Setuplog.txt
PE 2
During XP setup or installation, partitions can be created, deleted and selected for installation.
For most home users the way to install Windows XP Professional is to boot from the Windows XP CD and follow the prompts. You will need to enter the product key that came with the CD and also provide details such as language, keyboard type and time zone. There are other installation methods, such as booting the computer from a network and installing XP from a network location. You can create a disc image of an installation on one machine and use that to create an installation on a second machine, but the hardware must be the same as the installation will be hardware-specific. If you cannot stay with the machine during the installation process, it is possible to create an 'answer file' containing the information prompted for during the installation process, but this is unlikely to be of benefit to the home user performing a single installation.
...with Windows XP Professional already installed on your computer. Windows Vista cannot be installed without Windows XP Professional installed first on your computer, it's the same with Windows 7; Windows' latest operating system (OS).
This is to prevent the notebook from running out of power during the installation process.
Before you install windows you have to create at least one partition and format it. After that during the windows installation process choose the partition which you created earlier for windows to install itself over there. Also you have to have all required drivers for your hardware (monitor (not always needed), video card, sound card, ethernet, wireless and so on) which you have to install when the installation process is finished. You might need specific drivers for your equipment such SATA (AHCI, RAID) or SCSI.
Windows 7 minimizes user involvement during installation. You only enter information at the very beginning and very end of the installation.
Administrator, Guest (usually not active) and plus an user account created during Xp installation process.
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During Windows installation procedure, installer will ask you where you want to install the os. Also you have options to create/delete, format partitions.
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You can configure Windows Vista to install without having to manually enter the product key during the setup process. This is quite useful if you find yourself in need to perform an installation of the OS but without having the (legal) product key with you at that very moment. Unlike previous Windows versions where you had to have a CD Key handy during the installation of the OS, the Windows Vista setup process only makes it appear as if you have to enter a product key to install it.