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| When you have a computer with an empty hard drive, you must boot the system using a floppy disk before you can install Windows 2000 Server. One method of doing this is to create a set of Windows 2000 boot floppies that load the operating system and provide you with access to the CD-ROM drive, in which you have the Windows 2000 Server distribution disk. Unlike DOS, which can boot from one disk, Windows 2000 requires four floppy disks to contain the basic operating system files. |
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| Creating a set of Windows 2000 boot disks from the DOS prompt involves running a program called Makeboot.exe from the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM. You can do this on any computer; it doesn't have to be the machine on which you're going to install Windows 2000. Boot to the DOS prompt or open a DOS Window and navigate to the \Bootdisk directory on the Windows 2000 Server distribution CD-ROM. Type "makeboot" at the DOS prompt. |
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| Enter a letter representing the floppy disk drive with which you'll create the boot disks. In most cases, this is drive A:. |
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| Insert a blank, formatted, high-density floppy disk in to the floppy drive you specified and press any key to begin copying the boot files. If the disk is not blank, the program overwrites the existing files. This disk will become Windows 2000 Setup Boot Disk. |
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| Remove the boot disk from the drive and label it accordingly. Insert a second blank, formatted, high-density disk into the drive and press any key to continue copying the boot files. This will be Windows 2000 Setup Disk #2. |
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| Remove disk #2 from the drive and label it accordingly. Insert a third blank, formatted, high-density disk into the drive and press any key to continue copying the boot files. This will be the Windows 2000 Setup Disk #3. |
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| Remove disk #3 from the drive and label it accordingly. Insert a third blank, formatted, high-density disk into the drive and press any key to continue copying the boot files. This will be the Windows 2000 Setup Disk #4. When the program finishes copying the boot files, it exits to the DOS prompt. You are then ready to boot the system on which you are going to install Windows 2000 Server by inserting the first of the four disks into the drive and powering up the machine. |
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