
If it appears disabled, you may have made a mistake or it does not match the edition you are trying to install. Then enter the serial number of Windows XP. Once the language settings configured, click "Next" and enter a name and an organization. To add a keyboard language, click the "add" button. View 3 tabs to indicate your language and your country. "Regional and Language Options" essentially allow configure the keyboard language.

Define a password for the Administrator account (optional) Then restart the computer to install Windows XP.ĭuring installation, the installer will ask you some information : The wizard now copy the installation files to the hard disk. Now specify a different name for "Windows". We will tell the wizard to install Windows XP to another folder. Program files remain on the hard drive but they will no longer start because the registry keys and other system files have been deleted.Īs we have chosen not to change the file system, Windows is already installed on the hard disk. By choosing this option, the installation wizard does not format the partition, and therefore the data will not be erased. Warning is at this stage it is necessary to choose "Keep current file system intact (no changes)". Then press the "C" key to continue the installation on the selected partition. Therefore you must select the first partition to install Windows to not end up with a Windows partition D or others. XP, the letter of the partition is not automatically renamed to C. Then select the partition containing Windows XP (usually the C partition). Press the "ESC" key to install Windows XP nearby. If this is not the case is that it is damaged too. The wizard should detect your old Windows installation. Then accept the user agreement by pressing the "F8" key. In this tutorial, this is the first option that interests us. Once completed loading files, you will get to this menu. If you do not know how, read our tutorial " Change the BIOS boot priority". Now insert the Windows XP CD into your CD drive and configure your BIOS for to boot on this CD. Here is the state of our computer (virtual machine in fact) before reinstalling. For this, we recommend the " Mini-XP" found on the Live " Hiren Boot CD". You can, if you wish, save your data using a Live CD before using one of these two possibilities. Warning : most of the data will be preserved but some risk of being deleted when reinstalling.

Format and reinstall Windows : ie, remove everything that is on the C partition (Windows and data contained therein), and then reinstall Windows. If Startup Repair or repair of Windows XP does not work, then you only have 2 options :
