When all options have been decided on the first several Setup screens, Setup copies all of the appropriate files to your computer and then tells you it is ready to restart.

Once this restart takes place, you will be in the next portion of Setup, called the Windows NT Setup wizard. Screens in this portion look different from the ones you have seen thus far, but they perform a similar purpose: to customize your installation of Windows NT.

During the Setup wizard, you have the ability to skip among screens using the Back and Next buttons. This allows you to change information entered on previous screens in case you discover that the information you entered was not appropriate.

Setup offers four types of installation: Typical, Portable, Compact, and Custom.

Windows NT Setup lets you choose a basic video display mode for running Setup. At the end of Setup, you have the opportunity to configure and test the actual video display mode to be used with Windows NT. For information, see "Setting the Time and Configuring the Video Display" in Chapter 8, "Finishing Installation."

To change the keyboard or mouse configuration after Setup is complete, point to Settings on the Start menu and click Control Panel. For more information, see Help.

The next few screens of the Setup Wizard ask for information that will uniquely identify your computer.

Supply the following information:

For Custom Setup, a dialog box asks you to select optional tasks to be performed, including installing optional components such as accessories and games, or setting up locally connected printers.

Setup creates a default account, called the Administrator account, which grants administrative privileges for managing the overall configuration of your computer, such as managing security policies and working with user accounts. The Administrator account is intended for use by the person who manages this computer. On this screen in the Setup Wizard, you can specify a password for the Administrator account, or leave the screen blank to indicate no password for the account.

If you choose not to join a domain, this account is the one you will use initially to manage your computer after Setup is complete. See "Joining a Workgroup or Domain" in Chapter 7, "Connecting to the Network."

To set a password for the Administrator account, type a password of 14 characters or less in the first box, then retype the same password in the second box to confirm your choice. Take special care to remember the password you supply.

Some Intel Pentium-based computers have a faulty module for performing floating-point division. These computers will sometimes give inaccurate results when dividing certain very specific values. If Setup detects that you are installing Windows NT on such a computer, the next screen you see gives you the option of working around this fault.

This workaround turns off your computer’s floating-point module and lets Windows NT perform these floating-point operations instead. Choosing this option will slow these operations considerably. However, if you plan to use programs which make extensive use of floating-point math, this option may be desirable.

The Setup Wizard next gives you the option of creating an Emergency Repair Disk. This disk can be used to save the current system settings and restore your computer if files become damaged.

Microsoft strongly recommends that you create the Emergency Repair Disk during Setup and update it or create a new disk every time you make a significant change to your hardware or software setup, such as changing your partition structure, changing device drivers or other hardware, or installing new applications. Repair information is saved on your hard disk even if you do not create an Emergency Repair Disk. However, in many cases, system errors will not allow you to have access to this information at the time you need it.

Using the Emergency Repair Disk to recover from a system error requires having your three Setup disks at hand, unless your computer’s BIOS supports the El Torito Bootable CD-ROM (no-emulation mode) format (see your computer’s documentation). If you do not have the Setup disks that came with your package and you chose to override creating them when starting Setup, you will need to create them after installation is complete in order to use the Emergency Repair Disk. For more information, see Help.

For information on using the Emergency Repair Disk to restore damaged files and on creating an Emergency Repair Disk after Setup is complete, see the Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit.

You may experience difficulty creating the Emergency Repair Disk if drive A of your computer is a 2.88 MB drive and your disk is formatted to 2.88 MB. If you experience problems, supply a disk formatted for 1.44 MB.

To create an Emergency Repair Disk, choose the Yes option on this screen. You will be prompted to insert the disk at a later point during Setup.

When you have finished with this screen, Setup reports that it is ready to install networking on your computer. If you need to review or change any of the information you previously entered, you must click Back to go to the appropriate screen(s) and you can only do so now.

Click Next when you are ready to continue.