Lesson 2:Installing Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM | MCSE Training Kit(c) Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Exam 70-270 2001)

This lesson covers the four-stage process of installing Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM. After you learn about these four stages, you will install Windows XP Professional on your computer.

After this lesson, you will be able to

Install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM

Estimated lesson time: 70 minutes

The Windows XP Professional Setup Program

The installation process for Windows XP Professional combines the Setup program with wizards and informational screens. Installing Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM to a clean hard disk consists of these four stages:

Running the Setup program.
Setup prepares the hard disk for the later installation stages and copies the files necessary to run the Setup Wizard.
Running the Setup Wizard.
The Setup Wizard requests setup information about the computer, such as names, and passwords.
Installing Windows XP Professional networking components.
After gathering information about the computer, the Setup Wizard prompts you for networking information and then installs the networking components that allow the computer to communicate with other computers on the network.
Completing the installation.
Setup copies files to the hard disk and configures the computer. The system restarts after installation is complete.

The following sections cover the four steps in more detail.

Running the Setup Program

To start the Setup program, insert the Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive, and start your computer.

Figure 2.3 shows the six steps involved in running the Setup program.

Figure 2.3 Steps in the Setup program

Running the Setup program involves the following steps:

After the computer starts, a minimal version of Windows XP Professional is copied into memory. This version of Windows XP Professional starts the Setup program.
Setup restarts the computer and then starts the text-mode portion of Setup, which prompts you to read and accept a licensing agreement.
Setup prompts you to select the partition on which to install Windows XP Professional. You can select an existing partition or create a new partition by using unpartitioned space on the hard disk.
Setup prompts you to select a file system for the new partition. Next, Setup formats the partition with the selected file system.
Setup copies files to the hard disk and saves configuration information.
Setup restarts the computer and then starts the Windows XP Professional Setup Wizard, the graphical user interface (GUI) portion of Setup. By default, the Setup Wizard installs the Windows XP Professional operating system files in the C:\Windows folder.

Running the Setup Wizard

The GUI-based Windows XP Professional Setup Wizard leads you through the next stage of the installation process. It gathers information about you, your organization, and your computer, including the following information:

Regional settings. Customize language, locale, and keyboard settings. You can configure Windows XP Professional to use multiple languages and regional settings.
You can add another language or change the locale and keyboard settings after installation is complete. For more information, see Chapter 10, "Configuring Windows XP Professional."
Name and organization. Enter the name of the person and the organization to which this copy of Windows XP Professional is licensed.
Computer name. Enter a computer name of up to 15 characters. The computer name must be different from other computer, workgroup, or domain names on the network. The Setup Wizard displays a default name (the organization name you entered earlier in the process). If Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is installed on your computer, the computer name can be up to 63 characters but should contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and hyphens.
To change the computer name after installation is complete, click Start, click My Computer, and then click View System Information. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change.
Password for Administrator account. Specify a password for the Administrator user account, which the Setup Wizard creates during installation. The Administrator account provides the administrative privileges required to manage the computer.
Time and date. Select the time zone, adjust the date and time settings if necessary, and determine whether you want Windows XP Professional to automatically adjust for daylight savings time.

After you complete this step, the Setup Wizard starts to install the Windows networking components.

Installing Windows XP Professional Networking Components

After gathering information about your computer, the Setup Wizard guides you through installing the Windows XP Professional networking components (see Figure 2.4).

Figure 2.4 Installing Windows networking components

Installing Windows XP Professional networking components involves the following steps:

Detect network adapter cards.
The Windows XP Professional Setup Wizard detects and configures any network adapter cards installed on the computer. After configuring network adapters, it attempts to locate a server running the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service (called the DHCP server) on the network.
Select networking components.
The Setup Wizard prompts you to choose typical or customized settings for the networking components it installs. The typical installation includes the following options:
- Client For Microsoft Networks. Allows your computer to access network resources.
- File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks. Allows other computers to access file and print resources on your computer.
- QoS Packet Scheduler. Helps provide a guaranteed delivery system for network traffic, such as Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) packets.
- Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Allows your computer to communicate over local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). TCP/IP is the default networking protocol.
You can install other clients, services, and network protocols during the Windows XP Professional installation, or you can wait until after the installation has completed.
Join a workgroup or domain.
If you choose to join a domain for which you have administrative privileges, you can create the computer account during installation. The Setup Wizard prompts you for the name and password of a user account with authority to add domain computer accounts.

