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3. Select the appropriate option to create a new primary partition on your hard disk.

4. On the next page of the wizard, define size of the new partition. If the selected hard disk contains blocks of free

space, the wizard will automatically merge them all and allocate the resulted space to create the partition. If

not, it will take 50% of the unused space of an adjacent partition, thus resizing it.

5. The next page enables to specify a file system and a number of additional parameters. Since we are going to

install Windows XP, the most preferable file systems are NTFS and FAT32. Click the Yes button to continue.

On this page you can specify a number of additional parameters that can also be of help.

However here we pay attention to the most relevant to fulfill our task.

6. Enter a label for the future partition in the textual field. It will later be used for the drive identification.

7. The program will carry out all the necessary operations and then automatically restart the computer to initiate

the installation process.

If you’ve changed your mind on installing a new operating system, don’t insert its

distributive CD but press ESC when the following message appears: