Chapter 8

Setup is now ready to finish your installation.

Before Setup can reboot and start your new operating system, however, it needs you to review and approve a few settings for the new operating system.

Setting the Time and Configuring the Video Display

The first screen shows the Date and Time utility. Adjust these settings for your local time and time zone.

Next, the Display utility appears so that you can configure your video display. Be sure to test your display before clicking OK.

The display settings can be changed after Setup is complete by using the Display icon in Control Panel. For information, see Help after Windows NT has been successfully installed.

Starting Windows NT Workstation

After you complete the last screen of the Setup Wizard, Setup is ready to complete the final installation tasks.

 

· To complete Setup and start Windows NT Workstation

1. When the Setup Wizard is finished and a message asks you to restart your computer, remove any disks from the floppy disk drives and choose the Reboot button.

2. A boot loader menu appears. If you have a dual or multiple boot, the Windows NT installation you just completed is highlighted at the top of the list. Press ENTER.

3. When the Begin Logon message appears, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on.

4. In the Logon Information dialog box, type and confirm your password, and then click OK. If your computer is already a member of a domain, you must choose a domain in the From... box in order to log on.

 

 

For an x86-based computer, the following files are copied to the root directory on drive C: BOOT.INI, BOOTSECT.DOS (if another operating system is on your computer), NTLDR, and NTDETECT.COM. Also, if you have a SCSI disk that is not visible from MS-DOS (that is, not seen by the BIOS), the NTBOOTDD.SYS file is copied. These files should never be deleted because your system will not start without them.

For a RISC-based computer, HAL.DLL and OSLOADER.EXE are copied to the \OS\WINNT directory on your system partition. These files should never be deleted.

Note that these files are all read-only, hidden system files. If any of these files is missing on your system, you can use the Emergency Repair Disk to restore them.

 

 

 

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