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Adding Hardware To Windows XP Installation Process: Chennai's Premier Networking Training Centre

The document discusses hot-swap and cold-swap devices in a Windows XP installation. Hot-swap devices like USB, FireWire and SCSI can be installed while the computer is on and will automatically install. Cold-swap devices like PCI and ISA cards require shutting down to install and then installing drivers after restarting. Both types of devices are configured through the device manager.

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Adding Hardware To Windows XP Installation Process: Chennai's Premier Networking Training Centre

The document discusses hot-swap and cold-swap devices in a Windows XP installation. Hot-swap devices like USB, FireWire and SCSI can be installed while the computer is on and will automatically install. Cold-swap devices like PCI and ISA cards require shutting down to install and then installing drivers after restarting. Both types of devices are configured through the device manager.

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ADDING HARDWARE TO

WINDOWS XP INSTALLATION
PROCESS

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TYPES OF HARDWARE :
Hardware device are classified in to two types they
are.
• Hot-Swap device.
• Cold-Swap device.

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HOT-SWAP DEVICE :
• The hot-swap device requires that you plug it into
the machine while the machine is turned on.
• It will automatically install and configure itself.
• Which are all the device connecting in the following
port are called Hot-Swap device.
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• Fire Wire (IEEE 1394)
• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

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USB PORT FIRE WIRE (IEEE 394) SCSI

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COLD-SWAP DEVICE :
• Cold-swap device requires that you turn off the
machine before you install the device.
• After connecting the device turn on the machine
you have to install the device driver and configure
the device.
• Which are all the device connecting in to the
following port are called the Cold-Swap device.
• Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards.
• Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) cards.

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PCI CARD ISA SLOT

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DEVICE DRIVER :
A device driver is a software component that
enables your device an operating system to
communicate.But Windows XP provides drivers for a
most common hardware device.The most common
device is are all in the operating system Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL).

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CONFIGURATION HOT-SWAP DEVICE &
COLD-SWAP DEVICE :
All the device are configured are updating
the drivers are done through your device manager.The
device manager will display all the components in the
system. To access the device manager.

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