How to reinstall Windows. We work independently

Is it worth to "bother" with the problem, how to reinstall Windows, when you live in two steps from the service center, and next door is a familiar specialist who is always ready to help you? In this case, knowing and being able to use several simple OS installation rules is the choice of each. On average, the cost of this procedure is small and this, with all that 99 percent of it is done automatically. Hand on heart, this money is better to spend on cleaning the computer. That's really where it is sometimes necessary to work hard for a real expert, although this procedure can be mastered and conducted independently.

But often, learning the science of how to reinstall Windows, we simply save time. Despite the appearance of the seventh version of Microsoft's window system, many users are not in a hurry to part with the tested Windows XP, which was initially considered as experimental. To reinstall Windows any of the above versions, you will need to perform similar operations.

Immediately before the start of the OS installation procedure, it is necessary to carry out several preparatory measures. Since when preparing a disk space, the system will perform its formatting, it is necessary to save all the necessary files on the removable device or transfer them to a neighboring local disk.

Sometimes computers are initially configured so that the user has one large disk that corresponds to the size of the hard drive. In such situations it makes sense to break it into several sections. Acronis Disk Director is a convenient tool for performing this operation.

Run the program, select the automatic mode, select the disk in the corresponding item, where we assign the "territory" for the new partition, and set its size. Notify the utility that they intend to create a logical partition. As a file system, we prefer NTFS, we choose any letter for its name. On request "specify a disk label" you can make any record, but usually leave it blank. In a new window, after admiring the expected result of the work, click the "finish" button.

It is possible that Disk Director will reboot the system several times, but it will constantly inform you about the progress of the work. When everything is finished and after the next reboot pops up a familiar Windows window, you can continue to work.
Before reinstalling Windows, we will perform an audit of our files and folders, we will save only the most necessary things, and we will simply get rid of the rest of the garbage.
When all the preliminary operations are done, go directly to the reinstallation. For an example, let's describe how to reinstall Windows XP. The seventh version almost completely repeats these steps.

We insert the disk with the distribution into and reboot the computer. The message "Press any key to boot from CD ..." appears, execute this requirement and click on any button.
Sometimes in BIOS settings there is a "download" option not from the drive, from the hard drive. Then you have to change them. To do this, you must press Delete before starting the system. While the most common are the two BIOS variants.

In the AMI BIOS with a dark blue design on a gray background, select the Boot tab at the top, install our drive as the first boot device. For the hard drive we put the second place. We control either the plus, minus or PageUp and PageDown buttons.

For the Award BIOS with yellow-red design on a bright blue background, you need to go to Advanced BIOS Features and configure the First Boot Device string. Exit the BIOS'a occurs when you click the Save & Exit item or the standard F10 key.
Some modern motherboards use the Qiuck Boot Menu, which determines the initial boot device. It is usually fixed for F8 or F12.

After the installation is started, we ignore all the system offers until the partition is selected on the hard disk. Traditionally it's a C. We agree to fast formatting in NTFS.

At the final stage, when Windows XP is successfully located on your computer, we'll go into the BIOS again and return the hard drive to the first device.

On this instruction, how to reinstall Windows, you can and finish, because then follow the usual user settings, which can be handled already easily.