To change the domain or workgroup for your computer after you've installed Windows XP Professional, click Start, click My Computer, click View System Information, click the Computer Name tab, and then click Change.
Install components.
The Setup Wizard installs and configures the Windows networking components you selected.

Completing the Installation

After installing the networking components, the Setup Wizard automatically starts the final step in the installation process (see Figure 2.5).

Figure 2.5 The final steps in completing the installation

To complete the installation, the Setup Wizard performs the following tasks:

Installs Start menu items.
The Setup Wizard sets up shortcuts that will appear on the Start menu.
Registers components.
The Setup Wizard applies the configuration settings that you specified earlier.
Saves the configuration.
The Setup Wizard saves your configuration settings to the local hard disk. The next time you start Windows XP Professional, the computer uses this configuration automatically.
Removes temporary files.
To save hard disk space, the Setup Wizard deletes any files used for installation only.
Restarts the computer.
The Setup Wizard restarts the computer. This finishes the installation.

Practice 1: Installing Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM

In this practice, you install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM on to a computer that contains no partitions or operating systems. If your computer will not boot from a CD-ROM or if there is already an operating system loaded on your computer, go to Practice 2 to install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM without having to boot from the Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM.

To run the Setup program

Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and turn on the computer.
Some computers will require you to press a key to boot from the CD-ROM drive. If you are prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press the spacebar.

Setup displays the Windows Setup screen while it is loading files, and then displays the Windows XP Professional Setup screen.

If you are loading an Evaluation Edition of Windows XP Professional, press Enter to continue (or F3 to quit Setup). Setup displays the Welcome To Setup screen.

You can also use Windows XP Professional Setup to repair or recover a damaged Windows XP Professional installation.
Read the Welcome To Setup screen and press Enter to continue.
Setup displays the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen.
Read the licensing agreement, and press F8 to agree with the licensing terms.
Setup displays another screen, which prompts you to create a partition in which to install Windows XP Professional.

If you want to use only a portion of the available space, enter the amount of space you want to use and then press Enter.

You must create a space of at least 2000 MB in size.
Select an area of unpartitioned space, at least 2000 MB in size, and press C.
Setup prompts you to enter a size for the partition.
If you want to use all the available space to create the partition, press Enter.
If you already have partitions created, you can also delete partitions at this time. If you have a C partition, you might not be able to delete it because Setup has already loaded some files onto it.

Setup displays the list of existing partitions for you to select a partition for the installation.
Press Enter to install Windows XP Professional on the partition you created.
Because you are installing into a newly created, unformatted partition, Windows XP Professional Setup prompts you to format the partition.

If you are planning on dual booting your computer with an operating system that does not support NTFS, your C drive cannot be formatted with NTFS. You might want to install Windows XP Professional in a different drive and format that drive with NTFS.
When prompted, format the partition with NTFS.
If you format the partition with the FAT file system, Windows XP Professional provides the Convert command, which you can use to convert a partition to NTFS after installation is complete without reformatting the partition and losing all the information contained on the partition.

Setup formats the hard drive, examines it, and then copies files to the Windows XP Professional installation folders.
When Setup prompts you to restart the computer, remove all the disks from the drives, and then press Enter.
Ensure that you remove the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. If you don't and your computer supports booting from the CD-ROM drive, the computer can attempt to reboot from the CD-ROM. If this happens, remove the CD-ROM and then restart the computer.

The computer restarts. A message box appears, prompting you to insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

To run the Setup Wizard

Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and then click OK.
The Setup Wizard displays a Files Needed dialog box prompting you to verify the path to the Windows XP Professional installation files.
Ensure the path to the Windows XP Professional installation files is correct and then click OK.
Windows installs the files. This might take several minutes.

The Setup Wizard prompts you to customize Windows XP Professional for different regions and languages.
Select the appropriate system locale, user locale, and keyboard layout or ensure that they are correct for your language and location, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Personalize Your Software page, prompting you for your name and organization name. Setup uses your organization name to generate the default computer name. Many applications that you install later will use this information for product registration and document identification.
In the Name box, type your name. In the Organization box, type the name of your organization, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Your Product Key page.
Enter your 25-character product key located on the back of the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM case, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Computer Name And Administrator Password page.
Type Pro1 in the Computer Name box.
Windows XP Professional displays the computer name in all uppercase letters, no matter how you type it.

