="TableContents" style="">20%<br></p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<p class="Quotations">That is all
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for this
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section; take a break, have some coffee and proceed to the next
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chapter, <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="chap3.html">Installing OpenSolaris</a>.</span><br></p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">
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