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Win2000 Driver Installation Sequence Check List:

You will need ALL of your Driver CD'S for Motherboard Resources as well as your Windows O/S CD! If you do NOT have your M/B Driver CD, can you get your PC System functional? Be prepared! If you know your MotherBoard Brand & Model - Yes! By Downloading those Drivers from the MotherBoard Manufacturer's website. That applies for Updating your Bios too! This list pertains to ANY PC Build Session, from Wed. 6-26-02 and forward for 2003. This is also good to think about when your system decides to go South! Be Prepared! Does your Back-Up Solution also Restore your Data?

Choose your Windows O/S (Win2000 or WinXP Pro) & HD File System – Fdisk & Format Installation (FAT32 or NTSF) - Done From Operating System (O/S) CD which happens to be a Boot CD if using Windows!

Motherboard Chipset Drivers:

AMD Athlon™ Configuration Information - Utilities, Drivers, & Updates

AMD / Via: North Bridge & South Bridge Or Via 4 in 1 Drivers: VIA Arena - Drivers - Driver installation guide.
AMD AGP Driver
AMD ATAPI Driver Update

A.) These four Driver Components Include:

VIA Registry (INF) Driver
VIA AGP VxD driver
VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver &
VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver

B.) After installing M/B Chipset Drivers, include the following:

Alternate Controller (Promise ATA/100, SCSI) – On Floppy if required!
AGP Video Driver
Additional Motherboard Resource Drivers:
Onboard Audio (Creative CT5880)
LAN Card Drivers? You DO have a LAN Card in your PC?
Other Device Drivers for installed components

C.) Applications:

Get your system somewhat Secure BEFORE getting out on the Net!

Install Firewall - ZoneAlarm - Get your Firewall installed and operational before doing anything else requiring System Access!
Install Anti Virus -

O/S Updates (Run Windows Update) & Security Updates. See Tests For Security Checking Tools.
DirectX & DirectX Video Capture Update - IF Required or Needed!
O/S Security Updates
O/S Hot Fixes (Win2000 or WinXP Pro)

Test Your System Vulnerabilities.

Security - LAN Security Precautions Preparedness & Back-Up Procedures.

Compressed Folders Feature (Win2000)
Adobe Acrobat Reader - Probably on a CD with some of your Driver Documentation. Or D/L current version from Abobe.

D.) Create:

Boot Floppy ERD (Emergency Repair Disk)
AntiVirus Bootable Floppy
Proceed with other applications as needed or required.