70-270: MCSE Guide to

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Second Edition, Enhanced

Chapter 2:
Installing Windows XP
Professional
 Objectives
• Determine if an upgrade is possible
• Boot multiple operating systems
• Plan an installation or upgrade
• Understand the types of installations available
• Work with important setup and advanced
installation options

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 Objectives (continued)
• Work with WINNT and WINNT32
• Understand partitioning, volume licensing, and
activating Windows XP
• Set up Windows XP Professional and upgrade to
multiple processors
• Remove Windows XP Professional

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 Upgrading Versus Installing
• Choose between:
• Upgrading
• Clean installation

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 Upgrading
• Version of Windows already installed
• Can preserve settings
• Upgrade from:
• Windows 95 OSR2,Windows 98,Windows 98 SE, and
Windows ME
• Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (with Service Pack 6 or
later)
• Windows 2000 Professional (with any service packs)
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows 95
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 Upgrade Option From Setup
Wizard

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 Clean Installation
• Installs new version
• No settings maintained
• Good option for system with problems

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Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
• Inspects computer to determine if hardware and
software are compatible with Windows XP
• Can only be used on a system with an existing
Windows OS
• Report can be saved to a file for future reference

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 Booting Multiple
Operating Systems
• Install more than one OS on the same computer
• Should be installed in chronological order
• XP can be dual-booted with any Microsoft OS
• Boot loader:
• Software that shows all currently available operating
systems

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 Planning The Installation
• Careful planning is important
• Determine whether to do upgrade or clean
installation

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 Types Of Attended
Installations

• Choice between:
• Network installation
• CD installation
• Local CD-ROM faster

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 Installing over the Network
• Launch setup routine from network share
• \I386 folder on CD contains files
• Execute WINNT or WINNT32 command

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 Activity 2-1: Network
Installation Setup

• Objective: Prepare a Windows 2000 Server or

Windows Server 2003 as a network installation
point for Windows XP Professional
• Follow instructions to share CD-ROM folder and
set permissions

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 CD-ROM Installation
Launched from Setup Boot
Floppies
• Use setup boot disks (or floppies) to install from
local CD-ROM
• Preferred method when:
• Must install storage drivers manually
• System will not boot from CD
• No existing OS
• No network access

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 Using a Bootable CD
• CD is self-booting
• Most common method

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 Text Mode Setup
• Used when initializing the setup from any method
other than launching Setup from a preexisting
Windows OS

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 GUI Setup Method
• Employs initialization Setup Wizard
• Advanced Options for:
• Source path
• Systemroot
• Whether to copy all files from the CD before rebooting
• Whether to allow manual selection of destination
partition during Setup

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GUI Setup Method (continued)
• Decide if you want to upgrade drive with NTFS
• Dynamic Update:
• New feature
• Enables Setup to download updates and patches for
Windows XP before installation begins

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 Advanced Customized
Installation Options

• Supports both unattended and customized

installation options
• Requires significant system and setup script
preparation and preconfiguration

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 Automated Installations
• Unattended installations:
• Similar to attended
• Answer file provides responses

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 Uniqueness Database File
(UDF)

• Allows override of answer file settings

• Can be created in notepad

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 UNATTEND.TXT File
• Contains default settings
• Modify with Setup Manager Wizard

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 Activity 2-2: Windows XP
Support Tools

• Objective: Install the Windows XP support tools.

