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Requirements:

Component Recomended Minimum Suggested
Configuration
CPU Pentium-based Pentium II or higher
Memory 32 MB 64 MB or higher
Hard disk space 685 MB 2 GB or higher
Networking NIC NIC
Display VGA SVGA
CD-ROM needed when not
installing over
the network		 needed when not
installing over
the network
Keyboard and
mouse		 required required
Sound card not required required for visually impaired
users needing narrative
voice to guide installation

 

All hardware should appear on the Windows 2000 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) (KB# Q142865)

Windows 2000 Professional supports Symetric Multi-processing with a maximum of two processors, and up to 4 GB of RAM.

Attended installations:

Setup has four stages:

  1. Setup Program (text mode)- preps hard drive for following stages of install and copies files needed for running Setup Wizard. Requires reboot.
  2. Setup Wizard (graphical mode) - prompts for additional info such as product key, names, passwords, regional settings, etc.
  3. Install Windows Networking - detects adapter cards, installs networking components (Client for MS Networks, File & Printer Sharing for MS Networks), and installs TCP/IP protocol by default (other protocols can be installed later). Choose to join a workgroup or domain at this point (must be connected to network and provide credentials to join a domain). After all choices are made components are configured, additional files copied, and the system is rebooted.
  4. Setup Completion - installs Start Menu items, register's components, saves configuration, removes temporary files and system rebooted one final time.

Installing from CD-ROM:

  • Setup disks are not required if your CD-ROM is bootable or you are upgrading a previous version of Windows.
  • To make boot floppies, type makeboot a: in the \bootdisk directory of your W2K CD. Creates set of four 1.44 MB boot floppies. (KB# Q197063)
  • If installing using a MS-DOS or Win95/98 boot floppy, run winnt.exe from the i/386 to begin Windows 2000 setup.
  • Setup will not prompt the user to specify the name of an installation folder unless you are performing an unattended installation or using winnt32 to perform a clean installation. (KB# Q222939)

Installing over a Network:

  • Create a distribution server which has a file share containing the contents of the /i386 directory from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
  • 685 MB minimum plus 100 - 200 MB free hard drive space to hold temporary files during installation.
  • Install a network client on the target computer or use a boot floppy that includes a network client (KB# Q142857). Run winnt.exe from file share on distribution server if installing a new operating system or winnt32.exe if upgrading a previous version of Windows.
  • Clean installation is now possible with Windows 2000. NT 4 required a pre-existing FAT partition.

Command line switches for winnt.exe:

Switch Function
/a Enables accessibility options
/e[:command] Specifies a command that will be run at the end of  Stage 4 of setup
/r[:folder] Specifies optional folder to be installed. Folder is not removed with temporary files after installation
/rx[:folder] Specifies optional folder to be copied. Folder is deleted after installation
/s[:sourcepath] Specifies source location of Windows 2000 files. Can either be a full path or network share
/t[:tempdrive] Specifies drive to hold temporary setup files
/u[:answer file] Specifies unattended setup using answer file (requires /s)
/udf:id[,UDF_file] Establishes ID that Setup uses to specify how a UDF file modifies an answer file

Modifying Setup using winnt32.exe:

Switch Function
/checkupgradeonly Checks system for compatibility with Windows 2000. Creates reports for upgrade installations.
/copydir:folder_name Creates additional folder inside %systemroot% folder. Retained after setup.
/copysource:folder_name Same as above except folder and it's contents are deleted after installation completes
/cmd: command_line Runs a command before the final phase of Setup
/cmdcons This adds a Recovery Console option to the operating system selection screen
/debug[level]
[:file_name]		 Creates a debug log. 0=Sever errors only. 1=regular errors. 2=warnings. 3=all messages.
/m:folder_name Forces Setup to look in specified folder for setup files first. If files are not present, Setup uses files from default location.
/makelocalsource Forces Setup to copy all installation files to local hard drive so that they will be available during successive phases of setup if access to CD drive or network fails.
/nodownload

Used when upgrading from Win95/98. Forces copying of winnt32.exe and related files to local system to avoid installation problems associated with network congestion. (KB# Q244001)
/noreboot Tells system not to reboot after first stage of installation.
/s:source_path Specifies source path of installation files. Can be used to simultaneously copy files from multiple paths if desired (first path specified must be valid or setup will fail, though).
/syspart:drive_letter Copies all Setup startup files to a hard disk and marks the drive as active. You can physically move the drive to another computer and have the computer move to Stage 2 of Setup automatically when it is started. Requires /tempdrive switch. (KB# Q234037 & Q241803)
/tempdrive:drive_letter Setup uses the specified tempdrive to hold temporary setup files. Used when there are drive space concerns
/unattend: [number]
[:answer_file]		 Specifies answer file for unattended installations.
/udf:id[,udf_file] Establishes ID that Setup uses to specify how a UDF file modifies an answer file.