• Disconnect the ZIP drive prior to installing the operating system. Since it will hijack your drive letter assignment for the C drive. After the operating system is installed you can reconnect it.
• Download BIOS updates for your Motherboard BIOS and install.
• If your motherboard has integrated LAN, Audio and/or Video you should also obtain these drivers from the manufactures web site.

Following are procedures for installing the WinXP operating system.

• Set BIOS to boot off of CD-ROM. If system does not support CD-ROM boot download the boot disks from Microsoft web site. Boot the WinXP setup CD-ROM.
• Choose CUSTOM Network install when asked unless you intend to setup the PC on a workgroup called "WORKGROUP".
• Once setup is complete create a new user account for the individual who will be the Administrator. You can give this person Administrator rights. Administrator will only show up until this new user is created. Best to do this right at the start before you start installing additional software.
• Download and Install operating system Service Packs. Then install rest of the updates on the Microsoft Windows Update site.
• Additional useful utilities to install are the Powertoys from Microsoft. Especially the Tweak Utility which will give you an easy way to set the system up for an automatic login, if desired.

If problems occur after setup the following are possible repair procedures.

• Run "SFC /scannow"
• Boot setup disk, select WinXP install, F8 to accept license, then put an "R" next to the system installed on your partition.