How to reinstall Windows XP on a laptop. Detailed installation and configuration of Windows XP on a laptop
How to install Windows XP on a laptop? If you have not installed Windows before and are encountering this for the first time, then before you begin the installation, be sure to read the lesson. There is also a lesson on. After installation, be sure to install the program CCleaner. I wrote a lesson on how to install and use the program.
Installing XP on a Toshiba Satellite L655 laptop. The problem is this:
Windows cannot start due to a corrupted or missing file: WINDOWSsystem32configsystem You can try to repair this file by running Windows Setup from the original installation CD-ROM. Select 'r' in the first dialog screen to start the recovery procedure
We won't rebuild. We will reinstall the OS. At the same time, we will learn how to install the OS. Namely Windows XP.
The only weapon I have is the Licensed Disk. Windows XP Service Pack 3:
But this does not mean that you should have the same one. You can take Zver, Chip or any other assembly. You can even pirate it. Vista, 7 and 8 don't count since we have a lesson on XP.
So, insert the disk into the drive, turn on the laptop and immediately hold down the key "DEL" or "F2" on the keyboard until the computer enters BIOS. Everyone's BIOS may look different depending on the manufacturer and version. But the settings are basically the same. In our case, this is what the BIOS looks like:
Select a tab "BOOT". If there is no such tab, go through the tabs and find which one contains the device boot parameters.
Yours should be something like this too. You will immediately notice if you look through the tabs. Now our task is to make sure that the laptop boots from the disk. And for this we need to swap points 1 and 2 (see photo), i.e.
be the first to do CD/DVD. in my case, to swap items you need to select the item and click f5 or f6. It may be different for you: + And — , or through Enter. After that, go to the tab Exit, select Save & exit setup. and click ok. That's it, BIOS setup is complete. Your laptop is rebooting, wait until the message appears on the screen “Press any key to boot from CD...”, which means "press any key to boot from CD". Press any key and the installation program immediately appears.
After checking the system configurations, you will be prompted to Install the system or restore existing system. Here you need to select ENTER and start installation:
Click C=continue installation:
Choose "Format partition to NTFS system» :
Click F:
And the program starts copying files:
After this, the computer will restart:
Attention!!! After the reboot you will again be prompted to press any key - “Press any key to boot from CD...” — do not press anything, otherwise you will start the installation again!!! Or if you want such an inscription to no longer appear, you can go into the BIOS and set the boot from hard drive (i.e. return everything to its place) You know how to do it, you did it.
After the reboot, we continue the installation, but in a slightly different environment:
You don’t have to configure anything and click FURTHER:
Set the date, time and time zone and click next:
If this message appears, click OK:
Select an item "Delay this action", and click NEXT:
We write the name account. You can have up to five accounts, but this is optional. FURTHER:
Click ready:
Installation completed! HOORAY!!
All that remains is to install the drivers for normal operation computer. You have driver disks (usually they come with the laptop when you purchase it) if you have stored them well. Or you can download it from the website of the laptop or equipment manufacturer.
How to reinstall Windows XP? This is exactly the question I was also interested in a few years ago! Most likely, every modern computer user sooner or later needs to reinstall Windows XP.
Permanent installation and removal various programs, downloading new files, surfing the Internet - all this leads to the fact that soon the computer begins to work slowly, many files that we do not understand appear on it, places on system disk for some reason there were practically none left either. Constant errors, possibly also viruses, are just annoying!
All these reasons indicate that it is time to reinstall the system. In this lesson I will tell you and show you in pictures how to reinstall Windows XP.
In fact, this is not so difficult; many novice users are scared by the phrase itself Windows installation XP yourself, but I assure you, after trying it once, you will no longer have to ask anyone or call a technician to reinstall the system for you!
Preparing to reinstall Windows XP
Firstly, before starting reinstallation, be sure to make sure that there is no important files, move your photos, videos and other necessary data to other drives.
If you have only one disk, and it is not divided into logical ones, then transfer everything that needs to be saved to flash drives, write to disks, etc. In general, take care of this in advance so as not to lose the necessary information.
