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Before continuing reading further, it is assumed that you already installed Apache, PHP and MySQL and you have created a database for Drupal.

1. Download Drupal.
2. Decompress drupal-x.x.tar.gz and copy the drupal-x.x/ directory into the root directory of Apache(e.g. C:\wamp\www)
   
3. Copy the C:\wamp\www\drupal-x.x\sites\default\default.settings.php file to C:\wamp\www\drupal-x.x\sites\default\settings.php.
4. Open http://localhost/drupal-x.x using a browser.
5. Click on Install Drupal in English link.
   
6. Type in the followings(Change the values accordingly if your settings are different):
   

       Database name: drupal
       Database username: root
       Database password: mypassword
    

   
   Then, click on the Save and continue button.
7. Type in the followings:
   

       Username: x
       E-mail address: x@1243p.com
       Password: x
       Confirm password: x
    

   
   Then, click on the Save and continue button.
8. It will display a big red warning that it can't sent email. Simply ignore it.
   

       * warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\drupal-6.16\includes\mail.inc on line 193.
       * Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site administrator if the problem persists.
    

   
   Click on "... your new site" link.
9. That's it. You have installed Drupal.