By installing Windows 2000, it is recommended that you install it on a newly formatted partition using file system suitable file allocation table (FAT), FAT32, Windows NT or the file system (NTFS). By installing Windows 2000 on a partition formatted recently, the process of installation of Windows 2000 automatically optimizes the file locations as defragmenting the hard drive may not be necessary. Try to avoid converting to NTFS partition during installation, such as conversion of FAT will give you a small cluster of standard size, 512 bytes: repartitioning and formatting will give you the standard size for that cluster partition: you can do this using file a response.

Upgrade installation.

By upgrading to Windows 2000, it is essential that you defragment the disk. The upgrade process often results in files being throughout partition. By defragmenting the disk, the number of disk input / output (I / O) operations required is often reduced, thus improving performance.

His installation of Windows 2000 can be personalized and, if desired automated by the use of a response during the setup process. A reply text file is a document created in Notepad, which provides information during the setup process. A response file can be used both for the installation of an update, or an installation of a boot disk. It is also possible to upgrade unattended without using file a response.

From a DOS prompt the set-up command is:

Winnt [/ s: sourcepath] [/ u: response file] eg

D: \ i386 \ winnt / B / u: d: \ setup.txt / s: d: \ i386

That would install from D drive using an answer file called setup.txt



A tool to create an answer file is in the SUPPORT / TOOLS folder of the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. Extract the zip Deploy and run SETUPMGR program to create a customized answer. A sample response file is also included in the file, which can be edited for your needs.

A sample file response to the creation of a simple installation work can be found here.

To start Windows 2000 2000 product CD

1. The computer must support booting from the CD ROM

2. The answer should be called file Winnt.sif and be placed on a floppy is inserted as soon as the computer boots from a CD.

3. The answer must contain a file [Date] section with the required keys specified. For more information, see "[Date]" here