MP Newb about to install xp fresh help please (1 Viewer)

[jayendra]

Hi there,

I am about to do a clean install of xp

Can someone with previous experience write a short description on the best process.

I am medium-advanced computer litterate.

Shuttle SB65g2
pentium 3ghz
1gb ram
250gb HD
Radeon 9600 pro 256mb
Logitech S510 - keyboard, mouse, remote (this was my bottleneck last time)
Fusion HDTV DVB-T pro

Cheers

 

[littlematt]

Ya mate just install xp with sp3. Once you have all your drivers (or before if you think you will be changing drivers/cards and such) and updated windows (if you can heh) then back up an image of your HDD. I use acronis true image on the hiren boot CD which can be found... in various places =). Once you have your nice fresh xp image backed up you can install mp to your hearts content, and it saves SO much time to have an image of a fresh xp install backed up. This way you can just restore the image to get back to square one, rather than start all over again with xp boot disk and all that. Hope this makes sense...
Oh yeah, of course to back up your OS partition you will need a second partition to put the image on to. So split your 250gb HDD into a 30gb OS partition (c) and the other 220gb partition into an everything else partition.

Good luck,
Matt

 

[jayendra]

coolio.

I was going to try MCE 2005 sp2 just for kicks see how it compares
then I saw this scaled down version of xp and I will try that later

THAT LOOKS GREAT.

I will do the partition thing - but do you use the My documents feature on the OS partition? or do you store your content on the other partition

btw nice to meet you matt and thanks - maybe you can spare me some tips of your setup later when I get it all up.

 

[littlematt]

Nah all content is on my D drive, not under my docs. If its a scaled down version of xp you might run into problems but it looks alright. If certain 'non essential' services have been disabled (not sure which ones) then you could have issues, best to install full version of xp...

Oh yeah and MCE doesnt compare at all. MP is 10x better =)

 

[etheesdad]

"scaled down version of XP" may not be a good idea. XP should be normal install (not mini xp, micro xp, or nlited xp) unless you are really confident that you know what you're doing. By using a cut-down OS you may be introducing issues that are not replicable on other systems, and dont align with fixes that already exist in the forum.

these threads have been put up by the mods as particularly useful
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/newcomers-forum-240/useful-posts-50062/

good luck with it

 

[jayendra]

okay all good - just need some help with how to map keys and remote buttons.
see here
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-setup-last-minute-help-remote-mapping-58012/