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Windows XP Unattended Installation
Now it’s time to start the installation.
After changing the boot order in BIOS, save your changes and reboot the computer. Make sure your Installation CD is in your CD-ROM. If it is you'll be prompted to press any key to boot from CD-ROM. Press any key on your keyboard as soon as you see this message. Wait a few minutes while the installation begins to copy the preliminary setup files to your computer. If you decided to make create your own partitions, you need to decide which partition of your hard drive you will install Windows XP on. Once you have figured out which partition XP will be installed on it's time to format it. Choose to format the partition to either FAT32 or NTFS. After you have select one of the options hit enter and Setup will begin to format the partition. You will have to format the other partitions after you are finished with your installation of XP. You can do this with Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. Now just sit back and wait or go do something else. The next things you will be asked to do are register or activate Windows XP and setup user accounts. Everything else is done for you. Conclusion Using this method of installing windows XP may take a little of your time at first but can be handy in future installations of Windows XP. I personally like the fact that this allows me to not worry about setting up certain things like networking. I also prefer just adding my answer file to my Windows CD just because I don’t have to find the floppy later or worry about it corrupting. I would recommend you try the floppy method first so you can play with all the different ways of automating Windows XP setup.
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Deploying Windows XP Part II: Implementing
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