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Configuring for Windows NT 7–11
Installing Windows NT
The next screen will display the Microsoft Windows NT license agreement. Press
page down to scroll through it as you read it. When you get to the end press F8 to
accept the terms and conditions.
The next screen display will say: "Setup has determined that your computer contains
the following hardware and software components". All of these selections should be
OK unless you are using a video card that requires a driver that is not on the Win-
dows NT CD-ROM. Point 1 below describes the steps to follow if your video card’s
driver is on the Windows NT CD-ROM. Point 2 describes the steps if your video
card’s driver is not on the Windows NT CD-ROM.
1. If your video card’s driver is on the Windows NT CD-ROM, the make sure that
the highlight is on The above configuration matches my system and press
ENTER.
2. If your video card’s driver is not on the Windows NT CD-ROM, then move the
highlight to the Display option. Press ENTER. A list of video cards will be dis-
played with other highlighted. Press ENTER. You will be prompted to "Please
insert the disk labeled manufacturer supplied hardware support disk into drive A:.
*Press enter when ready *." Put the video card’s driver disk in drive A: and press
ENTER. A list of drivers on the disk will be displayed. Select the appropriate
driver and press ENTER. The display will return to the hardware and software
component screen. Highlight The above list matches my computer and press
ENTER.
The next screen displayed will say: "The list below shows existing partitions and
spaces available for creating new partitions". Select the location on the hard drive
you wish to install Windows NT and press ENTER. Do not try to install Windows
NT on the 10 MB partition you created earlier. There is not enough room on it. Setup
limits you to installing Windows NT to a 3 GB or smaller partition.500 MB is the
smallest partition recommended.
The next screen displayed will say: "A new partition for Windows NT has been cre-
ated". Select the file system that you would like to have on the partition and press
ENTER. Setup will format the partition.
After the formatting is complete the next screen will say: "Setup Installs Windows
NT files on your hard disk. Choose where you want these files to be installed". The
default selection is \winnt. If you wish to change it do so. Press ENTER. You will
then be prompted that "Setup will now examine your disk for corruption". Press
ENTER. Setup will check the disk and then begin copying files. You may be
prompted to insert different floppies if you installed video drivers off a floppy.