Choose the partition where your Windows XP will be installed. The next few steps will help you select in which partition you want to set up the Windows XP. You can install the operating system on one drive by simply pressing enter. You can also opt to store just the operating system and other applications on one drive and all the data in another. This way, if anything goes wrong with the Windows XP install, the partition containing data will not be affected. To create two partitions, press "C". The set up screen will prompt you to enter the size of the hard drive that you want to allocate for one partition. Once you have selected how many megabytes, just select the remaining space for the other partition. You will now see that the first partition has been assigned as the C drive. The other will be E.
Format the newly created partitions. Go to the C: Drive and hit "Enter". The screen will indicate that the selected partition is not yet formatted. You will be given choices of file systems Cheap Cigarettes Online USA, select the NTFS system because it supports bigger files and drive sizes as well as offers more security features. Press "Enter". This step should take about 30 minutes.