Secondly, we need to make sure that our computer boots not from the hard drive as always, but so that it boots from regular DVD disk from the drive.
After all, when we insert a disk with an operating system into the drive, it is from there that the information will be read and the files necessary to install Windows XP will be copied. To put the download from regular disk, you need to go into the BIOS and put booting from CDROM first.
To do this, restart the computer and immediately press several times DELETE key until we get into the BIOS. Depending on the motherboard this could be the F2 key, so if pressing DELETE does not enter the BIOS, then reboot again and press F2 several times until the BIOS loads.
On a computer I enter the BIOS by pressing the DELETE key, and on a laptop via F2.
In the BIOS we need to go to the Boot tab and then select Boot Device Priority.
And already there, in the first place, put booting from a regular disk. To select, use the arrows and the “Enter” key on your keyboard, since you cannot use the mouse there.
Your BIOS may be different! I showed mine as an example; I have the same one on both my computer and my laptop. I saw another one from my friends, I even had to search for about half an hour where to install the boot from disk!
The main thing to remember keyword Boot! Look for this tab, there may be a phrase and the word Boot in it. Find, go in and set the first place to boot from disk.
This is what it looks like on my laptop:
After everything is ready, booting from disk is set to first place, press the “Esc” key and save the settings by clicking “OK”.
Reinstalling Windows XP
After setting the boot disk in the BIOS, it’s time to proceed directly to reinstalling Windows XP.
Insert the disk with the operating system into the drive and restart the computer.
We are waiting... The first thing we should see is blue screen in the left corner, which will have the text “Installing Windows”.
After a few seconds the installation program appears. To start installing Windows XP, we need to press enter, that is, press “Enter” on the keyboard.
The installation is starting.
If you are on this moment you need to reinstall Windows XP, that is, this is not the first installation of the system on a new one HDD and you have an old one operating system.
Then in this case, our installation program will offer to restore the old one copy of Windows. But since we don’t need this, we just press the “Esc” key, we will install Windows in a new way.
In the next step we need to select hard section disk where Windows XP will be installed. This is usually drive "C". Select the section we need using the arrows on the keyboard and press the “Enter” key.
Now we have several options to continue! We can continue the procedure and not format the disk, then we will have two systems, the old and the new! But for a successful installation of Windows XP, I recommend formatting the system hard drive so that everything is deleted from it!
There are also two formatting methods, quick and normal. I recommend choosing the regular one, even though it’s not much takes longer in time, but it's better. Select with arrows and press continue – “Enter” key.
We confirm the formatting of the disk by pressing the English key “F”.
We wait while the disk is formatted. When choosing quick formatting it lasts about a minute, and the usual one lasts about 10 minutes.
After formatting, the installer will begin copying necessary files to install Windows XP.
And then the main installation of the operating system will begin.
During the process, some windows will appear. Using the "Customize" button, you can change the default keyboard language and regional settings.
And also the computer name.
Enter date, time zone. In all windows we click the “Next” button.
After the main installation, “Completing installation” will begin.
When reinstalling Windows XP will be completed, the computer will reboot and the new one will just start installed system! This is what it looks like after the first launch:
That's all we have ready! This is how you can reinstall Windows XP on any computer. It's actually not difficult. The instructions for reinstalling the operating system are coming to an end.
And all I can do is congratulate you! You have learned how to reinstall Windows XP.
After reinstalling the operating system, the first thing you need to do is change the screen resolution, and also install necessary drivers! Fortunately, there are lessons on this topic on the site!
For correct operation For your compact laptop PC, you need to know exactly how to reinstall Windows on your laptop. Many users often encounter the problem of reinstalling the OS and prefer to solve problems on their own. Let's describe step by step brief instructions How to reinstall Windows on a laptop from scratch.
Preparing to reinstall the OS
First of all, you need to make a copy necessary information from drive C, since the reinstallation process involves the destruction of all information from of this disk. If there is an emergency reinstallation, this step is skipped. It should be noted that if you have no idea how to reinstall Windows on a laptop or are doing it for the first time, then it is better to invite a specialist. If you do not have this option, please use the information below.