• Follow instructions to install tools

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 Activity 2-3: Unattended
Installation Preparation

• Objective: Create an answer file for an unattended

installation of Windows XP using the Setup
Manager Wizard
• Launch Setup Manager Wizard
• Create and save answer file

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 Using Remote Installation
Service (RIS)

• Windows Server-based service

• Allows operating systems to be automatically
installed onto target systems over network
• Admin only needs to power on client
• Takes advantage of DHCP

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 Using Remote Installation
Service (RIS) (continued)

• Common mistake:
• Install applications so that only the local administrator
has access
• Causes significant network traffic
• Solution: dedicate network segment to RIS

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 Using Windows Installer
Service (WIS)

• Simplifies deployment of multiple applications

onto new clients
• Centralizes application installations

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 Using Systems Management
Server (SMS)

• Only used for upgrades

• Offers automated application installation and
configuration settings control
• Complexity outweighs benefits

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 Using Remote Installation
Preparation (RIPrep)

• Create RIS distributable images of fully

configured prototype computer
• Target system must have same HAL

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 Using SYSPREP
• System duplication tool
• Duplicates entire hard drive
• Systems must have similar core hardware
configurations
• Cannot be used for upgrades
• Must be used with a third-party disk-imaging
product

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 WINNT AND WINNT32
• Command-line tools
• Function has changed since Windows NT and
2000

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 WINNT
• 16-bit setup tool
• Launched from DOS or OS that relies on DOS
• Standard and automated installations with few
additional options

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 WINNT Syntax
WINNT [/S[:sourcepath]] [/T[:tempdrive]]
[/U[:answer_file]]
[/UDF:id[,UDF_file]] [/R:folder][/RX:folder]
[/E:command] [/A]

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 WINNT32
• 32-bit setup tool
• Launched from 32-bit operating systems
• Standard and automated installations

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 WINNT32 Syntax
winnt32 [/checkupgradeonly] [/cmd:command_line]
[/cmdcons] [/copydir:i386\folder_name]
[/copysource:folder_name] [/debug[level]:[filename]]
[/dudisable][/duprepare:pathname] [/dushare:pathname]
[/m:folder_name][/makelocalsource] [/noreboot]
[/s:sourcepath] [/syspart:drive_letter]
[/tempdrive:drive_letter] [/udf:id [,UDB_file]]
[/unattend[num]:[answer_file]]

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 Partitioning The Hard Disk
• Active partition
• Houses Windows XP boot files
• To partition:
• Use the DOS FDISK before installation
• Or can partition during setup
• To remove partitions:
• Use DELPART command

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 Activity 2-4: Disk Partitioning
• Objective: Remove and create partitions using the
FDISK command
• Boot to DOS
• Locate and use FDISK

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 Volume Licensing
• Cost effective for multiple machines
• Special version of Windows XP Professional
installation CD
• Can purchase from 5 to over 100,000 volume
licenses

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 Activating Windows XP
• Product has finite initial functional lifetime
• After 30 days must be activated to function
• Product activation:
• Type of registration where system hardware is
identified and matched with product license

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 Activating Windows XP
(continued)

• Drawbacks:
• Hardware changes may invalidate activation
• Difficult if lacking Internet access
• Can be completed during or after setup

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 Windows XP Professional
Setup: Step By Step From
Floppies Or From A Bootable
CD
• Not difficult
• Installation procedure is fairly self-regulating and
self-healing

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 Activity 2-5: Manual Install of
Windows XP

• Objective: Install Windows XP without using any

of the automated features (unattend file, RIS,
imaging, etc.)
• Follow instructions to perform installation

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 Upgrading To
Multiple Processors

• Update the HAL before installing second CPU

into the system
• Fail to properly update the HAL:
• STOP error indicating a HAL mismatch occurs upon
attempted reboot

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 Removing Windows XP
Professional
• Supported:
• When upgrade is performed over Windows
95/98/OSR2/SE/ME
• If installation fails, rollback restores system state
• Use the Add or Remove Programs applet for
uninstall
• Easiest method for older previous OS:
• Destroy installation and start fresh with another OS

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 Activity 2-6: Removing
Windows XP

• Objective: Remove Windows XP and prepare the

computer for another operating system
• Follow instructions to remove XP
• Warning: need to install another OS to use
computer

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 Summary
• Choose hardware for a successful installation
• Can be installed locally or across network
• Can use RIS to install from server
• Must be activated using Product Activation before
30 days
• Clean install vs. upgrade have different
installation options

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