1. http://windows.radified.com/ " This Windows XP Installation Guide will take you from blank hard drive to Ghost image: from soup to nuts."
2. http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPPro/installxppro1.htm "Windows XP Professional Install Guide Page 1" with pictures of every step.
As such is available, it would be amiss to write it in this small space. If you hit upon a problem, tell more about the issue.
Bob
I have a Sony Vaio laptop, P-3 500 with win 98 SE.
I want to install Win XP but I get a message "the hard drive is too small". I would like a walk-thru on formatting the hard drive so I can go forward with this process. Also, by formatting the HD, will any errors be erased by this procedure? When I boot up the computer, I get a (spool 32 error) message and sometimes the printer does not get recognized. along with that, I experience lag when pages are loading.
Any tips on solving this?

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