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Phases of Setup

When you are installing or upgrading Windows 2000 Professional, follow the three general Setup phases, including: the Setup Loader phase, which is used to begin the installation process; text-mode Setup, which is the text-based portion of Setup and is characterized by a blue background; and GUI-mode Setup, which is the final phase of Setup and is distinguished by a Windows graphical interface and wizard page.

Setup Loader

The Setup Loader phase of Setup is usually initiated by running Winnt.exe or Winnt32.exe from the command line. You can also initiate Setup Loader by starting the computer from the Windows 2000 operating system CD. Setup copies the installation files and Setupldr from the CD to the hard drive and creates or modifies Boot.ini (in multiple-boot configurations in which either Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 is previously installed). Setupldr is a variant of Ntldr, which initiates the installation process when it is called by the bootstrap loader and loads Ntbootdd.sys and Ntdetect.com. These files perform initial hardware detection and then pass control to the kernel, which is loaded along with the boot drivers and the drivers for the hard drive controller(s). Setupldr also changes the boot sector to point to Setupldr.

This phase of Setup also gathers information to create a small unattended file. This file answers some of the questions that are asked later in the Setup process so that it can be run with minimal involvement.

For more information about using Winnt.exe and Winnt32.exe, see "Installing Windows 2000 Professional" in this book.

Text-Mode Setup

The text-mode phase of Setup is a mini-kernel mode phase that is started by a special session manager called Usetup.exe, which is located in the folder i386. The text-mode phase is also identified by its character-based screen with a blue background. During this phase, Setup completes the following tasks:

Determines the basic hardware installed (such as the CPU, motherboard type, and hard disk controllers).

Examines the hard disks.

Creates the registry and file systems.

Performs limited Plug and Play detection.

Partitions and formats the drive for the file system or converts to an NTFS file system when you upgrade from Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.

Checks that there is adequate disk space for the installation and checks for minimum system requirements, such as memory and hard disk drive space.

Copies most installation files to the Windows 2000 installation folder to begin the GUI-mode phase of setup.

After the text-mode phase of Setup is complete, the computer restarts, and the GUI-mode phase of Setup begins. GUI-mode is identified by a graphical user interface (GUI) and the Setup wizard, which begins with the End-User License Agreement ( EULA) and Product ID dialog box.

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When you use Winnt32.exe or Autorun.exe, the EULA and Product ID dialog box appear during the Setup loader phase.

Setup performs the following tasks during the GUI-mode phase:

Detects and installs devices found on the computer.

Configures each device, and installs and configures networking components.

Installs any optional components.

Copies the remaining installation files that were not copied during the text-mode phase of setup.

Writes the setup log files to the installation directory. the setup log files are as follows:




Setupact.log, which contains information about all the files copied during Setup.

Setuperr.log, which contains information about any errors that were encountered during Setup.

Setupapi.log, which contains information about the device driver files that were copied during Setup.

Setuplog.txt, which contains additional information about the device driver files that were copied during Setup.

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The log files that are created during Setup can be used to help troubleshoot any installation problems that you might encounter. Double-click a log file to read it, or open it by using Notepad or a word processing application.

When GUI-mode has completed these tasks, it starts the operating system and presents the Winlogon screen. This stage of Setup is recoverable; if Setup halts, it can restart and continue where it left off.

During a clean installation of Windows 2000 Professional, Setup now prompts you to provide a user account and logon information. If you are upgrading from Windows 95 or Windows 98, Setup prompts you to supply password information.

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On a new installation, you are prompted for an Administrator password; you can also personalize the installation, for example, by customizing Regional Options, Accessibility Options, and Network and Dial-up Connections settings.