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Chapter 1: Planning the Installation
of Windows XP
MCDST 70-271: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a
Microsoft Windows XP Operating System
Objectives
• Understand your role in the support process
• Understand the types of installations available
• Plan an installation
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Objectives (continued)
• Understand network- and CD-based attended
installations
• Understand volume licensing
• Understand Windows XP activation
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Your Role in Supporting
the End User
• Supporting end users requires that you wear
many hats
– The hat of a listener
– The hat of an expert
– The hat of a co-worker
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Your Role in Troubleshooting
Windows XP
• Restoring desktop settings for end users
• Backing up System State data
• Working with storage mechanisms to
troubleshoot problems
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Your First Step: Understanding
Upgrades and Clean Installations
• Clean installation performed:
– When no operating system currently exists on the
computer
– When you wish to overwrite an existing operating
system
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Your First Step: Understanding
Upgrades and Clean Installations
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• Attended installation
– Requires the presence of an operator
• Unattended installation
– Partially or fully automated installation
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Your First Step: Understanding
Upgrades and Clean Installations
(continued)
• Upgrade installation
– Performed when you wish to retain system
configuration and personal data
• Multiboot systems
– Have two or more operating systems installed
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Planning the Installation
• Careful planning
– Essential for the smooth installation of any OS
• Windows XP Professional
– Has specific set of minimum system requirements
that a target computer must meet or exceed
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Planning the Installation
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Hardware Compatibility List
• Contains all known Windows XP-compatible
hardware devices
• Points to each device’s driver
• Always a good idea to use HCL as primary
reference when evaluating prospective
Windows XP system
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Finding the HCL
• Easiest place to look is on the Windows XP CDROM in the Support folder
– Exists as a text and a Help file
• Microsoft’s Quality Labs are constantly updating
HCL
– Version of HCL on the CD-ROM will quickly
become outdated as new drivers and devices are
introduced
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Why the HCL Is So Important
• Microsoft’s technical support policy
– Any hardware that is not on the HCL is not
supported for Windows XP
• Windows XP
– Automatically investigates your hardware and
determines whether the minimum requirements
are met
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Network or CD Attended
Installations
• Performing a network installation
– Means launching the Setup routine from a network
share instead of a local device
• To install Windows XP Professional over the
network
– Must have an existing OS with network
connectivity and access privileges
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CD-ROM Installation Launched
from Setup Boot Floppies
• Preferred method
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If you must install storage drivers manually
When your system will not boot from the CD
When an existing OS is not present
When network access is not available
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Using a Bootable CD
• Most common installation method for individual
installations
• Faster than the floppy method
• Can be used regardless of the presence of an
OS on the system or network access
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CD-ROM Launch from Existing OS
• Setup process can be launched:
– From an existing OS
– From a boot floppy that contains CD-ROM drivers
• Launching Setup requires execution of WINNT or
WINNT32 file from the \i386 directory
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Important Setup Option
Differences
• Text mode setup
– Used when you initialize the setup from any
method other than launching Setup from a
preexisting Windows OS
• GUI setup method
– Employs an initialization SetupWizard to preselect
or predefine several setup options
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Important Setup Option
Differences (continued)
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Partitioning the Hard Disk
• Reasons
– Some people wish to create a partition for
Windows XP itself and another partition for
data files
– When creating a multiboot system, you need
separate partitions for each OS
– Many people create a DOS boot partition that’s
accessible when booting from a floppy
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Volume Licensing
• Must have a user license for Windows XP
Professional installation to be valid and legal
• When you purchase a volume license, you
obtain:
– A special volume license version of the
Windows XP Professional installation CD
– A list of your special volume license product keys
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Activating Windows XP
• Product activation
– Mechanism by which a product has a finite initial
functional lifetime
• Activation benefits
– Ensures that you have purchased a fully licensed
and valid product
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Activating Windows XP
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• Activation drawbacks
– If you make a significant change to your hardware,
your activation can be invalidated
– Activation must be completed even if you do not
have Internet access
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Activating Windows XP
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Activating Windows XP
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Summary
• Supporting end users requires that you wear
many hats
• Role in troubleshooting
– Restoring desktop settings, backing up System
State data, working with storage mechanisms
• When installing Windows XP Professional,
options include:
– A clean installation
– Upgrading an existing installation
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Summary (continued)
• Options for attended (manual) installations
include a network installation or a CD installation
• FDISK DOS utility can be used to partition hard
drives
• Windows XP needs to be activated on each
computer
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