Installation Instructions and Important Information

Installation Instructions and Important Information 5

This document provides setup and general information for

Microsoft

Windows

2000 Server and Advanced Server (hereafter

called Windows 2000 Server) operating systems.

This document covers the following topics:

• Completing setup of the preinstalled Windows 2000 Server

operating system

• Using the

Dell OpenManage Server Assistant

CD or

System Support

to perform a clean installation of the operating system

NOTE: To perform a clean installation of the operating system on a

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 400SC system, use the System Support CD instead

of the Server Assistant CD.

• Using the

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

CDs to perform a clean

installation of the operating system

• Important information

• Getting help

Before you begin, review the documentation included with the

Windows 2000 Server software for important product information.

NOTICE: If Windows 2000 Server is preinstalled on your system, do not use the

Server Assistant CD. Using this CD deletes the preinstalled operating system.

To verify that Windows 2000 Server is preinstalled on your system, perform step 1

through step 6 in "Completing Setup of the Preinstalled Windows 2000 Server

Operating System." If a message appears and states that bootable drives do not

exist, or that an operating system was not found, then an operating system has

not been installed on your system.

NOTICE: Performing a clean installation does not preserve the existing data on

your hard drive. Use the Server Assistant CD version 3.4 or later to perform a

clean installation or to reinstall your operating system. The Server Assistant CD

contains the latest BIOS, firmware, diagnostics, and Dell-specific device

drivers available at the time you purchased your system. See the Dell Support

website at support.dell.com for any updated drivers that were not included on

your Server Assistant CD.

NOTE: Please note that the user-interface of the latest version of

Dell OpenManage™ has undergone minor changes.