What is needed before installing Win XP?

Before you begin, you will need to have the following:

A legal copy of Windows XP Home or Professional.
A valid Product key.
Required drivers for your motherboard, graphics cards, sound card, and any other device installed in your computer.
A connection to the Internet to activate your Windows XP installation.

What are the requirements for Windows XP?

Requirements. Microsoft’s minimum requirements for Windows XP are a 233 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB of available hard drive space, and an SVGA-capable video card. UITS has found that computers not exceeding those requirements run Windows XP poorly or not at all.

What should I do before installing Windows XP?

Important: Before you begin the Windows XP installation process, disconnect any card readers, external hard drives and thumb drives. Your computer must be configured to boot from the CD or DVD drive first. You may need to configure your computer’s BIOS to boot priority to boot from the CD or DVD drive first.

How do you install Windows XP on a hard drive?

Accept the License agreement by pressing the F8 key. Select “hard drive partition” for installation of XP. Consider creating a separate partition at this screen. Do this by pressing the “C” key and defining the size of the partition.

Do you have to boot from CD to install Windows XP?

Before inserting the CD, you’ll need to set your computer to boot from a CD instead of from the hard drive. This will allow you to load the Windows XP setup files before your computer boots to its installed operating system. You can change the boot order from the BOOT menu in your BIOS .

Do you need product key to install Windows XP?

You need the product key to complete installing Windows. Set your computer to boot from CD/DVD. Before inserting the CD, you’ll need to set your computer to boot from a CD instead of from the hard drive. This will allow you to load the Windows XP setup files before your computer boots to its installed operating system.