Selecting drivers for reinstalling the OS
So, it will be necessary boot disk operating system for your laptop. Modern laptop manufacturers equip PCs with operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8. However, more early versions This OS, such as Windows XP, is also in demand among users, so the question is: “How to reinstall Windows XP on a laptop?” is still relevant today. It should be noted here that reinstalling Windows XP requires SATA drivers, which may be included in Windows distribution XP or added by you yourself. More later versions The OS already has built-in drivers. For those users who know how to reboot the system to desktop computers, question: "How to reinstall Windows on a laptop?" will not be difficult, they will easily understand all the points.
Start reinstalling the OS
Insert the disk into the drive and turn on the laptop. By pressing del we go into the BIOS. IN different models On laptops, entering the BIOS can be done in different ways: by pressing the F10, F1 or F2 keys. Next, we need the Boot tab, in which we select the order in which the laptop will boot from the CDROM. Go to the Exit tab, click on Exit Saving Changes. Next, the process of starting the laptop will occur from the boot disk that you inserted into the CDROM.
Installing the system from disk
Let's move on to installing the system from disk. First you need to select or create a partition for installing Windows and specify its size. By clicking on it, we proceed to formatting. The system will offer you two formatting options - fast NTFS and full FAT32. The most common option is NTFS, select and press Enter. Having completed formatting, the system begins the operation of copying its installation files. After the system reboots, Windows starts.
Data setup
Let's move on to setting up basic data, such as input language, your name, license key, computer name (any), administrator password, which must be written down in the windows offered by the system. Then the time and date data is configured, and you should select the time zone of your region. The penultimate installation stage ends with configuration network parameters, where we select the “Regular Settings” tab.
Completing the installation
To complete the system installation process, you must restart the laptop. We hope that you now understand how to reinstall Windows on a laptop. Good luck to you!
You can install Windows XP on your computer not only “from scratch” (i.e. full installation), but also on top of the old operating system. This type of installation is called Windows update.
Unlike a full installation, an update allows you to keep your documents, programs and settings in working order. When an update is performed, Windows is installed in the same folder as the current OS (thus updating it). Whatever installation option you choose, you must have a boot disk with the required version Windows.
There is an opinion that all problems in the operation of the OS can be solved by updating it. In fact, this is not always the case. When reinstalling “on top” there is a possibility that errors in system registry, accumulated by the old OS during its “life”, can be transferred to the new operating system.
In addition, it is impossible to say with one hundred percent certainty that after the update absolutely all programs will work as before. It is possible that problems will arise with some program.
Updating (reinstalling) Windows is a last resort solution for troubleshooting. After it - only full installation (with hard formatting disk). Therefore, if malfunctions occur in the operation of your system, do not rush to solve them this way. radical method. There are other options for restoring the health of your Windows.
Before updating the system, I would strongly advise creating backup copy important data for you on another local disk or external media(for example, if you have the 1C accounting program installed, be sure to copy the catalogs with the database). The best option it would be to make an image of everything system partition using the program Acronis True Image.
So oh possible consequences reinstallation I warned you; Now let's get straight to Windows update. This installation can be launched directly from the operating system.
1. Turn on your computer and wait for the OS to load.
2. Disable your installed antivirus.
3. Insert the Windows XP installation disc into your computer's DVD drive. If after this the welcome window does not appear on the screen, then open the disk and run the file setup.exe.
4. In the window that appears, you must select “ Installing Windows XP”.
5. In the next window, select the installation type “ Update (recommended)” and click the “Next” button. 
If we chose the installation type “ New installation
”, then a full installation would be launched, and then our programs and settings would not be saved. They may remain in the Program Files folder (if we refuse to format the disk during the installation process), but in new system will not work.
6. Then we accept license agreement and click “Next”. 
7. In the next window, enter the license key. 
8. In the “Dynamic update” window, you can put a marker next to “ Download updated installation files” if our computer is connected to the Internet. Otherwise, select “ Skip this step and continue installing Windows" Click “Next”. 
9. In the next window we will see on the left an indicator for copying installation files. If no unexpected problems arise, the computer will reboot itself. And all we can do is calmly watch further process updates. By the way, it is much faster than installing from scratch. 
