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Install of WinXP Media Center
Name: beardog Date: January 4, 2006 at 14:02:26 Pacific OS: Win XP Media Center CPU/Ram: 2GB
Comment:
I'm installing Win XP media center for the first time on a brand new notebook. I was told to partition the HD and install OS on separate partition. Do I format on both FAT & NTFS formats? and what sizes is best to format 100 HD?
Name: Hellfire Date: January 4, 2006 at 15:26:00 Pacific
Reply:
I would go for 3 partitions, 30gb,30gb & 40gb. I would also format the 2, 30 gigabytes in Ntfs and the last one in fat32. I would install Windows on the first 30gb with ntfs.
You probably would like to hear what other thinks about it too, but if i had to install i would do it like this !
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Response Number 2
Name: beardog Date: January 4, 2006 at 15:53:56 Pacific
Reply:
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