Thursday 17 May 2012

INSTALLATION : Hard Disk Partitioning and Formatting

WHY PARTITION?
Disk partitioning is the process of dividing and organising a disk into different specific sections.

Limits Accidental Or Deliberate Damage Of Your Data
Partitioning a disk will store different application into different partitions. If the partition where an application is installed on is corrupted or accidentally deleted, the data in another partition would not be erased. You will only need to recover one partition, which is faster than recovering the entire hard disk.
Increases Security
Encryption is one of the methods of protecting critical data fro theft or corruption, but it slows down the computer performance. By partitioning the disk, you can encrypt only those partitions that need protection, and other parts of your system will run unencrypted and hence faster.
Making The Computer Faster
A computer can find data faster in a partitioned disk. A computer finds files and directories quicker as it needs to search only one partition, not the whole disk.
Organises Information
By partitioning a disk, you can organise your data logically. The data is arranged in categories according to different functions or objectives.
Increases Productivity
Partitioning a disk can increase productivity. You will save time searching for a particular file and may complete some useful tasks.

PARTITIONING THE HARD DISK

The following steps will demonstrate how to use a Windows XP CD to partition a hard disk. First, Insert the Windows XP Installation CD and restart the computer. Press the key stated on the screen to enter the BIOS setup. We need to set the CD-ROM drive as the first booting device in the boot sequence. Restart your computer.


Follow the instruction, when you get the message to ‘press any key to boot from CD’. Once the boot from CD-ROM has started, it will display at the top of the screen:  Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration. After a brief delay, the Microsoft “Windows Setup” installation screen is displayed.  “Setup is loading files”, means it is loading all types of device drivers.”


It will finally state: "Setup is starting Windows" and will display after a short delay the “Windows XP Professional Setup" screen. Select "to set up Windows XP now" and press the ENTER key.

 
CREATING A PARTITION ON HARD DISK



Setup will now display the partitioning of your disk. If your system has an operating that has been installed, you will see them listed. To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press ESC




 

You now have a simple Disk Manager, allowing you to create and delete partitions. You will need to select an “Unpartitioned space” and press C to create partition. If you do not need to specify the size of the partition, use the default size and press ENTER.



Now, a partition is created. Select the partition and press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected partition. Choose a desired format either using NTFS or FAT for the partition. Clicks ENTER on the chosen format.


FORMATTING HARD DISK

Once the partition is created, the next screen will ask for the type of disk formatting to be used. Disk formatting is the process of making a disk for specific file system such as NTFS. Here, we are going to use NTFS, so we will select it and press ENTER. Setup will start formatting the disk and will then start copying files from the CD-ROM to the disk. The system will then need to reboot.


After the restart, Windows XP starts the first time with the graphical user interface.  Setup will continue to copy files and to install the OS.



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