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5-4 Install a New Windows XP

1. Press to enter BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.
3. Set the “Boot Option #1” to “CD/DVD ROM”, save changes and exit the BIOS setup.

4. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows Operating System.
Watch the screen carefully, when the following picture appears, press key

immediately. If you forgot to do this, PC will go to an fatal blue screen, and you
may need to reboot the system again. PC may not respond to your input
immediately, and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

Boot Configuration

Set the system boot order

Quiet Boot [Enabled]

Bootup Numlock State [On]

Boot Option Priorties

Boot Option #1

[CD/DVD ROM]

Hard Drive BBS Priorities

→←: Select Screen

↑↓: Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F2: Previous Values

F3: Optimized Defaults

F4: Save ESC: Exit

Main

Advanced Chipset Boot Security Health Save&Exit

Boot

When you set the SATA Mode in BIOS to either AHCI or RAID, you need to

follow these steps to install your Windows XP system.