first xp install ?'s

[catfishjoe_1]

Finally gonna try xp. I have been a win98 user for four years and have used xp a little. How will the install go? What are the best options for settings etc.? Is there a foder in xp to copy to the hard drive like the win98 folder in windows, (I always hated the "please insert windows 98 cd" when trying out new/diff hardwear)? Any other pointers or things I need to be aware of? Going on latest build.

Asus a7v8x-x, athlon xp2200+, powercolor/radeon 9600pro ez 256m, 512mb pc2700(crucial), 80 gig wd w/8mb, 52/32/52 optorite.

I figured on partitioning the drive with fdisk and then letting xp take it from there.
cat

[lil Jimmie]

No need to use Fdisk, just set your bios to boot to the cdrom, insert the XP cd and reboot. The setup will allow you to partition/format during the setup. No need to copy any files to the HDD like 98/ME

I would highly recommend fomating the HDD with NTFS instead of FAT32 there is a big difference with security and stability when using NTFS over FAT32

[Blakhart]

What Jimmy said.
That box should scream when you get it set up with xp.

[catfishjoe_1]

Thanks, did as you said and went real smooth. Formatting the last partition right now.
Thanks again
cat