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You may have other partitions on this drive and on other drives that may be installed in your PC. If so, you may have a number of entries here. Be careful not to remove partitions that you may be using, as this will remove all data from those partitions permanently. Here you need to choose a size for the new partition. This is also the drive that all of your software and data will probably reside on unless you have additional partitions set aside for those purposes.
Unless you are planning on creating additional partitions from within Windows XP after the clean installation process for any number of reasons , it's usually wise to create a partition at the maximum size possible. For most users, the default number provided will be the maximum space available and the best choice.
Press Enter to confirm the partition size. Highlight the line with the newly created partition and press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected partition. Even if you created a partition at the maximum size available, there will always be a relatively small amount of space left over that will not be included in the partitioned space.
This will be labeled as Unpartitioned space in the list of partitions, as shown in the screenshot above. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the line that says Format the partition using the NTFS file system and press Enter. Depending on the size of the partition that you are formatting and the speed of your computer, formatting the partition could take anywhere from a few minutes to several minutes or hours. If you're told that the computer will restart, don't press any buttons.
Let it restart and do not press any keys if you see a screen like in Step 2 — you do not want to boot to the disc again. The Setup will complete in approximately: time estimation on the left is based on the number of tasks that the Windows XP setup process has left to complete, not on a true estimation of the time it will take to complete them.
Usually, the time here is an exaggeration. Windows XP will probably be set up sooner than this. The first section allows you to change the default Windows XP language and the default location. If the options listed match your preferences, no changes are necessary.
If you wish to make changes, click on the Customize The second section allows you to change the default Windows XP input language and device. If you wish to make changes, click on the Details In the Name: text box, enter your full name. In the Organization: text box, enter your organization or business name. In the next window not shown , enter the Windows XP product key. This key should have come with your Windows XP purchase.
If your computer will be on a network, this is how it will be identified to other computers. Feel free to change the computer name to anything you wish. In the Administrator password: text box, enter a password for the local administrator account.
This field can be left blank but it's not recommended to do so for security purposes. Confirm this password in the Confirm password: text box.
In the Date and Time Settings window, set the correct date, time and time zone settings. The Networking Settings window will appear next with two options for you to choose from — Typical settings or Custom settings. If you're installing Windows XP in on a single computer or a computer on a home network, chances are the correct option to choose is Typical settings. If you're installing Windows XP in a corporate environment, you may need to choose the Custom settings option but check with your system administrator first.
Even in this case, the Typical settings option is probably the right one. The Workgroup or Computer Domain window will appear next with two options for you to choose from — No, this computer is not on a network, or is on a network without a domain You need to backup all data to another place because system reinstalling and partition deletion will erase everything.
However, it is waste of time to back up data, delete partition to create new partition and format partition, etc. In addition, you may lose some important data if you make any mistake when attempting backing up data. If you do not want to spend so much time to backup data, reinstall Windows XP system, create partition and format partition to redistribute disk space on Windows XP, there is an easy way to repartition hard drive on Windows XP without system reinstall.
This partition software enables you to reallocate disk space and extend system partition without reinstall system or deleting any partition. You can simply get unallocated space by shrinking partition with this partition software and then add the unallocated space to system partition. You can also squeeze free space from C drive to increase size of other partition by using this partition software on Windows XP.
Here are the steps for partition resizing on Windows XP: Step1. Repartition Hard Drive on Windows XP without System Reinstall If you do not want to spend so much time to backup data, reinstall Windows XP system, create partition and format partition to redistribute disk space on Windows XP, there is an easy way to repartition hard drive on Windows XP without system reinstall.
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