Forgive the ignorance...
So I will be building a new system this week. I plan on doing a fresh install of XP on a brand new Seagate 320GB SATA drive. I have read that some people say that I will need to f6 and install drivers before installing windows, some people say that is only if I am going to run RAID.
I just want to do a basic install. I am not real sure what size of partition I should do for the OS. But basically that is it, 1 partition for the OS and one for everything else.
What I am asking is:
Will I need to have a floppy drive to install an OS?
Is there any work around if I don't have a floppy?
What size of partition do you reccomend on a 320GB HDD?
Are there any other tips or tricks that you would reccomend?
Are there any other problems that I will be running into that I have failed to mention?
Thank you in advance
So I will be building a new system this week. I plan on doing a fresh install of XP on a brand new Seagate 320GB SATA drive. I have read that some people say that I will need to f6 and install drivers before installing windows, some people say that is only if I am going to run RAID.
I just want to do a basic install. I am not real sure what size of partition I should do for the OS. But basically that is it, 1 partition for the OS and one for everything else.
What I am asking is:
Will I need to have a floppy drive to install an OS?
Is there any work around if I don't have a floppy?
What size of partition do you reccomend on a 320GB HDD?
Are there any other tips or tricks that you would reccomend?
Are there any other problems that I will be running into that I have failed to mention?
Thank you in advance