|  | Installing Windows XP Professional Over a Network
| If you are installing Windows XP Professional from a networked server, the computer on which you will install Windows XP Professional must be able to connect to that server. After the computer is connected, you run the Setup program, and the installation is performed in the same way as an installation from a CD. Prepare the client computer. The client computer requires a formatted partition on which to copy the installation files. Create a partition of at least 650 MB (2 GB recommended) and format it by using the FAT32 file system. You should use the FAT32 file system because a Windows 98 or MS-DOS network boot disk cannot read a partition that is formatted with NTFS. Enable network connectivity. If the client computer has an existing operating system, install a network client. If it does not have an operating system, boot from a client disk that includes a network client that enables the target computer to connect to the distribution server. Start the client computer by using the network client. Connect to the distribution server. A distribution server contains the installation files from the i386 folder on the Windows XP Professional CD. These files must reside in a shared folder. Run the Setup program. If the client computer is running Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows NT, run Winnt32.exe from the shared folder to start the Setup program. If you are booting by using an MS-DOS-based network boot disk, run Winnt.exe. Setup will restart the computer after copying all files from the i386 folder to a temporary folder on the target computer. Install Windows XP Professional. From this point, installation from the server is the same as an installation from a CD-ROM.