Installing Windows NT

7.4.2 Before Installing Windows NT

Before installing Windows NT, ensure that you have completed the following tasks:

In the Setup section of the bios use the Time and Date option to verify the correct time and date. (see Section 7.2.4).

Note: Some programs look at the dates on all files on the system to determine if their license is expired or not. If the date and time are not set correctly before installation some programs may not run.

Determine the type of drives installed in your system. You can do this by looking at the main ARCSBIOS screen. In the drive section, in the adapter column you will see a list of the SCSI busses. Note what SCSI bus your hard drives and CD- ROM drive are on. Next locate the host adapter entry for each bus. They have HA in the type column. Read the description in the model column. This will tell you whether the drives on that bus are IDE or SCSI.

Use the Arcinstall utility to create a system partition. Follow the steps below:

1.Insert the Windows NT CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2.From the main ARCSBIOS screen select Enter Setup.

3.Select Run a Program from the setup menu.

4.Type in: CD:\alpha\arcinst.exe

5.Press ENTER

6.The Arcinstall Utility will start. In the menu shown select Configure Partitions and press ENTER.

7.On the next menu that comes up select Create System Partition and press

ENTER.

8.If you have more than one hard drive, you will be asked to select the hard drive on which you wish to create the system partition. Select the appropriate drive and press ENTER.

9.You will be prompted to enter the size in MB of the partition. Type in 10 and press

ENTER.

10.The system will format the partition. When it is finished you will be prompted to press any key to continue. Press a key.

11.Select Exit on the menu that comes up and press ENTER.

12.Select Exit on the next menu and press ENTER.

If you want to install Windows NT using with other SCSI device (or on BX),Follow the steps below:

Configuring for Windows NT 7–7

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