I hope you are already familiar with Windows XP installation but do you know that you can perform a complete XP installation in only 9 minutes instead of 39 minutes. Generally all the versions of XP take 35-39 minutes to install but now it can be done by only 9 minutes. Just you have to apply a simple Windows tweak.

I have tested this trick while installing XP (Service Pack3) on my laptop and it worked perfectly. So do not waste time and try it yourself following the steps below.

How to Reduce the Installation Time:

1. Insert a fresh copy of Windows XP installation CD/DVD and restart your computer.

2. Make sure your computer can boot from CD/DVD. If not, enter into BIOS settings and set the Boot priority to CD/DVD drive. Now It would start to boot from the inserted CD/DVD.

3. It would start to copy the Windows files to hard drive. Wait for the message “Setup will completed in approximately: 39 minutes” to appear in the left pane.

4. Once appeared, press “Shift+F10” to open the command prompt.

4. Type “taskmgr” without quotes and press Enter to open Task Manager. Now search for the process “setup.exe”. Once found, right click on it and set the priority as “High”.

Thus you have all done. Now closing task manager and command prompt, wait for only 9 minutes.

This trick can be also applicable for Vista and Windows 7 but I personally think it’s not required since Vista, Windows 7 installation generally take less times by default.