1. Microsoft® Windows® 2000: The Setup Process David Morgan Setup Support Engineer Microsoft Platforms Support Microsoft Corporation

2. Agenda Setup Requirements Major Changes to the Setup Process
File System Conversion Scenarios
Dual Booting
Plug and Play Integration
Driver Signing
Service Pack Integration

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Upgrade Paths: Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Eight-processor support out of the box
Upgrades Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT Server 4.0, and Terminal Server Edition
Upgrades Microsoft® Windows® NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition
Windows 2000 RC2 or RC3
Does not support any upgrades of Windows 2000 Server, Windows Professional, or Microsoft® Windows® NT Workstation 4.0

10. 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

11. 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

12. File System Conversions
FAT16 to NTFS v5
NTFS to NTFS v5
No path for FAT16 to FAT32
Windows NT Setup

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Plug and Play Integration
Windows 2000 Implementation
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) system BIOS
Microsoft® Win32® Driver Model (WDM)

17. 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

18. 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