To Install Retail Windows 2000 Professional - HP F2974KT - OmniBook 500 - PIII 700 MHz Manual

1. Insert the bootable Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Boot the HP Notebook and press ESC When the HP Invent Logo appears. Select the
CD-ROM/DVD as the boot device.
3. Select Continue on the Recovery screen to enter the menu.
4. Select Advanced on the Recovery CD menu.
5. Choose the option "Do not load operating system" then choose "hibernate partition
only", make sure that the hibernate partition size window reflects "0M", then click
Continue.
6. Click OK to proceed with repartitioning.
7. When message "Hibernation partition successfully created" appears on screen, press
the reset button on the notebook.
A diagnostic partition has now been created, and Hewlett-Packard's hardware diagnostics
software has been placed on this partition. To use this hardware diagnostics software in
the future, press F10 during boot of the system.

To install retail Windows 2000 Professional

1. Insert the Windows 2000 CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Turn on the HP Notebook, press ESC when you see the HP Invent logo and select the
CD-ROM/DVD as the boot device.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press Enter to begin.
4. Read the Windows 2000 Licensing Agreement. Page Down until you reach the end
of the document. Press F8 to agree.
5. In the list of existing partitions select the unpartitioned space and press Enter.
6. Highlight your choice of file system (FAT or NTFS), then press Enter. After
formatting and copying files the HP Notebook will reboot and continue installation.
7. Click Customize to change your Regional settings if needed, then click Next to move
forward.
8. Enter your name and organization, then click Next.
9. Enter the Product Key, then click Next.
(The Product Key is located on the Certificate of Authenticity that you received with
your retail version of Windows 2000.)
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