12 Installing and Upgrading Windows (Edited)

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Installing and

Upgrading Windows


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Operating System

Provides the fundamental link between thehardware that makes up the PC and the

user OS should be able to do four things:

Communicate with hardware

Provide a user interface

Provide a structure for accessing applications

Enable users to manipulate programs and data


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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows 95


Microsoft Windows NT


Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Os


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Other Operating System

Mac OS UNIX Linux

Few of the more famous ones: Fedora Core

A popular general-purpose Linux, derived from Red Hat Linux.

Debian Used for everything from individual systems to powerful servers.

Slackware A favorite distro for folks who are good at Linuxflexible but not as user

friendly.

Ubuntu Based on Debian but designed for easy use by individual users.

SuSE Another popular general-purpose distro.


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Installing/Upgrading

Windows Preparing for Installation or Upgrade

1. Identify hardware requirements

2.Verify hardware and software compatibility3. Decide whether to perform a clean installation or an

upgrade4. Determine how to back up and restore existing data, if

necessary5. Select an installation method

6. Determine how to partition the hard drive and what filesystem to use

7. Determine your computers network role8. Decide on your computers language and locale settings9. Plan for post-installation tasks


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Post-Installation Tasks

Identifying Installation Problems

Patches, Service Packs, and

Updates

Upgrading Drivers

Restoring User Data Files(if Applicable)


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Installing Windows

2000/XP Registration Versus Activation

Mandatory Activation Within 30

Days of Installation

Activation Mechanics


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Installing or Upgrading to

Windows 2000 Professional Hardware Requirements


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Installing or Upgrading to

Windows XP Professional Upgrade Paths

Windows 98 (all versions)

Windows Me

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (ServicePack 5 and later)

Windows 2000 Professional (includingservice packs)

Windows XP Home Edition


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XP Hardware Requirements


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Upgrading Issues for Windows

2000 and Windows XP Issues that you should be aware of before performing an

upgrade: You can upgrade directly to Windows 2000 Professional from

Windows 95/98 (but not Windows Me) and Windows NTWorkstation

Because of differences between Windows 9xand Windows2000/XP, you might find that some programs that ran well under Windows 9x

will not run under Windows 2000/XP Not only does Windows 2000/XP have new hardware

requirements, it also does not like a lot of Windows 9xsoftware!

Third-party disk compression applications are not supported byWindows 2000/XP

Third-party power management applications are also likely tocause problems with a Windows 2000/XP installation


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Upgrading Issues for Windows2000 and Windows XP

(continue)1. Check out the Windows Marketplace Web site or run a

compatibility report using the Check Upgrade utility providedwith Windows 2000 Professional or the Upgrade Advisor for

Windows XP. These utilities generate a detailed list ofpotentially problematic devices and applications. You can runthe utility in both 2000 and XP as follows: Insert theWindows Installation CD-ROM and, from your current OS,open a command prompt or use the Start Run dialog box torun the WINNT32.EXE program with the

CHECKUPGRADEONLY switch turned on. The command linewill look like this: d:\i386\winnt32/checkupgradeonly (whered: is the optical drive).


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Upgrading Issues for Windows2000 and Windows XP

(continue)2. Have an up-to-date backup of your data and configuration

files handy.

3. Perform a spring cleaning on your system by uninstalling

unused or unnecessary applications and deleting old files.4. Perform a disk scan and a disk defragmentation.

5. Uncompress all files, folders, and partitions.

6. Perform a virus scan, and then remove or disable all virus-checking software.

7. Disable virus checking in your system CMOS.

8. Keep in mind that if worse comes to worst, you may have tostart over and do a clean installation anyway. This makesstep 2 exceedingly important! Back up your data!


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The Windows 2000/XP

Clean Install Process Manually

From CD-ROM

Over the Network Installation

Automating the Install

Scripting Installations with Setup

Manager Sysprep

Disk Cloning


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Troubleshooting Installation

Problems (Text Mode Errors) No Boot Device Present When Booting Off the Startup Disk

Either the startup disk is bad or the CMOS is not set to look at that disk drivefirst

Windows Setup Requires XXXX Amount of Available Drive

Space You forgot to format the C: drive, or theres a bunch of stuff on the drive

already

Not Ready Error on Optical Drive You probably just need to give the optical drive a moment to catch up.

Press R for retry a few times. You may also have a damaged installationdisc, or the optical drive may be too slow for the system

A Stop Error (Blue Screen of Death) After the Reboot at theEnd of Text Mode This is most common during a Windows 2000/XP installation and may

mean that you didnt do your homework in checking hardwarecompatibility, especially the BIOS. If you encounter one of these errorsduring installation, check out the Microsoft Knowledge Base, especiallyarticle 165863, Troubleshooting Stop 0x0A Messages in Windows 2000

and Windows NT.


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Troubleshooting InstallationProblems (Graphical Mode Errors)

Hardware Detection Errors

Cant Read CAB Files

Lockups During Install

Smart Recovery, Repair Install

Optical Drive, Hard Drive

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