| Windows XP, developed by Microsoft used on | | | | devices such as the CD-ROM drive, Network adapter |
| personal computers, also home and business | | | | card, keyboard, mouse, etc., are properly attached. |
| desktops, laptops, and media centers. XP means | | | | Basic hardware requirements to install windows XP |
| eXPerience, given the codename "Whistler", after | | | | can be summed up like this- Processor: Pentium II |
| Whistler, British Columbia. Windows XP is the | | | | processor running at 233MHz or faster, 300MHz being |
| successor to both Windows 2000 Professional and | | | | recommended. RAM can be of 64MB or 128 MB, 1.5 |
| Windows Me, first released on October 25, 2001. | | | | GB free hard disk space is needed for the booting |
| Succeeded by Windows Vista, which was released to | | | | purpose,2 GB will b comfortable. Video card and |
| volume license customers on November 8, 2006, and | | | | monitor must have VGA resolution, network card has |
| worldwide to the general public on January 30, | | | | to be PXE-enabled or a network boot disk and |
| 2007.Hardware and software requirements are | | | | network card for a network-based installation. For |
| minimal and simple. | | | | other appliances like CD-ROM or DVD drive for |
| Some of the most common editions of the operating | | | | CD-ROM or DVD based installations, keyboard and a |
| system are Windows XP Home Edition and Windows | | | | pointing device, respectively. |
| XP Professional. Along with these two others are | | | | Software needed to start the installation is |
| windows XP Media Center Edition ,windows XP | | | | WINNT.EXE and WINNT32.EXE from the command |
| Tablet PC Edition .Also two different 64-bit versions | | | | line. WINNT is used for installation from a DOS or |
| of Windows XP were also released, Windows XP | | | | boot disk and Windows 3.0. WINNT32.EXE can be run |
| 64-bit Edition for IA-64 (Itanium) processors and | | | | from Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, |
| Windows XP Professional x64 Edition for x86-64. | | | | Windows NT 4, or Windows 2000 Professional |
| Few things to keep in mind before installation: first, | | | | command prompt. Several functions of WINNT.EXE |
| run the Setup program, checking hardware and | | | | are: it specifies the location of the Windows XP |
| software compatibility with the Windows XP | | | | Professional source files. If the required files are not |
| Professional list, secure that the hard disk partition is | | | | in the current folder, the location must be a full path |
| enough to meet the space requirement. The hard | | | | of the form, indicates an identifier (id) that Setup |
| disk should be partitioned with the FAT/FAT32 or | | | | uses to determine which values in the UDF file are |
| NTFS file system. Confirm other required peripheral | | | | used to override the values in the answer file. |