Cisco: Unit 111- D1 OS
- 1. Unit 111: D1- Build and install computer hardware with network communication and an operating system. INSTALLING WINDOWS XP ONTO A COMPUTER. BY AMIE BODKIN
- 2. Step 1- The Start This screenshot shows the starting screen of the installation process. All users will see this before the process actually starts. As you can see it provides different options, but to install the operatingn system, you have to press 'Enter'.
- 3. Step 2- Licensing Agreement After clicking 'Enter' from the previous step, users will be presented with this screen, which is the Windows Licensing Agreement. To continue the installation process, you have to press the F8 key and say that you agree with what is written.
- 4. Step 3- Choosing/Creating a Partition After agreeing to the Licensing Agreement, you can either install the operating system on partitions that have already been created, or you can create another partition, depending on how much space is available.
- 5. Step 4- Formatting the Partition If you chose a partition that has already been created, then this screen will be presented to you. You can either format it using the NTFS or FAT32 file system. What is the difference between both file systems? The NTFS is the more complex file system out of the two. The NTFS is the more popular system, as it can recover from some errors from the disk and it has improved security. The FAT file system is simpler than the NTFS system, but it is found in the older versions of Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 95. The security is not as good as the NTFS, meaning that anyone can go onto it. Also, you can only store up to 4GB of data on this particular partition.
- 6. Step 5- Setting Up In this step, files are being copied , in case anything goes wrong during the installation process and files are lost or damaged. This is just a precautionary measure, in case anything does go wrong, and it doesn't mean that it will actually happen.
- 7. Step 6- Changing Settings As you can see from these screenshots, you can change different settings during the installation process. You can enter your name, organisation and product key, and change the language, computer name and password, and the date and the time.
- 8. Step 7- Network Settings This screen allows the user to choose what kind of the settings for the network.
- 9. Step 8- Workgroup or Domain This screenshot shows that you can choose whether to allow the computer to join the domain or add it to a workgroup.