loading XP

[4robbo]

Hi, I have ordered a new base unit from NT without op sys and a copy of XP Home as I was advised not to buy vista just yet. I dont have the option of buying the unit preloaded with xp. Is it a straight forward job to load this ?

[Taxation]

yup
go into bios
set to boot from cd
and follow the on screen instructions

[4robbo]

Thanks for your reply, I have had a couple of "experts" telling me I would need a floppy drive to load drivers etc and all sorts of confusing information or maybe misinformation.

Thanks again

[Taxation]

if you want RAID then yes, apart from that, you dont need to use one

[Madpeter]

if you are going to be using raid then you will need a floppy drive (unless you got some time to kill and make a copy of windows with the drivers loaded onto them like I did "its easyer to just buy a floppydrive <_<") if you just have it normaly then its almost painless.

[matz]

i forgot to put my floopy in my pc might have to place it back in if im going to use RAID