Installation Instructions and Important Information

Installation Instructions and Important Information 17
Installing the Operating System
1 Connect a keyboard, monitor, mouse, and any additional peripherals to
your system.
2 Turn on your system and any attached peripherals.
3 Insert the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server CD into the CD drive.
4 Press <Ctrl><Alt><Delete> to restart your system.
If a Windows operating system is installed on your system, the
following message appears:
Press any key to boot from your CD...
Press any key within 5 seconds to boot from the CD.
The screen appears black again as Setup inspects your system.
Next, the screen turns blue and the
Windows 2000 Setup screen appears.
5 Immediately press <F6> if you need to install additional device drivers
for the boot device or other device, and then continue with this step.
If you
do not need to install any additional device drivers, go to step e.
a When prompted, press <s> to select and add additional
device drivers.
b Insert the driver diskette into the diskette drive and press <Enter>.
A list of device drivers appears.
c Select the appropriate device driver and press <Enter>.
The system installs the driver and returns to the
Windows 2000 Setup screen.
d Repeat step a through step c for each additional driver. Otherwise,
press <Enter> to continue.
Window Setup loads the selected drivers and any appropriate
drivers from the
Windows 2000 Server CD.
Next, the
Windows 2000 Server Setup screen appears.