If your computer is on a network, check with the network administrator before assigning a name to your computer. The practice sessions in this training kit refer to Pro1. If you do not name your computer Pro1, you must substitute the name of your computer in each practice.
In the Administrator Password box and in the Confirm Password box, type password, and then click Next.
For the practice sections in this training kit, you will use password for the Administrator account. You should always use a complex password for the Administrator account (one that others cannot easily guess). Microsoft recommends mixing uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols (for example, Lp6*g9f2).

The Setup Wizard displays the Modem Dialing Information page.

If the Setup Wizard does not display the Modem Dialing Information page, it is probably because there is not a modem installed on your computer. Skip to step 12.
Ensure that the correct country or region is selected.
Type the correct area code or city code.
If you dial a number to get an outside line, type the number.
Ensure that the correct type of phone system is selected, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Date And Time Settings page.
If necessary, adjust the date and time.
If necessary, select the time zone for your location from the Time Zone drop-down list.
Ensure that the Automatically Adjust Clock For Daylight Saving Changes check box is selected if you want Windows XP Professional to automatically adjust the time on your computer for daylight savings, and then click Next.
If you have configured your computer for dual booting with another operating system that can also adjust your clock for daylight savings, enable this feature for the operating system you use most frequently so that the daylight savings adjustment will occur only once.

The Setup Wizard installs some networking files and then displays the Networking Settings page.

To install Windows Networking

Ensure that Typical Settings is selected, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Workgroup Or Computer Domain page.
Ensure that No, This Computer Is Not On A Network, Or Is On A Network Without A Domain is selected and that the workgroup name is WORKGROUP, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard copies files. This process takes several minutes.

To complete the installation

The Setup Wizard finishes the configuration, copies files, and completes the networking portion of the installation. Then the Setup Wizard installs Start menu items, registers components, saves settings, and removes temporary files. This process takes several minutes.

The computer restarts, and the Setup Wizard displays the Welcome To Microsoft Windows page.

If your computer attempts to reboot from the CD-ROM, remove the CD-ROM and then restart the computer.

Click Next to continue.
The Setup Wizard displays the Will This Computer Connect To The Internet Directly, Or Through A Network page.
If you would like to connect to the Internet at this time, select the appropriate connection method, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Ready To Activate Windows page.

At some point you will have to activate Windows XP Professional. However, it is not necessary to activate it while you complete this training kit.
Click Yes, Activate Windows Over The Internet Now, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays The Ready To Register With Microsoft page.
Click Yes, I'd Like To Register With Microsoft Now, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Collecting Registration Information page.
Fill in the appropriate text boxes.
The Setup Wizard displays the Ready To Send Information page.
Click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Do You Want To Set Up Internet Access Now page.

Internet access is not required for this training kit. If you want to connect to the Internet at this time, click Yes Help Me Connect To The Internet, click Next and follow the instructions on your screen.
Click No, Not At This Time, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Who Will Use This Computer page. Your name should already be entered.
Type Fred for the second user, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Thank You page.
Read the page and then click Finish.
To log on, select Fred (or the account name created for you during setup).
You have completed your installation of Windows XP Professional and logged on as an administrator.

Practice 2: Installing Windows XP Professional without Booting from the CD-ROM

If your computer will not boot from a CD-ROM or if there is already an operating system loaded on your computer, you can install Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM without having to boot from the Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM. If you have completed Practice 1, do not do this practice.

If your computer is configured with an El-Torito compatible CD-ROM drive, you can install Windows XP Professional without using Setup disks. Run the Setup program by restarting the computer with the CD-ROM inserted in the CD-ROM drive.

To run the Setup program

This begins the Collecting Information portion of Setup.

