Article ID: 325848
Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q325848
For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 252448.
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SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to create an MS-DOS network startup disk in Windows Server 2003.
Windows Server 2003 does not contain an equivalent to the Network Client Administrator tool that is included with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. You can use the Network Client Administrator tool to create an MS-DOS network startup disk. You can run the Network Client Administrator tool for the x86 platform in Windows Server 2003.
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Set Up the Network Client Administrator Program
- Create a folder that is named Ncadmin in the root folder of drive C.
- Copy the following files from the I386 folder on the Windows NT Server 4.0 CD-ROM to the c:\Ncadmin folder you created in step 1:
NOTE: You also must have access to the
Ncadmin.cn_
Ncadmin.ex_
Ncadmin.hl_CD-ROM drive letter:\Clients folder on the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM. - At a command prompt, change to the C:\Ncadmin folder.
- Type expand -r ncadmin.*, and then press ENTER.
- Double-click the Ncadmin.exe file in the c:\Ncadmin folder, and then follow the instructions on the screen to create an MS-DOS network startup disk.
REFERENCES
For more information about the Windows NT Server 4.0 Network Client Administrator tool, see the Ncadmin.hlp file in the c:\Ncadmin folder.
For additional information about what to do if there are no supported drivers, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
142857 How to Create a Network Installation Boot Disk
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