Device maintenance and repair
7.2 Installing the software
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7.2.3
Installing Windows
7.2.3.1
Installing Windows XP
Note
Specific information on the use of the Windows XP Professional operating system is
available in the following manual (not included in the product package):
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Technical Reference (MSPress No. 934)
Requirement
You need the recovery DVD for the Windows XP operating system. It is included in the
product package.
If you use a storage controller that is unknown to the operating system, for example, RAID or
AHCI controller, copy the corresponding controller driver to a 3.5 inch floppy disk and keep
this driver disk at hand. If your device does not have 3.5 inch floppy disk drive, connect a
USB floppy disk drive. The controller driver is required during installation.
You can create a driver disk for the onboard RAID or AHCI controllers with the
"Documentation and Drivers" DVD. Additional information is available in the section
Installation of drivers and software (Page 86).
Procedure
1.
Insert the Recovery DVD into the DVD drive.
2.
Restart the device with the on/off button.
3.
Press the <F12> key when the following BIOS message appears.
Press F2 to go to Setup Utility
Press F12 to go to Boot Manager
After initialization, a boot menu is displayed.
4.
In the boot menu, select the optical drive using the cursor keys. It is identified by a "P" in
front of the SATA port number.
Example:
P3 - OPTIARC DVD-ROM DDU1681S
5.
Confirm the selection by pressing ENTER.
6.
Immediately press any key when you see the following prompt to install the operating
system from the Recovery DVD.
Press any key to boot from CD ..
The Windows XP installation program (blue screen) appears after a few seconds.
7.
Follow the instructions of the Windows XP installation program. You can find additional
information on this in the section: Windows XP installation program