Whether it is a rookie or an old bird, after using the computer, it is inevitable to install the operating system you need by yourself or reinstalling. Although the process of installing the operating system is not too complicated, it is indeed a laborious task.
1. The main steps to quickly reinstall the system
First, adjust the system boot sequence. Generally, when the computer is turned on, press the DEL key to enter the BIOS setting interface, and change the settings in the system boot sequence to "CD-ROM" (optical drive is preferred to start).
Then, reformat the hard disk. In order to give the newly installed operating system an "absolutely pure" environment, many people are accustomed to re-formatting the system partition before reinstalling to eliminate the possible impact of the original system.
It should be noted that if other operating systems were installed in a partition of the hard disk, the new operating system should not be installed in the same partition. This will help to enhance the stability of each system in the coexistence of multiple systems.
Next, install a new operating system. Use Windows to install the CD-ROM to boot the system, and then follow the prompts of the installation wizard to follow the steps. This process is the longest, and every time the computer is over, a question will arise, such as "Where are you going to install the system", "What is your serial number", "What is your computer's name?"... If you don't answer in time, it will stop the entire installation process and wait for you, which is very annoying.
Finally, various drivers need to be installed. In most cases, although the system will pre-install some basic drivers, in order to better utilize the hardware performance, we should still manually install some more suitable drivers.
If you are online frequently, installing the latest patch or patch package is also a necessary step. Connecting to the Internet, you can go to Microsoft's update site to download key updates and service packs, Windows XP, driver updates and other update programs of different categories. In order to save trouble, we can download and install packaged patch packages, saving the trouble of searching and installing one by one. After the update, the system can be provided with security and stability, and also provides some better new features.
2. Use the installation script
Generally speaking, it takes 1 to 2 hours to successfully install the operating system. If the system configuration is slightly lower, the time will take longer.
As mentioned earlier, during the installation process, although most of the operations are automatically performed by the installer, there are still many steps that require the user to select relevant options or enter some information (serial number, region and language, computer name, administrator password, date and time settings, network settings, etc.) before the installation can continue. In this way, we have to stay in front of the computer and wait for answers to the questions raised by the computer at any time. Many people are "very tired of reinstalling the system", but they are actually "tired" here.
So, some experts found a way to be lazy. They save some fixed selection operations and settings information as a script file and put all the answers that are ready to answer the computer. In this way, when the installer wants to ask questions, he can directly find the answer in the script, realizing fully automatic installation without anyone participating, while experts can comfortably leave the computer to do other things. Next, we will take the current mainstream Windows XP as an example to introduce how to create installation scripts for Windows XP and realize a fully automatic installation method without anyone participating.
There is a "" file in the "SUPPORT\TOOLS" directory of the Windows XP installation CD. Use WinRAR decompression software to open the file and unzip the program in it. It is the legendary "Windows Installation Manager".
Double-click the program to start Windows Installation Manager. The "Windows Installation Manager Wizard" dialog box also pops up. Through this wizard, we can create the required installation scripts.
To create an unattended installation script, you must first select Automatically in the User Interaction Level dialog box of the Windows Installation Manager Wizard. In this way, the installer will not prompt the user to give any answers, and the relevant answer information will be set in the script file.
In addition, in normal cases, we use the Windows XP installation CD to install Windows, so we need to select "No, this answer file will be used to install from the CD" in the "Distribution Folder" dialog box.
Then, click Next, tick me to accept the license agreement, and then click Next, the Windows Installation Manager Wizard closes, and the Windows Installation Manager becomes the active window.
In the following content, we can see that the option settings and user information to be collected by the Windows Installation Wizard can be found in the Windows Installation Manager. As needed, after setting the default name and unit, product key (serial number), computer name, administrator password, network components, workgroup or domain, installation folder and other information, execute the "File" and "Save" command in the menu bar to save.
It should be noted that the answer file for the installer is usually (except for network pre-installation), and we can name the file at will. However, because we selected "No, this answer file will be used to install from the CD" in the "Windows Installation Manager Wizard", we must save the answer file as "".
Copy the "" file to a formatted blank floppy disk. When you need to reinstall Windows XP, set the boot method in the BIOS to boot from CD-ROM first, and then plug in the floppy disk and Windows XP installation CD, and you can leave the computer to do other things with confidence, without worrying about the system installation process.