Before we begin we are going to need the installation files. Follow through the Requirements page and make sure you download all of the respective files before we begin. If you are on dial-up it will take sometime. But don't worry, this page is here always.

Here is how I have prepared for this installation, where I have the downloaded files, how I will extract them and so on. It doesn't mean a failure if you do not follow this step exactly the same way that I present it to you, but perhaps it just might make things a little easier for you.

• My first step is to create my base directory in my E: Drive. I will name my new folder: Inet.
  This is where I will install all the applications, also where I will serve my web pages.
  I will install Apache to:
  E:\Inet\Apache2
  PHP to E:\Inet\PHP
  MySQL to E:\Inet\MySQL and so forth.
  
  I will also manually create a folder that I will name WWW. This is where I will put all my html files and so forth.
  
  It is up to you to follow this system. Heck, you might even not have an E drive in the first place. That is perfectly OK. Just be careful with the adaptaion. You just as may only have a C drive, in which case, you know to replace every instance of E:\ with C:\
  
  If you choose to install the programs to different locations, then just make sure you change every line that needs a reference to its location.
  But if you follow me, I would say the only thing you should do, and that is if you must, then just make an alteration to the drive path.

• Having that our of the way, I create a new folder on my desktop named Files.
• I put all the installation files into my Files directory. Looks like this
• I begin by double-clicking on the apache_2.0.43-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi file to begin the installation of Apache.
  

Proceed to Step 2