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How to Perform a New Installation of Windows XP - Part 1 of 3

By Tim Fisher, About.com

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Choose a Partition to Install Windows XP On

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Install Windows XP - Step 8 of 30

Highlight the line with the newly created partition and press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected partition.

Note: Even if you created a partition at the maximum size available, there will always be a relatively small amount of space left over that will not be included in the partitioned space. This will be labeled as Unpartitioned space in the list of partitions, as shown in the screen shot above.

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