Windows 2000 was released to the public on February 17, 2000, preceded by Windows NT 4.0. It was part of the Windows NT series, even Windows 2000 was named Windows NT 5.0 in its beta stage. There are four different versions of the operating system, which are Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server. All versions are attached in the download menu. Windows 2000 introduced many new features such as NTFS V 3.0 with Encrypting File System (EFS), Active Directory (AD) service, Internet Explorer 5/6, Multilingual User Interface, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and many more improvements and bug fixes. Server versions of Windows 2000 have more features than the professional version.
In the download menu, the 'SP' stands for the service pack.
Specification
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CPU Platform(s) | IA-32 |
License | Commercial |
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System requirements
Minimum:
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- Pentium 133 MHz CPU or higher.
- 32 MB (Professional), 128 MB (Server) of RAM.
- 1 GB (Professional), 2 GB (Server) of hard disk space.
Installation Instructions for the VirtualBox (application)
To install Windows 2000 Professional on Virtualbox, follow the steps below:
- Download an Windows 2000 Professional file from the download section.
- Extract 7z file and get ISO file.
- Install and open the Virtualbox app on your computer.
- Create a new virtual machine with the recommended configuration for Windows 2000, or use manual configuration according to system requirements.
- Start VM and when it asks to select Host Drive, then select the Windows 2000 ISO file extracted in step 2.
- Press start, and follow the on-screen instructions.
- In the partition screen, press
C
to create partition. - Format the partition using the NTFS file system.
- Follow the on-screen instructions and finish your installation.
The product key is not available in the download file, please get it from the web.
Intro:
This is a tutorial on how to install Windows 2000 to Virtual Box. I have seen tutorials posted on VM Ware but not one on Virtual Box yet. In this tutorial I will be using Virtual Box 5.1.26. If you want I will post more tutorials with different operating systems, please leave your feedback in the comments below.
If you Don't Have Virtual Box:
If you do not currently have Virtual Box it can be downloaded from: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and installation is quite simple, just follow the onscreen instructions.
Making the Virtual Machine:
To start out we will create our new virtual machine by clicking the 'New' button in the top left of the Virtual Box window. In the 'Name' section type whatever you want but I recommend something like 'Windows 2000', 'Windows 2k'. In the first drop down select 'Microsoft Windows' and in the second 'Windows 2000'. Once completed click next. Chose the amount of RAM you want to dedicate to the virtual machine, I am using the default '168 MB'. Now click 'Create a virtual hard disk now' and then 'Create'. Now click the 'VDI' option. Click 'Dynamically allocated' then next. I will be saving my virtual hard disk to a USB flash drive with 16gb and using the default size of '4gb'. Do note: If make the size to high and save it on your computer it will take up a fair amount of memory.
Virtual CD:
Now you may think we are done and you can just start the machine and have Windows 2000 but Windows 2000 is not installed yet. We need to make a virtual CD the virtual machine will boot off of. To do this click the 'Settings' button at the top left of the screen. Then click on 'Storage', and then the CD. We now need to download the Windows 2000 iso. I will be using the Windows 2000 Professional iso available on Win World here: https://winworldpc.com/download/4136388D-18DA-11E4-99E5-7054D21A8599. The product key for this iso is: RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG. If you want to use your own iso that is fine installation is still the same but the product key above may not work.
Once the iso is downloaded. Click the small CD next to the drop down box under 'Attributes'. Click 'Chose Virtual Optical Disk File' Select the Windows 2000 iso and click 'Open'. Once you have selected your Windows 2000 iso we can now start the virtual machine.
Installing Windows 2000:
We are now ready to start the new virtual machine. Click the 'Ok' option in the settings menu if you haven't already and click 'Start' in the top left. A new window will appear. After it loads it will ask if you want to boot from the hard drive of CD ROM. Chose the CD ROM. If you do not see any boot options and if it does not automatically boot to Windows 2000 setup check your iso or re download it.
