Windows NT Upgrade/Installation

Use this dialog box to specify information for the Windows NT upgrade or installation.

Location of the Windows NT Upgrade/Installation Files

Type the path for the shared directory that contains the Windows NT  source files.

Continue

Choose the Continue button to begin the upgrade or installation process.

Options

Choose the Options button to specify the Setup Information File and other options.

Exit

Choose the Exit button to quit the WINNT32 utility.


Upgrade Options

Use this dialog box to specify options for the WINNT32 utility. You should use the default values unless directed by the system administrator to use other values.

Create Boot Floppy Disks

This box should be checked by default to set up Windows NT. Clear this check box if you only want to set up Windows NT on the local computer and do not want to create Setup Boot floppy disks.

Setup Information File

Specifies the name of the Setup file that lists all the files to be copied during Setup. This should be DOSNET.INF unless your system administrator instructs you to enter another file name.

Create Local Source

Specifies that files be copied to your local computer. If this checkbox is cleared, boot floppies will be created but a local source directory will not be created.


Upgrade Options

Use this dialog box to specify options for the WINNT32 utility. You should use the default values unless directed by the system administrator to use other values.

System Partition

Select the drive letter for the system partition on your computer.

Setup Information File

Specifies the name of the Setup file that lists all the files to be copied during Setup. This should be DOSNET.INF unless your system administrator instructs you to enter another file name.


System Partition Is Almost Full

Windows NT requires several special files to be placed in the root directory of your computer's system partition. This partition -- also called the boot drive -- is usually drive C, unless you changed the drive-letter mapping for the partitions.

This warning indicates that Windows NT Setup cannot find sufficient space on this drive to install these special files.

You can ignore this warning if you will be repartitioning the boot drive during the upgrade process. You can also ignore this warning if the drive labeled as C: is not really your system partition.


Winnt32

Performs an installation or upgrade of Windows NT 4.00.

winnt32 [/s:sourcepath] [/i:inf_file] [/t:drive_letter] [/x] [/b] [/ox] [/u[:script] [/r:directory] [/e:command]

Parameters

/s:sourcepath

Specifies the location of the Windows NT files.

/i:inf_file

Specifies the filename (no path) of the setup information file. The default is DOSNET.INF.

/t:drive_letter

Forces Setup to place temporary files on the specified drive.

/x

Prevents Setup from creating Setup boot floppies. Use this when you already have Setup boot floppies (from your administrator, for example).

/b

Causes the boot files to be loaded on the system's hard drive rather than on floppy disks, so that floppy disks do not need to be loaded or removed by the user.

/ox

Specifies that Setup create boot floppies for CD-ROM installation.

/u

Upgrades your previous version of Windows NT in unattended mode. All user settings are taken from the previous installation, requiring no user intervention during Setup.

/u:script

Similar to previous, but provides a script file for user settings rather than using the settings from the previous installation.

/r:directory

Installs an additional directory within the directory tree where the Windows NT files are installed. Use additional /r switches to install additional directories.

/e:command

Instructs Setup to execute a specific command after installation is complete.