Windows XP Installtion Note on K8

Here I just record several steps need to go through after installation is done. AMD K8 system ONLY!!

Hardware Driver Setup

• Disable System Restore


• Format D: and E: Drives (Or Document and ProgramFiles Drives)


• Install Register Manager to E: Drive


• Change all %ProgramFiles% entries into C:\Program Files


• Open regedit -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Modify CommonFilesDir, ProgramFilesDir and ProgramFilesPath


• Install CPU Drivers (AMD K8 Driver, XP Fix and DualCore Optimizer


• Install nF4 Chipset Driver


• Install .Net Framework package (ATI Gfx Card ONLY!)


• Install Gfx Card Driver


• Install Audio Driver

Set Up User Profile

• Login as Administrator


• Copy User Folder from C:\Documents and Settings to D: Drive


• Open regedit -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Change ProfileImagePath to new location from above step


• Copy back up My Documents to that new location

Partition Size List

• 10400 --> 10GB


• 5154 --> 5GB


• 41002 --> 40GB


• 20600 --> 20GB


• 30800 --> 30GB


• 51300 --> 50GB