Go into BIOS by pressing (F2 or whatever key your system accepts for entering Bios) and select the boot options.
Make CDROM/DVDROM as first boot device.
Make Hard disk as second boot device.
Ignore other boot devices. Save settings while you quit the BIOS.
Insert the XP installation disk and reboot the system.
If the system comes with a prompt on screen, "Press any key to boot from CDROM" means you already have some partitions with windows installed.
Press any key to boot with CDROM.
If you do not have any partitions with windows installed then the Windows XP setup program will run automatically from CDROM.
From here on follow the below tutorial for clear and precise instruction to fresh install windows XP on your system.
Step By Step Guide To Clean Installation of XP
Good Luck...
Make CDROM/DVDROM as first boot device.
Make Hard disk as second boot device.
Ignore other boot devices. Save settings while you quit the BIOS.
Insert the XP installation disk and reboot the system.
If the system comes with a prompt on screen, "Press any key to boot from CDROM" means you already have some partitions with windows installed.
Press any key to boot with CDROM.
If you do not have any partitions with windows installed then the Windows XP setup program will run automatically from CDROM.
From here on follow the below tutorial for clear and precise instruction to fresh install windows XP on your system.
Step By Step Guide To Clean Installation of XP
Good Luck...
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Toshiba Satellite P775-S7232
- OS
- MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
- CPU
- i5-2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz Turbo-Boost) Sandy Bridge 32nm
- Motherboard
- Toshiba PHRAA ver. PSBY1U-00F003
- Memory
- 4GB+4GB Samsung DDR3 PC3-10700 (1333 MHz)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Video Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, 1696MB available memory
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio version=6.0.1.6323
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3 " Trubrite TFT LCD, LED Backlit
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x900 32 bit, Native support for 720P content
- Hard Drives
- TOSHIBA MK6476GSXN
580.614 [GB] partitioned C: 80GB and D: 500GB with hidden recovery partitons.
Spare bay for 2nd HDD but no SATA connector :-(
- PSU
- Toshiba AC/DC Adapter
- Case
- Notebook
- Cooling
- Built-in Fan
- Keyboard
- Premium Raised Tile keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech M215 wireless mouse
- Internet Speed
- Not fast enough
- Other Info
- Built-in Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, Waves MaxxAudio® 3. HDMI, 1xUSB3+3xUSB2 ports, WebCam, Battery life 4hrs 11mins, 4GB Readyboost SDHC card, WD My Book Essential Ext HDDs 2 TB, 2x1TB, My Passport SE 1TB and WDTV 1st Gen for Multimedia playing on a Sony Wega 32" LCD.
Recent addition to my toys are Asus Transformer Pad TF300T with 32GB onboard sd card + 32GB microsd card.