Setup Guru Needed - Thanks

[Rachel K]

Hello
1. Does Windows 2000 have setup disks or just CD's.
2. Do you have to create setup disks for a fresh install?
3. With a new hard drive, will it recognize that it needs to be partitioned
or formatted?

I read if you have a system with a bootable CDRom, you do not have to make
setup disk?
Is the Windows 2000 CD bootable?

Thanks in advance

Rach

[JMV]

The win2K cdrom is bootable. Thus you don't need setup disks. However, you
can create them by running "makeboot.exe" which is in the directory called
"Bootdisk" on the CD. Installation is much faster if you boot the cdrom.

I haven't tried it on a completely blank hard drive but I do know that the
setup routine can delete, create, and format partitions. Thus, I would bet
it could handle a completely blank disk.

--
John M. Vittone
MS MVP

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[Rachel K]

Hi John
Thanks for the info
?
Is Windows 2000 a "TRUE" plug & play OS, if so, will I have to change the
bios to reflect this. It is currently
set to: NO Plug & Play OS.

Thanks
Rachel

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[MJM]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:11:08 -0500, "Rachel K" <rac...@glasscity.Xnet
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>Hello
>1. Does Windows 2000 have setup disks or just CD's.

There is a folder on the CD that contains the Floppy images.

>2. Do you have to create setup disks for a fresh install?

Nope. Use your Win 98 stert up disk to fire up the pc and then change
drives to the CD drive with the Win2000 CD and open folder "i386" and
type in "winnt.exe". And install begins

>3. With a new hard drive, will it recognize that it needs to be partitioned
>or formatted?

Yes and it will ask if you wish Fate32 or NTFS file system.

>
>I read if you have a system with a bootable CDRom, you do not have to make
>setup disk?
>Is the Windows 2000 CD bootable?

I believe that it is bootable (autorun) only if installing from Win
95, Win98 or Upgrading from WinNT.....But I'm not sure.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Rach
>

[Rachel K]

Hi MJM

Which is best Fat32 or NTFS ???

Rachel
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[MJM]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:22:55 -0500, "Rachel K" <rac...@glasscity.Xnet
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>Hi MJM
>
>Which is best Fat32 or NTFS ???
>
>Rachel
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From what I understand, NT/W2K works best in NTFS but......NTFS drives
cannot be "seen" in Win 95/98.
So, if you have a dual boot of Win 95/98 and W2K and you wish to see
all drives from both operating systems, format as FAT32.

[Amiri Jones]

MJM <mj.mu...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:11:08 -0500, "Rachel K" <rac...@glasscity.Xnet

> >Is the Windows 2000 CD bootable?
> I believe that it is bootable (autorun) only if installing from Win
> 95, Win98 or Upgrading from WinNT.....But I'm not sure.
> >

The Windows 2000 CD is bootable, per the El Torito bootable CD standard.
Most modern CD drives and motherboards support booting directly from the CD
drive (although you usually have to go into the BIOS setup and change the
order in which the system looks for bootable drives). This has nothing to
do with the AUTORUN.INF file that most Windows CDs have now.

[Rachel K]

Thank YOU
Rachel

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