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Chapter 7. Recovering the Computer
Quick Installation
: This re-installs Windows with the user data and the
system configuration intact. The user data in the already
existing Windows folders may be preserved as the
existing Windows folders are overwritten.
3. The description for the standard installation appears. Click Yes.
The installation starts, and the system will be restarted after a while.
4. After the system has restarted, the message ‘Press any key to boot from
CD ’ appears. Do not press any key at this time. After a while the partition con-
figuration screen appears.
To not change the partition, press <Enter>.
5. Select the folder to install the Windows operating system.
To delete the previous version of Windows and install in the current folder, press
<L> on the keyboard.
6. After the installation process copies the necessary folders for the Windows instal-
lation, restart the system, and the message “Press any key to boot from CD” is
displayed. You do not need to enter anything. In a moment, the Windows
XPinstallation screen will appear to proceed with the installation.
7. When the Regional and Language Options window appears, click Next.
8. When a window that requires your name and organization pops up, enter your
name and the organization and click Next. In the Windows XP Professional
edition, an additional window that requires thecomputer name and the
administrator password appears. Enter the computer name and the
administrator password
and click Next.
9. When the Date and Time Settings window appears, click Next.
10. When the system restarts to display Press any key to boot from CD, do not press
any key.
When you see the Windows desktop, this means that the installation process is
completed. Remove the system recovery CD and install the device
drivers and applications
from the system software CD.
What is partition configuration?
Partition configuration is a function that devides the hard disk drive into one or
several partitions. Note that changing the partition deletes all of the data on the
hard disk drive.
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If you press ESC to select another folder for the installation, new Windows folders
are created causing a risk of dual booting.
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When Quick Installation is selected
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Setup proceeds with Step 3 before automatically installing Windows. Quick
Installation overwrites the existing Windows version, so that drivers or applica-
tions do not need to be reinstalled.
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