Quick Steps for Drupal Installation

Steps for Drupal Installation

1. Install XAMPP in C drive.

2. Start Apache (Web server) and MySQL (database server) services from the XAMPP control panel.

3. Save drupal version in C:\xampp\htdocs.

4. When you unzip the download of Drupal, it will probably create a directory called "drupal-6.17" (or whatever the latest version of Drupal is). Possibly rename this directory to "drupal", so you can access your local Drupal install at http://localhost/drupal.

5. In a web browser, go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.

6. Click on the Privileges tab to create a new database user for Drupal. Choose the name "drupal", select "localhost" for host, and enter your password (twice). Choose the option to create a new database with the same name and grant all privileges.

7. Copy & paste the file "default.settings.php" in "c:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default", under the drupal directory, and name it "settings.php".

You should now have two identical files in your "c:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default" folder -- one called "settings.php" and one called "default.settings.php".
8. You should now have two identical files in your "c:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default" folder -- one called "settings.php" and one called "default.settings.php".
9. Follow the instructions in http://localhost/drupal and install the setup completely.
Url for downloading installable : http://drupal.org/node/307956