10. Finally, our PC will reboot into last time and it will start updated Windows XP. In case the Internet settings and local network If they go wrong, set them up again.
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Above I described the installation process as it should ideally be. But sometimes during installation some problems may arise. For example, when following step 9 of our instructions, the “ Error when copying files”:
It is impossible to unequivocally answer why it appeared. Below are discussed possible reasons occurrence of this problem and some solutions:
1. Anti-virus software was not disabled before installation.
2. The Windows XP installation disc is scratched.
3. Your CD or DVD drive is faulty.
4. There is a virus on the computer. Before starting installation, conduct a full system scan with an antivirus (for example, DrWebCurelt).
5. Malfunction random access memory or hard drive.
6. There is incompatibility of any program or device. To check this, insert the installation disk with Windows XP into the drive - select “Check system compatibility” - “ Automatic check systems."
7. Try copying all the contents installation CD to a folder on your local hard drive and run the installation from there (via the setup.exe file).
8. At the beginning of the installation process, in the “Dynamic Update” window, select “Download updated installation files” (if, of course, you have Internet access on your computer).
As you can see, there can be quite a lot of options and getting to the bottom of it is not so easy. For this (and not only) reason, I believe that The optimal reinstallation of Windows is a complete installation from scratch with formatting of the system partition. Naturally, you must first copy all the files that are important to you, as well as settings and drivers.
Often, after the actions of ill-fated viruses, the system stops working properly, or refuses to work at all - it constantly reboots or something else. And often, it is necessary to re- Windows installation A. In this article we’ll figure it out how to reinstall Windows XP from scratch? The Windows installation procedure is very simple, it is no more difficult than installing any program, but essentially an operating system Windows system and there is a program. The main thing is to read what the installer program writes and follow my recommendations.
So, you have decided that you need to reinstall Winows XP. Naturally you need to acquire installation disk with the operating system. And the disk must be bootable.
Installing Windows Step by step instructions
Step 1: Before installing Windows, be sure to transfer all your important data another logical drive(D,E,...) or to another medium altogether. If, however, all the data you need can be copied using systems such as Live CD.
Live CD is an operating system that boots from removable media(CD, DVD, USB drive, etc.), which does not require installation on a hard drive to function. That is, in essence it is the same Windows, but running from removable media.
Step 2. Next, insert a disk with Windows XP into the DVD-ROM; when you boot the computer, you must select boot from CD-ROM. To do this, you can go into the BIOS and set the device from which to boot, or you can do it simpler, as soon as the computer turns on, press the F8 or F12 key (when booting, it is usually written which key you need to press to select the device from which to boot first) and when the selection window appears, select your DVD drive.
Step 3. The installer program will automatically launch, check the system, etc. (procedure for 5-10 minutes), then something like this window will appear:
Press Enter, in the next window you accept the license agreement, press F8, and then the installer will prompt you to select the disk (partition) for installation. Something like the picture below:
Your window may be slightly different. If your hard drive is divided into several partitions, then all of them will be here. In this case, select “Disk C” and press “Enter”. If the installation takes place on new hard disk, it will be approximately the same as in the screenshot above. In this case, simply press “Enter”.
Step 4. In the next step, you will be asked to format the disk on which the system will be installed:
I strongly recommend that you always format the partition before installation (just remember to save all your important data before doing this, otherwise they will be irretrievably lost). Select Format in NTFS system, it's quick, it's not that important. If the disk is new, then there are no options; it will need to be formatted in any case. Selected - pressed "Enter" - the program will format the partition and begin copying files to the hard drive.
Step 5. Once the files are copied, the computer will automatically restart and the Windows installation will continue. After some time, a window will appear:
click the “Next” button, then enter the Administrator Name - Product License Key - Computer Name - Set the time and time zone and that's it, Windows installation will continue on its own. If any appear additional windows, just click “Next” and that’s it.
Step 6. Conclusion. After about half an hour, the Windows installation will complete and the computer will reboot. Next, you'll need to enter your account name and activate your copy of Windows, and that's it.
Now you know how to reinstall Windows XP and that it is available to every PC user. All that remains is to install the drivers and necessary programs.