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E-8 Installing Windows XP
Windows XP Clean Installation
This section explains how to perform a clean installation of Windows XP.
Installation procedures are as follows;
IMPORTANT:
„
If you have created the OEM-Disk into the Flash FDD, connect the
Flash FDD before you start the system.
„
If you have created OEM-Disk into the floppy disk, connect the
USB floppy disk drive before you start the system.
1.
Turn on the system power.
2.
Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM or backup CD-ROM into the optical disk drive.
3.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to reset the system.
After a bootable operating system has been installed on the hard disk drive, press
Enter
while the message "Press any key to boot from CD..." is displayed at the top of the screen.
If no bootable operating system exists on the hard disk drive, this step is unnecessary.
The Windows XP setup screen will appear.
If the screen is not displayed,
Enter
was not pressed properly.
Begin after turning on the system power again.
4.
If the RAID Controller is used, press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of
the following states.
– "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration ..." or "Press F6 if you
need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." is displayed.
– A screen with a solid blue background is displayed.
IMPORTANT:
„
There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed.
„
If the RAID Controller is not used, you do not need to press
F6
, and
go to Step 8.
5.
When the following message is displayed, press
S
.
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices.