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Windows NT Installation
Introduction to Windows
Installation
Key Topics
Pre-Installation Hardware check
list
Windows NT on RISC
Hardware Requirements
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
Domains and Workgroups
Computer Account
Windows NT Installation Step 1
Windows NT Installation Step 2
WINNT/WINNT32 Switch Options
Components of Installation
Dual Booting Windows NT
Installation in a Domain or
Workgroup
Installing Server
Communicating with other systems
Creating The ERD
IP Address Components of
Installation
Other Installation Options
Gathering Information and
Finalizing The Installation
Questions
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In order to have an uneventful
installation
of Windows NT
, the installation should have some prior planning and preparation.
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The installation
process asks the usual
questions that include, computer and organization name, administrator
name, workgroup
or domain name, CD
code, installation partition,
and other general information
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During the installation
of a server, the user is asked
to define the server type from a choice of PDC
, BDC
and member server
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The installation
should complete without any
problems if all the right preparations have been made.
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Pre-Installation Hardware
Check list
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Windows NT
on RISC
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Hardware
Requirements
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Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL
)
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Computer account
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Windows NT
Installation steps
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WINNT/WINNT32 switch
options
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Components of
Installation
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Dual Booting Windows NT
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Installing in a Domain
or Workgroup
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Installing Server
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Communicating with other
systems
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Creating an ERD
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Other Installation
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Options Finalizing The
Installation
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Ensure that your computer
components meet the minimum hardware requirements.
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Check that all the system
hardware is listed on the Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL
).
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Installing windows NT4 requires a minimum of 120MB of storage space
preferably 1GB.
Hardware
Compatibility
List (HCL
)
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Microsoft lists all of the
devices
it found compatible with Windows NT
in the latest version of the
Microsoft Hardware
Compatibility List (HCL
) that you should check prior to installing your hardware.
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Microsoft Compatibility
List Web page is www.Microsoft.com/hcl/ and see the HCL
. TXT file or check the file on the installation
CD
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Windows NT
4 supports joining a workgroup
or a domain environment.
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Computers can either create a
workgroup
or join an existing workgroup
during the installation
process of windows NT4.
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In order to join a domain you
must have the domain administrator
create a computer account for
you.
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The computer account must be
created for all the computers joining the domain prior to them attempting
to join by the domain administrator
.
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Computers can join the domain
during their installation
without having a prior account
on the domain only if the domain administrator
is installing that particular
computer.
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You can type WINNT.EXE over DOS
and Windows9x to begin the
installation
.
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You can type WINNT32.EXE over
Windows NT
3.51 to upgrade to Windows NT
4.
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WINNT32.EXE is a faster method
of installing Windows NT
then WINNT.EXE because it has
no 16-bit
installation
components.
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You must specify which
partition you want to install the Windows NT
OS, FAT or the unused space.
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You have the option of
converting the FAT or the unallocated space in to NTFS
during the installation
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NTFS
partitions are only recognized
by Windows NT
and windows 2000
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If you install Windows NT
4 on a different directory
to the original boot operating
system
and Windows NT is not the only
OS, Windows NT will then automatically configure itself to become a dual
boot
between it and the previous
OS.
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Remember Windows NT
does not recognize FAT32
partitions.
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You should know if the
workstation would belong to a domain or a workgroup
.
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Define an administrator
account and password
.
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If the workstation belongs to a
domain you must know its name, and the computer account must be previously
defined in the domain or the domain administrator
must be installing this
machine.
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If installing a server you must
specify the installation
type, Primary Domain
Controller (PDC
), Backup
Domain Controller (BDC
), member server
.
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Within Windows NT
a single CD
is sold for server but the
installation
choices made decide if we
install PDC
, BDC
, or an application server.
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You must know the machine name
in order to be identified uniquely on the network
and added to the domain.
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You must specify your
communication
protocol
(e.g. NetBEUI
, NWLink, TCP
/IP
in order for your machine to
communicate on the LAN
or the Internet
or both.
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You can either generate an
Emergency Repair Disk (ERD
) during the installation
of Windows NT
or after the installation is
completed.
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The option of creating an ERD
is made available to you
during windows NT installation
or you can use the RDISK.EXE
utility after the installation
to create an ERD.
IP
Address
Components of Installation
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You must specify to install an
Internet
Information
Server (IIS
) on a server or a Peer Web Server (PWS
) on a workstation if providing web
service on your machine.
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Choose to generate an ERD
for recovery
purposes during installation
especially for the server.
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Ensure time zone
, display, and other standard windows environment settings are configured.
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Gathering information
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Regional Settings
(location, language
etc)
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Personalize your software
(Name who windows NT is
registered to and your organization)
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Licensing Mode
(per server or per seat option
on a server)
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Optional Component Manager
(select additional components
of windows to install and customize your installation
)
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Date and Time settings
(set date, time, and time zone
etc)
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From which operating system
can use you the WINNT.EXE
file? (Choose all that apply)
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DOS
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Windows 95
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Windows NT
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OS2
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From
which operating system
can you the WINNT32.EXE file?
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DOS
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Windows 95
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Windows NT
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OS2
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Which platforms are supported
by Windows NT? (Choose all that apply)
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IBM
compatible
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MIPS
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DEC alpha
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SUN Solaris
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What are the minimum hardware
requirement of Windows NT
server? (Choose all that
apply)
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486
/33 processor
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2GB hard drive
space
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16MB RAM
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125MB hard drive
space
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Pentium
/75 processor
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What does the WINNT/OX option
perform?
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Skips free space check
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Verify boot floppy files
copied
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Unattended installation
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Creates boot floppies from
installation
CD
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What is the default filing
system for windows NT?
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FAT
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FAT32
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NTFS
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HPFS
Answers
1.
A,B
2.
C
3.
A,C
4.
A,C,D
5.
D
6.
C
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