The text-mode portion of a Windows 2000 installation is not significantly different from the text-mode portion of a Windows NT 4.0 installation. Completing an installation involves the following steps:

  1. Start Winnt.exe.
  2. A minimal version of Windows 2000 is copied into memory, then the text-mode portion of Setup starts.

    Note   Press F6 at this point to load third-party small computer system interface (SCSI) or redundant array of independent disks (RAID) drivers.

  3. Select the partition on which to install Windows 2000.
  4. Select a file system for the new partition. You can also choose to format the new partition.

Setup copies files to the hard disk, and saves configuration information.

Setup then restarts the computer and starts the Setup wizard. As in Windows NT 4.0, the default location for installation of the Windows 2000 operating system files is the C:\Winnt folder.