## An Overview of the Windows NT Installation Process

Installation of Windows NT consists of the following steps:

1. Boot from a removable medium (compact disc or floppy disk).
2. Choose disk layout and format.

Windows NT disks can be formatted with either Microsoft Windows NT file system (NTFS) or file allocation table (FAT) partitions, or a mixture of both.

3. Install base operating system and optional software from removable medium or network.
4. Configure software.

This stage includes configuring the display, administrator account password, security settings, backup strategy, and so on.

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