Installing Windows XP

To do a clean xp install, follow these steps: 1. Retrieve a Windows XP install disk (Make sure it is a full install, not simply an upgrade) 2. Place the XP disk into the cd-rom drive and reboot. 3. When prompted to boot to cd, press enter. 4. The XP installation process will begin. 5. When it asks which partition XP should be installed on, select the current partitions and delete them. Then create a new partition as large as your hard disk. 6. Select this partition as the install partition by highlighting it and pressing enter. Do a NTFS format (not a quick format)
Remember, this will wipe your entire hard disk, so backup your essential files to a flash drive, cd, etc.
Alt. way to save files while install XP: 1. Download the SystemRescueCD and burn the iso to a cd. site:http://www.sysresccd.org/ 2. Boot up the computer to the SystemRescue CD. 3. Open GParted. 4. Shrink the Linux partition to the smallest size (Remove the free space) 5. Create a new FAT32 partition the size of the remainder of your harddisk. 6. Save the partition table to disk and restart your computer. 7. Copy all vital files from your current linux partition to the new FAT32 partition. 8. If not all of the files will fit, copy all of the files you can to the FAT32 partition, then delete them off of the linux partition. Boot back to the SysRescueCD and shrink the Linux partition. Then grow the FAT32 partion. Boot back to the Linux partition and repeat. 9. After all of the files are copied, follow the steps above until you reach the delete all partions. Delete all of the partitions except the new FAT32 partition you created. Then follow the rest of the steps.
I hope this helps!

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