1-1 Installing 2000 Professional

> Perform an attended installation of Windows 2000 Professional

Clean Install

Setup disks:

You will need four blank, formatted, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup Disk Four

1. Insert disk into the floppy disk drive
2. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM
3. Click Start, and then click Run
4. Type d:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
5. Follow the screen prompts

Using the setup disks:

1. Insert Setup startup Disk 1.
2. Start your computer. Setup starts automatically.
3. Follow on screen instructions.

From the CD:

1. If Windows automatically detects the CD, click Install Windows 2000.
2. If Windows doesn't automatically detect the CD, start Setup from the Run command if you are in windows 9x.
3. Type cd drive:\i386\winnt32.exe
4. If you're using Windows 3.1 or the command prompt, type cd drive:\i386\winnt.exe
5. Follow on screen instructions.

> Perform an unattended installation of Windows 2000 Professional.

Install Windows 2000 Professional by using Windows 2000 Server Remote Installation Services (RIS).

Remote OS Installation allows systems administrators to use the Pre-Boot execution Environment (PXE) based remote boot technology and server-based distribution software to install local copies of the Windows 2000 Professional operating system on workstations.

PXE is a remote boot technology based on the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) .The server that supports Remote Installation Services (RIS) provides a network shared folder as the source of the Windows 2000 Professional files.

Remote Installation Server Requirements

• Pentium or Pentium II 200 megahertz (MHz) recommended (166 MHz minimum).
• 64 megabyte (MB) RAM minimum. If additional services such as the Active Directory, DHCP, and DNS services are installed, the minimum amount of RAM is 96 or 128 MB.
• 2-gigabyte (GB) drive dedicated to the Remote Installation Service's directory tree on the RIS server.
• 10 or 100 megabits per second (Mbps) network adapter card. (100 Mbps preferred.)
• Domain Name System (DNS Service)
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Active Directory

The drive on the server RIS is installed must be formatted with NTFS. RIS requires a significant amount of disk space and cannot be installed on the same drive or partition on which Windows 2000 Server is installed. The drive/partition must contain enough free space for at least one full set of the Windows 2000 Professional installation files. (approximately 800 MB to 1 GB)

Client Requirements

• Pentium 166 MHz or greater NetPC client computer.
• 32 MB of RAM.
• 1.2-GB drive minimum
• PXE DHCP-based boot ROM version .99c or greater or a network adapter supported by the RIS boot floppy

Remote Installation Boot Disk

The remote installation boot disk can be used with computers that do not contain a remote boot-enabled ROM on the network card. The boot disk is designed to simulate the PXE boot process for computers that lack a supported DHCP PXE-based remote boot ROM. The boot disk generator utility is called RBFG.EXE and is located within the \RemoteInstall\admin directory on every Remote Installation Server. To create a Remote Installation Boot Floppy, run the RBFG.exe (E:\RemoteInstall\Admin\i386 \ RBFG.exe ), which will bring up the "Windows 2000 Remote Boot Disk Generator" dialog box.

Client Installations

The client computer's network card must be set as the primary boot device within the system BIOS. When the client computer boots, it requests a network service boot from the remote installation server on the network. After it is contacted, the RIS server prompts users to press the F12 key to download the Client Installation wizard.

If you are using the remote RIS boot floppy disk, insert the disk into the drive and boot the client computer. When the computer boots, the user is requested to press F12 to initiate the network service boot.

1. Reboot the client machine from either the remote floppy or the PXE boot ROM. When prompted, press the F12 key to start the download of the client installation wizard.
2. Press Enter at the welcome screen.
3. Enter user name. Press the Tab key twice. For this instruction set, the password is left blank and the domain name should be entered. Press Enter to continue.
4. You will get a warning message that all data on the client machine hard drive will be deleted. To continue, press Enter .
5. A computer account and a global unique ID for this workstation are displayed. Press Enter to begin Setup. The Windows 2000 Setup program begins.
6. If prompted, go through the Windows 2000 Professional Setup Wizard.

After the installation is complete, the user is prompted to log on to the network with an existing user account, password, and logon domain. At this point, you have successfully configured and installed a remote operating system using RIS.

> Install Windows 2000 Professional by using the System Preparation Tool.

Sysprep.exe Is a tool designed for administrators, and others who need to deploy Windows 2000 on multiple machines. After performing the initial setup steps on one system, you can run SysPrep to prepare the system for cloning. SysPrep assigns a unique Security ID (SID) to each target computer the first time the computer is rebooted.

Sysprep also creates a Mini-Setup wizard which runs the first time the target user reboots the machine. This shortened setup prompts the end user only for required and user-specific information, such as the End User License Agreement, Product ID, and user name and company.

Using SysPrep

When deploying Windows 2000, you can completely install the operating system and preconfigure the shell and applications to the degree required. You can then use Sysprep to enable user-specific customization when the computer is delivered or setup for the user. In this case, the first time the end user starts the computer, Mini-Setup runs to prompt the user for a minimal amount of information. The Sysprep folder is automatically deleted from the hard drive after Mini-Setup completes.

The Sysprep utility can be used in three different contexts:

1. Disk duplication. Using Sysprep with disk duplication allows you to copy fully installed systems when the hardware is similar. It modifies the local machine Security ID (SID) so that it is unique to each machine.
2. Auditing. When you use Sysprep after auditing the computer (using the -nosidgen parameter), Sysprep will be ready for the end user to run Windows.
3. Automating Mini-Setup. Sysprep creates a shortened GUI-mode setup that takes five to six minutes instead of 45 to 60 minutes and prompts the end user only for required and user-specific information, such as the End User License Agreement, Product ID, and user name and company. To use SysPrep in this mode, pre-install Windows 2000 on the local machine and then run Sysprep with the -nosidgen parameter, as in the procedure below.

Manually restore the computer to an end-user ready:

1. On the Start menu, click Run, and then type: cmd
2. At the command prompt, change to the root of the system drive (%systemdrive%) and then type: md sysprep
3. From the \Support\Tools\Deploy.cab file of the Windows 2000 CD, copy Sysprep.exe and Setupcl.exe to the Sysprep folder you have created. (sysprep)
4. Remove the operating system CD.
5. At the command prompt, change to the Sysprep folder, and then type: sysprep -nosidgen with the parameters you choose.

Command-line parameters.