Buy a Laptop without an OS (Operating System) pre-installed, it will make you save money and not have to pay extra to have the OS installed - if you are already having a windows XP CD.
But now the problem is how to ? How to create a partition? How to format the hard disk? Please follow these steps: Step 1:Turn on your brand new laptop/notebook and then go to BIOS(When your computer is booting up, look for "press [key] to enter setup" then press that key. The common keys are Del, F2, Esc, F1. F6)Step 2:Look for a setting that says Boot Order, Boot Management, Boot Sequence, or First Boot Device.Change the boot order CD-ROM or DVD-RW Drive as first boot device > insert Windows XP CD > and then press F10 to save and exit. Your computer will restart. Step 3: Press any key to boot from CD...
Step 4:Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. If your laptop has SATA AHCI/RAID configuration you need to install third party driver to make Windows XP able to detect the Hard disk, but you will need a floppy disk with the sata/scsi/raid driver or you may try to or simply change sata mode from BIOS to IDE modeFor now let's skip this part and do not press F6. Step 5:Setup will ask to press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR),Do not press F2... Step 6:Please wait...Setup will load all necessary files... Step 7:Welcome to Setup This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft (R) Windows (R) XP to run on your computer. - To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
- To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
- To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Press ENTER ... Step 8:The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. - To set Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER.
- To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C.
- To delete the selected partition, press D.
Because the hard disk / hard drive is unpartitioned, we will create partitions first.Press C to create a partition. Step 9:You asked Setup to create a new partition on 81918 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]. - To create the new partition, enter a size below and press enter.
- To go back to the previous screen without creating the partition, press ESC.
The minimum size for the new partition is 8 megabytes (MB). The maximum size for the new partition is 81910 megabytes (MB). Create partition of size (in MB): 8191081918 ???? What is this?My hard disk size : 80 GB = ~ 81918 MBit may different with your hard disk size...Change 81910 to 20000 to create 20 GB drive C:And then press ENTER Step 10:Select "unpartitioned space" using arrow key, then press C Step 11:Change the value to 20000 to create 20 GB drive D: And then press ENTER Step 12:Select "Unpartitioned space" again and then press C Step 13:We will create drive E, to use all available space, do not change anythingAnd then press ENTER Step 14:The partitions created successfully...Now select drive C and please 