If there is an operating system currently installed on your computer, start the computer, log on, and then insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
When the Welcome To Microsoft Windows XP screen appears, click Install Windows XP.
If you get a Windows Setup message box indicating that the version of the operating system cannot be upgraded and that option to upgrade will not be available, click OK.
Setup displays the Welcome To Setup screen.
In the Installation Type box, select New Installation (Advanced) and then click Next. Setup displays the License Agreement screen.
Read the license agreement, select I Accept This Agreement, and then click Next.
Setup displays the Your Product Key screen.
Type in your 25-character product key, and then click Next.
Setup displays the Setup Options screen that allows you to configure the following three options:
- Advanced Options, which allows you to control where the installation files are obtained, where the installation files are copied to, whether or not to copy all installation files to the hard disk, and whether or not you want to specify the drive letter and partition during Setup.
- Accessibility Options, which gives you the option of using the Microsoft Magnifier during setup to display an enlarged portion of the screen in a separate window for users with limited vision and the option of using the Microsoft Narrator to read the contents of the screen for users who are blind.
- Select The Primary Language And Region You Want To Use, which allows you to specify the primary language and region you use.
After you have configured any required Setup options, click Next.
Setup displays the Get Updated Setup Files dialog box.

If your computer has access to the Internet, you might want to ensure that the Yes, Download The Updated Setup Files (Recommended) checkbox is selected and click Next.
Select No, Skip This Step And Continue Installing Windows, and then click Next.
If your partition is not currently formatted with Windows XP Professional NTFS, the Setup Wizard displays the Upgrade To The Windows NTFS File System screen.

If you are planning on dual booting your computer with an operating system that does not support NTFS, your C drive cannot be formatted NTFS. You might want to install Windows XP Professional in a different drive and format that drive with NTFS. If you install Windows XP Professional on a drive other than the C drive, for the rest of the practices in the training kit you must be sure you are using the correct drive.
If you get the Upgrade To The Windows NTFS File System screen, ensure Yes, Upgrade My Drive is selected, and then click Next.
If you are installing an Evaluation Edition of Microsoft Windows XP Professional, the Setup Wizard displays the Setup Notification screen informing you that this is an evaluation version.
If Setup displays the Setup Notification screen, press Enter to continue.
Setup displays the Welcome To Setup screen.

You can also use this method to access the Recovery Console to repair an existing Windows XP Professional installation by pressing R. You can quit the installation by pressing F3.

To run the Setup Wizard

On the Welcome To Setup Screen, press Enter to install Windows XP Professional.
The Setup Wizard prompts you to select an area of free space or an existing partition to install Windows XP Professional.

You can also delete partitions at this time. If you have a C partition, you might not be able to delete it because Setup has already loaded some files onto it. The partition you choose to use must be at least 2000 MB in size. If you cannot use the C partition to install Windows XP Professional, you must replace the C partition in all following practices in this training kit with the appropriate partition, the one on which you install Windows XP Professional.
Select the C partition.
The Setup Wizard displays the following message: You chose to install Windows XP on a partition that contains another operating system. Installing Windows XP Professional on this partition might cause the other operating system to function improperly.
Press C to have Setup continue and use this partition.
Depending on the operating system currently installed on the C partition, Setup might display the following message: A \WINDOWS folder already exists that may contain a Windows installation. If you continue the existing Windows installation will be overwritten. If you want to keep both operating systems, press Esc and specify a different folder to use.
If you get a warning about a \WINDOWS folder already existing, press L to use the folder and delete the installation in it.
If your partition was not formatted with NTFS and you choose to have the partition formatted as NTFS, then Setup formats it as NTFS and then copies files. Otherwise Setup examines the partition and then copies files.

The Setup Wizard reboots the computer and continues to copy files in GUI mode.

The Setup Wizard displays the Regional And Language Options page.
Select the appropriate system locale, user locale, and keyboard layout or ensure that they are correct for your language and location, and then click Next.
Setup displays the Personalize Your Software page, prompting you for your name and your organization name. The Setup Wizard uses your organization name to generate the default computer name. Many applications that you install later will use this information for product registration and document identification.
In the Name text box, type your name. In the Organization text box, type the name of your organization, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Computer Name And Administrator Password page.
Type Pro1 in the Computer Name text box.
Windows XP Professional displays the computer name in all uppercase letters, no matter how you type it.

If your computer is on a network, check with the network administrator before assigning a name to your computer. The practice sessions here refer to Pro1. If you do not name your computer Pro1, substitute the name of your computer.
In the Administrator Password text box and in the Confirm Password text box, type password, and then click Next.
For the practice sections in this self-paced training kit, you will use password for the Administrator account. You should always use a complex password for the Administrator account (one that others cannot easily guess). Microsoft recommends mixing uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols (for example, Lp6*g9f2).

