Microsoft® Windows® 2000:

The Setup Process

David Morgan
Setup Support Engineer
Microsoft Platforms Support
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft® Windows® 2000
Professional:
System Requirements

 Pentium 133 or higher (recommended)

 64 MB of RAM
 2-GB hard disk with 650 MB free
 Supports up to two processors

Windows NT Setup
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server:
System Requirements

 Pentium 133 or higher

 128 MB of RAM (minimum); 4 GB (maximum)
 2-GB hard disk with 1 GB free
 Supports up to four processors

Windows NT Setup
Microsoft® Windows® 2000
Advanced Server:
System Requirements

 Pentium 133 or higher

 RAM 256 MB (recommended), 128 supported
minimum); 8 GB (maximum)
 2-GB hard disk with 1 GB free
 Supports up to eight processors

Windows NT Setup
Setup Requirements:
Foot Print Size

 Disk requirements account for all components.

 Disk requirements assume 32-KB FAT16 clusters.
Numbers for NTFS and FAT32 are significantly
lower.
 Winnt32.exe checks for free space before copying
files.
 Free space requirements are kept in Dosnet.inf -
[DiskSpaceRequirements]

Windows NT Setup
Upgrade Paths:
Windows 2000 Professional

 Supports up to two processors out of the box

 Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 and Microsoft®
Windows® NT 3.51
 Microsoft® Windows® 95 and Microsoft®
Windows® 98
 Windows 2000 RC2 or RC3
Upgrade Paths:
Windows 2000 Server
 Four-processor support out of the box
 Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, and
Microsoft® Windows® NT Server 4.0, Terminal
Server Edition
 Windows 2000 RC2 or RC3
Major Changes:
Windows 2000 Setup

 Plug and Play integration

 Driver signing
 Role of server (domain controller or member
server)
 Add/change network card settings dialog box
 Accessories page (bitmaps, sound schemes,
and so on)
 Default folder is now Winnt
 Upgrades can only be initiated using
Winnt32.exe
Major Changes:
Windows 2000 Setup

 Offending services are disabled before upgrades

begin
 Upgrades and Setup now run in VGA mode using
Vga.sys
 Creation of Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) is moved
to Ntbackup.exe
 Repair process is changed extensively
File System Conversions

 FAT16 to NTFS v5
 NTFS to NTFS v5
 No path for FAT16 to FAT32

Windows NT Setup
File System Conversions (2)

 FAT to NTFS v5
 Is left completely up to the user
 Wizard page asking if you want to convert the file
system to NTFS is displayed
 Server installation defaults to “yes”
 Workstation installation defaults to “no”
 Affects only the partition on which the %WinDir%
folder resides
 Unattended upgrade is driven by value in
filesystem key

Windows NT Setup
File System Conversions (3)
 NTFS - NTFS v5
 Takes place during any installation or upgrade of
Windows 2000
 Conversion does not take place until Setup is
finished
 All media is converted, including removable
media
 If computer is running Service Pack 4 (SP4) or
earlier, a warning message is displayed in Text-
mode Setup
 Backwards compatibility for Windows NT 4.0 is
provided by an updated Ntfs.sys file that is
included in SP4
Dual Booting:
Windows NT/Windows 2000
 If the file system is FAT16, Windows NT 4.0
and previous versions can coexist with
Windows 2000
 You can reinstall the previous operating system,
but you must use the updated Winnt32.exe with
SP4
 If NTFS
 Install Windows NT 4.0 first (SP4 at a minimum)
 You cannot reinstall Windows NT 4.0 after NTFS
is converted
 Dual installations on the same partition are
not supported by Microsoft
Plug and Play Integration

 Windows 2000 Implementation

 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI) system BIOS
 Microsoft® Win32® Driver Model (WDM)
Windows 2000 Setup Process
(Winnt32.exe)
 Command-line switches
 /unattend[num]:[answer_file]
 /copydir:folder_name
 /copysource:folder_name
 /cmd:command_line
 /debug[level][:filename]
 /udf:id[,UDF_file]
 /syspart:drive_letter
 /checkupgradeonly
 /cmdcons
 /makelocalsource
 /noreboot
Service Pack Integration

 No need to reapply a service pack after you

change computer state
 Slipstreaming - applying the service pack to
an installation share of Windows 2000
 Dynamically built hives
 Layout.inf now points to new locations
 Compatibility exists on computers not
installed from the service pack