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Normal 0 Windows XP installation is pretty much different from Windows Vistainstallation. As soon as Windows XP is installed, it demands proper info aboutwhat type of BIOS is accessible on the system and this is known as ACPI orAdvanced Configuration and Power Interface. But as a matter of fact, WindowsXP does not at all times identify the specific BIOS and therefore thesupport menu for ACPI does not get installed. The worse the fact is ACPIsupport gets not installed at the beginning. Its literally impossible toreinstall XP for the second time. It then requires a change in Hardware whichis again a next to impossible thing to do. Whenever the Windows XP CD is inserted in the tray and the command is givento install the same, you will find an option to press F6. It indicates thatyour system needs SCSI or RAID controller. Keep in mind that you are to type F5instead of that. A separate menu of Hardware setting will open following that.Check out for an apposite HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) that will supportACPI. You will be provided with these options: ACPI Multiprocessor ComputerACPI Uniprocessor ComputerAdvanced Configuration PC and Power InterfaceCompaq Systempro Multiprocessor MPS Uniprocessor ComputerStandard ComputerStandard PC paired with C-step i486 etc. In major cases, unlike Windows Vista you will have to useAdvanced Configuration Power Interface which is basically a Hardware settingmenu for your computer. Please keep in mind these cautions before you begin: You have to get and install the most up-to-date BIOS for themotherboard at the advent of Windows XP installation. Another important thing is that you will require using theproper Hardware settings menu (most commonly known as HAL) on ACPI compatiblesystem. You should not use the HAL on an ACPI incompatible system. If you do itanyway, installation will be done but the machine will be unable to start atthe reboot.Situations may come where it will not be advisable to use anACPI HAL even though it is propped up by the BIOS. You will have to determineand detect the case at the earliest and press F7 instead of F5 though you willbe instructed to do that. Windows XP installation may come mingled up with severalproblems as it also happens for WindowsVista installation. The most common of these problems is the shutdown problem which is less discussed and documented. But with all these stepstaken, your Windows XP installation could be the easiest and the mosttrouble-free. One last thing that you have to keep in mind is whether yourcomputer has ACPI enabled features. You can check it out in the following way: Just go to My Computer, right click on it and find the Properties option.Then you have to choose the hardware tab and go to Device Manager option.Expand the computer option. If it shows that your computer has AdvancedConfiguration and Power Interface setting, it will be alright for going furtherwith the installation process. But if it shows that yours one is a Standard PC,you need to understand that you computer is not ACPI compatible. So next timeyou start Windows XP installation, just check out these few things to avoid theshutdown problem.
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