1) A - Installing Windows XP (Some useful Tips)

Note these instructions on a piece of paper cause there is no way you will be able to follow these guidelines while installing XP.

1) (After booting your Windows XP CD) I am gonna fast forward to the installation screen where all you hard disks partition are listed.

2) I have an 80GB hard disk. I have made 4 partitions on that. I suggest you do the same. If you have an Hard Disk exceeding 20GB space. Anyone who has less than (<) 20GB hard disk, I would recommend him making only two partitions.

3) I have installed my OS on the partition labelled C: Commonly, C: is made the primary partition and I would suggest you do the same. Also give your primary partition no more than 10GB space.

4) My partitions = 4
C: = Comprises only of Windows XP
D: = Comprises of only the Softwares I install. Also I save some Setup Files of softwares in this drive.
E: = Comprises of Games and in some cases their Setup Files
F: = Comprises of all the multimedia stuff. My songs and Videos etc.
(This will give you a general idea of what I am suggesting you. If you have better ideas, go on with that, but also leave a comment here of how your idea is better than mine. Thanks!

5) Format all your partitions to the NTFS file system. NTFS is much more advanced and stable than the FAT32 file system. Atleast you should have your OS on an NTFS partition. This improves the perfomance by a considerable margin.