Damn Imma N0OB. How Do I do this?

[LOLyourFace]

I got all my components for a new system. With the brand new HD, how do I configure it? Do I Fdisk it first or just put WinXP CD in first?

I forgot it all.. someone tell me the proper steps.. thanks

 

[Heisenberg]

Just boot off the XP CD. You partition and format the drive during setup.

 

[yakko]

Send it all to me with $10,000 in cash and I will have it back to you in a couple years.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Just boot off the XP CD. You partition and format the drive during setup.

yeah, with XP you don't have to mess with all the old timey stuff, just boot off the CD and click next many, many times and you get an OS

 

[bizmark]

if the HD came with any software on a CD, you may want to run it first. I got a second HD recently (Maxtor 80GB) and I thought that XP would just sense it and be ready to go. Wrong-o..... it crashed after the splash screen. Repeatedly. All kinds of thoughts ran through my mind.... I unplugged stuff from the power supply, took out my soundcard, everything. Eventually I stuck the Maxtor CD in, ran the 2-second format program it had, and it worked just fine after that.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Send it all to me with $10,000 in cash and I will have it back to you in a couple years.

Ugh, ya beat me to it.

 

[roncarter]

how do you this this if you wana install windows 2000

is win2k bootable also?