~*Windows Seven,Vista,XP,98 Installation Step by Step With Screen Shots*~

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Step 23: Desktop Setup: Your account profile starts being created here starting with your personal desktop configuration. More happens on the next screen. This process will also take several minutes, but only happen once.

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Step 24: Account Profile: Vista now sets up profile configurations for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player as well as a few more Windows applications. This could take several more minutes but we are almost there!

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Final Step: Welcome Screen: Vista is installed!

On this screen, we are presented with our system configuration as well as several different options.

I hope you enjoyed this install guide and I thank you for reading! Usman Ali

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~*Windows Vista installation Complete*~


~*Windows XP installation Start*~

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Step 1: Boot the computer from the Windows XP installation CD of your choice.

Step 2: Press any key when prompted.

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Step 3: Press F6 to Install a Third Party Driver
The Windows Setup screen will appear and a number of files and drivers necessary for the setup process will load.
For most users though, this step can be ignored.

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Step 4: Press ENTER to Set Up Windows XP
After the necessary files and drivers are loaded, the Windows XP Professional Setup screen will appear.

Since this will be a new installation of Windows XP, press Enter to setup Windows XP now.

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Step 5: Read and Accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement

The next screen that appears is the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen. Read through the agreement and press F8 to confirm that you agree with the terms.

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Step 6: Create a Partition
Since your hard drive is probably new or has never been used, all of the space on it is unpartitioned. In this step, you will create a new partition for Windows XP to use.

Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the line that says Unpartitioned space. Press C to create a partition on this unpartitioned space.

Warning Note: You may have other partitions on this drive and on other drives that may be installed in your PC. If so, you may have a number of entries here. Be careful not to remove partitions that you may be using as this will remove all data from those partitions permanently.

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Step 7: Choose a Partition Size
Here you need to choose a size for the new partition. This will become the size of the C drive, the main drive on your PC that Windows XP will install to. This is also the drive that all of your software and data will probably reside on unless you have additional partitions set aside for those purposes.

Unless you are planning on creating additional partitions from within Windows XP after the installation process (for any number of reasons), it's usually wise to create a partition at the maximum size possible.

For most users, the default number provided will be the maximum space available and the best choice. Press Enter to confirm the partition size.

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Step 8: Choose a Partition to Install Windows XP On
Highlight the line with the newly created partition and press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected partition.

Note: Even if you created a partition at the maximum size available, there will always be a relatively small amount of space left over that will not be included in the partitioned space. This will be labeled as Unpartitioned space in the list of partitions, as shown in the screen shot above.

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Step 9: Choose a File System to Format the Partition
For Windows XP to install on a partition on a hard drive, it has to be formatted to use a particular file system - either the FAT file system format or the NTFS file system format. NTFS is more stable and secure than FAT and is always the recommended choice for a new Windows XP installation.

Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the line that says Format the partition using the NTFS file system and press Enter.