5-2 Installing the Operating System with Express SetupABOUT EXPRESS SETUP"Express Setup" helps you to install the Windows Operating System. The setup automaticallyconfigures the RAID system and installs the Operating System and some management software.IMPROTANT: Executing the Express Setup erases all data on thehard disk drive.You can also use "Configuration diskette Creator" at "Express Setup" in order to save or backupparameters for installation. The Configuration disk is able to have some parameters files that includethe configuration information for the server setup. If you want to set up the server as before, executethe Express Setup with the parameters file you have saved that time.NOTES: The parameters file is not mandatory to set up the system. If you want to create a parameters file, have a blank floppy disk(MS-DOS 1.44MB format) ready. If you want to use the drivers located on the "OEM-Disk for MassStorage Device" that ships with optional boards, a parameters fileis mandatory. You can create a parameters file in advance using "ConfigurationDiskette Creator" included in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER. "Configuration Diskette Creator" has a function of "Massinstallation". You can replicate configuration files and modify areplicated file by using this function, depending on individualserver system (see Chapter 6).
