INSTALLING WINDOWS CLIENT OS
OBJECTIVES:
• Client OS installation requirement & Process
• Identify hardware requirement
• Partition types
• Summary installation process
• Configure OS system Components
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INSTALLING WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
• Ensure that your hardware meets the
requirements for installing Windows XP
Professional.
• Determine whether your hardware is on the
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
• Decide how you will partition the hard disk on
which you will install Windows XP
Professional.
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HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY LIST
• Abbreviated as HCL, the Hardware
Compatibility List is a list of products
maintained by Microsoft that note devices
that have been tested for compatibility with
Windows
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GENERATING A HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
REPORT
1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM
into the CD-ROM drive.
2. At a command prompt, type
d:\i386\winnt32 /checkupgradeonly
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INSTALLING WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
• Choose a file system for the installation
partition.
• System Files: They are the operating system
files that enables the computer to work
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INSTALLING WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
• Boot File: They are the files that determines
location and how the computer boot to load
• It must be located in the primary partition
• Determine whether your computer will join a
domain or a workgroup.
• Complete a pre-installation checklist.
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENT
• Central processing unit (CPU)
• Pentium 233 megahertz (MHz) or equivalent
• Memory 64 megabytes (MB) minimum; 128 MB
recommended
• HDD 4 gigabytes (GB)
• Minimum Hard disk space 1.5 GB on a 2-GB
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENT
• Networking
• Network adapter card(NIC)
• Display
• Video display adapter and monitor with Video
Graphics Adapter (VGA) resolution or higher
• Keyboard
• Mouse
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New Partition or Existing Partition
• Depending on the hard disk configuration
• If the hard disk is unpartitioned, create and
partition.
• If the hard disk is partitioned and contains
enough unpartitioned disk space,
• use the unpartitioned space to create the
partition.
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SUMMARY INSTALLATION PROCESS
• Partition
• Files system
• Formatting
• Installation
• Configuration
• Restarting
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PARTITION TYPES
FAT NTFS/ReFS
• FAT 16 • File Security
• FAT 32 • File compression
• Disk Quota
• File Encryption
• Linux uses non DOS partition system whiles windows uses DOS partition system
• I386\Winnt [Link]
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INSTALLATION
• Installing on an existing partition overwrites
any existing data.
• If the existing partition is not large enough,
delete it to provide more unpartitioned disk
space for the installation.
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RUNNING SETUP
• Load Setup into memory
• Start text based setup program
• Create Windows XP Professional Partition
• Format the partition
• Copy setup files to hard disk
• Restart the computer
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RUNNING SETUP
• After the computer starts, a minimal
version of Windows XP Professional is
copied into memory.
• This version of Windows XP Professional
starts the Setup program.
• Setup restarts the computer and then
starts the text-mode portion of Setup,
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RUNNING SETUP
• It then prompts you to read and accept a
licensing agreement.
• Setup prompts you to select the partition on
which to install Windows XP Professional.
• You can select an existing partition or create a
new partition by using unpartitioned space on
the hard disk.
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RUNNING SETUP
• Setup prompts you to select a file
system for the new partition.
• Next, Setup formats the partition with
the selected file system.
• Setup copies files to the hard disk and
saves configuration information.
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RUNNING SETUP
• Setup restarts the computer and then starts
the Windows XP Professional Setup Wizard
• By default, the Setup Wizard installs the
Windows XP Professional operating system
files in the C:\Windows folder.
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COMPONENTS OF XP
• Name and organization
• Computer name of up to 15 characters.
• If Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) is installed on your computer
• The computer name can be up to 63 characters but
should contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-
z, 0-9) and hyphens.
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COMPONENTS OF XP
• Regional settings
• Password for Administrator account
• Time and date
• Detect network adapter cards
• Select networking components
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COMPONENTS OF XP
• File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft
Networks.
• QoS Packet Scheduler.
• Internet Protocol (TCP/IP
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COMPLETING XP INSTALLATION
• Installs Start menu items
• Registers components
• Saves the configuration
• Removes temporary files.
• Restarts the computer
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Installing Windows over the Network
• Locate a distribution server
• Create a FAT partition on the target
computer
• Install a network client
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INSTALLING OVER THE NETWORK
• Boot the network client
• Connect to the distribution server
• Run [Link] or [Link] to start
the Setup program
• Install Windows XP Professional
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Configuring xp os
• Configure the system's performance options
• Create, modify, and manage user profiles
• Configure the system's startup and recovery
settings
• Configure the system's environment variables
• Configure the system's error reporting
Configuring xp os
• Configure the system's tracking and reversal of
harmful changes
• Configure the system's Automatic Update
feature
• Configure remote computers' access to your
computer
• Join a domain or workgroup
QUESTIONS TIME
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