Depending on your computer configuration, the Setup Wizard might display the Modem Dialing Information page.

If the Setup Wizard does not display the Modem Dialing Information page, skip to step 13.
Ensure that the correct country or region is selected.
Type the correct area code or city code.
If you dial a number to get an outside line, type the number.
Ensure that the correct dialing tone is selected, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Date And Time Settings page.
If necessary, select the time zone for your location from the Time Zone drop-down list and adjust the date and the time.
Ensure that the Automatically Adjust Clock For Daylight Saving Changes check box is selected if you want Windows XP Professional to automatically adjust the time on your computer for daylight savings time, and then click Next.
If you have configured your computer for dual booting with another operating system that can also adjust your clock for daylight savings time, enable this feature for the operating system you use most frequently so that the daylight savings adjustment occurs only once.

The Setup Wizard displays the Networking Settings page.

To install Windows Networking

Ensure that Typical Settings is selected, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Workgroup Or Computer Domain page.
Ensure that No, This Computer Is Not On A Network, Or Is On A Network Without A Domain is selected and that the workgroup name is Workgroup, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard configures the networking components and then copies files. This process takes several minutes.

To complete the installation

The Setup Wizard installs Start menu items, registers components, saves settings, and removes temporary files. This process takes several minutes.

The computer restarts, and the Welcome To Microsoft Windows page appears.

Ensure that you remove the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive. If you don't and your computer supports booting from the CD-ROM drive, the computer might attempt to reboot from the CD-ROM. If this happens, remove the CD-ROM and then restart the computer.

Click Next to continue.
The Will This Computer Connect To The Internet Directly, Or Through A Network page appears.
If you would like to connect to the Internet at this time, select the appropriate connection method, and then click Next.
If you do not want to connect to the Internet at this time, click Skip.

The Setup Wizard displays The Ready To Activate Windows page.
Click Yes, Activate Windows Over The Internet Now, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays The Ready To Register With Microsoft page.
Click Yes, I'd Like To Register With Microsoft Now, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Collecting Registration Information page.
Fill in the appropriate text boxes.
The Setup Wizard displays the Ready To Send Information page.
Click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays Do You Want To Set Up Internet Access Now page.

Internet access is not required for this training kit. If you want to connect to the Internet at this time, click Yes Help Me Connect To The Internet, and then click Next and follow the instructions on your screen.
Click No, Not At This Time, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Who Will Use This Computer page. Your name should already be entered.
Type Fred in the Second User text box, and then click Next.
The Setup Wizard displays the Thank You page.
Read the page, and then click Finish.
To log on, select Fred (or the account name created for you during setup).
You have completed your installation of Windows XP Professional and logged on as an administrator.

Lesson Review

The following questions will help you determine whether you have learned enough to move on to the next lesson. If you have difficulty answering these questions, review the material in this lesson before beginning the next lesson. The answers are in Appendix A, "Questions and Answers."

If TCP/IP is installed on your computer, what is the maximum length for the computer name you specify during installation?
Can you change the computer name after installation without having to reinstall Windows XP Professional? If you can change the name, how do you do it? If you cannot change the name, why not?
Which of the following statements about joining a workgroup or a domain are correct? (Choose all that apply.)
1. You can add your computer to a workgroup or a domain only during installation.
2. If you add your computer to a workgroup during installation, you can join the computer to a domain later.
3. If you add your computer to a domain during installation, you can join the computer to a workgroup later.
4. You cannot add your computer to a workgroup or a domain during installation.
Which of the following configurations can you change after installing Windows XP Professional? (Choose all that apply.)
1. Language
2. Locale
3. Keyboard settings
4. Network protocol
When you install networking components with typical settings, what components are installed? What does each component do?

Lesson Summary

If your computer does not support booting from a CD-ROM, you can install Windows XP Professional by booting another operating system first and then accessing the Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM.
The Setup Wizard asks you to provide regional settings, your name and your organization's name, a computer name, and a password for the Administrator account. It also asks you to specify the time zone, time, and date and to decide whether you want Windows XP Professional to automatically adjust for daylight savings time.
Choosing to install networking components using typical settings installs the Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and TCP/IP.
You can customize the networking components during installation or any time after installation.