Press enter. Press 'C' to move on'. Do Note: Windows 2000 is talking about the virtual hard drive file you made at the begging of this tutorial, please do not think it will erase your hard drive. Press F8 to agree to the license, you may need to do FN > F8. Press enter again. Select whatever you want here but I recommend using the NTFS file system.
Now wait until setup finishes formatting and copying files to the virtual hard drive. Press enter to reboot. Let the computer boot from the hard drive. Now you have started the graphical part of setup!
To use the mouse you may need to click the virtual machine's display or just move your mouse into it, it depends on your settings. The first screen you will see is a welcome one, just click next. The next one is what is shown above wait until it has finished. This screen may take some time, while everything else is probably going twice as fast as it would on normal hardware. When it is done click next (you may change the settings if you want). Type in your name and company (this is required).
Now its time for our best friend! The product key! If you used the iso I provided the key is again: RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG. If not I can't help you there. Enter your product key and click next.
Enter a name for the computer and a admin password if you want. I leave mine at the default. Change your time settings if you want and click next. Setup will then install network components. On the next screen please chose typical if you want to be able to connect to the internet. Chose no on the next screen and click 'Next'. Setup will then install components. Then it will start to install items such as the start menu items and the control panel. Once this is done the computer will restart. It will ask you for a password but just press enter if you did not set on up (this is referring to the admin password we had the option to make before). And thats it! Windows 2000 is now installed to Virtual Box! Before you go you do want to remove the virtual CD, by clicking 'Devices' in the top left and then 'Optical Drives' and lastly 'Remove disk from virtual drive'.
Thank you for reading this, and again to those of you who viewed this before I was finished I am sorry I accidentally pressed 'Submit' instead of preview. Hope this helped!
This is a tutorial on how to install Windows 2000 to Virtual Box. I have seen tutorials posted on VM Ware but not one on Virtual Box yet. In this tutorial I will be using Virtual Box 5.1.26. If you want I will post more tutorials with different operating systems, please leave your feedback in the comments below.
If you Don't Have Virtual Box:
If you do not currently have Virtual Box it can be downloaded from: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and installation is quite simple, just follow the onscreen instructions.
Making the Virtual Machine:
To start out we will create our new virtual machine by clicking the 'New' button in the top left of the Virtual Box window. In the 'Name' section type whatever you want but I recommend something like 'Windows 2000', 'Windows 2k'. In the first drop down select 'Microsoft Windows' and in the second 'Windows 2000'. Once completed click next. Chose the amount of RAM you want to dedicate to the virtual machine, I am using the default '168 MB'. Now click 'Create a virtual hard disk now' and then 'Create'. Now click the 'VDI' option. Click 'Dynamically allocated' then next. I will be saving my virtual hard disk to a USB flash drive with 16gb and using the default size of '4gb'. Do note: If make the size to high and save it on your computer it will take up a fair amount of memory.
Virtual CD:
Now you may think we are done and you can just start the machine and have Windows 2000 but Windows 2000 is not installed yet. We need to make a virtual CD the virtual machine will boot off of. To do this click the 'Settings' button at the top left of the screen. Then click on 'Storage', and then the CD. We now need to download the Windows 2000 iso. I will be using the Windows 2000 Professional iso available on Win World here: https://winworldpc.com/download/4136388D-18DA-11E4-99E5-7054D21A8599. The product key for this iso is: RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG. If you want to use your own iso that is fine installation is still the same but the product key above may not work.
Once the iso is downloaded. Click the small CD next to the drop down box under 'Attributes'. Click 'Chose Virtual Optical Disk File' Select the Windows 2000 iso and click 'Open'. Once you have selected your Windows 2000 iso we can now start the virtual machine.
Installing Windows 2000:
We are now ready to start the new virtual machine. Click the 'Ok' option in the settings menu if you haven't already and click 'Start' in the top left. A new window will appear. After it loads it will ask if you want to boot from the hard drive of CD ROM. Chose the CD ROM. If you do not see any boot options and if it does not automatically boot to Windows 2000 setup check your iso or re download it.
Press enter. Press 'C' to move on'. Do Note: Windows 2000 is talking about the virtual hard drive file you made at the begging of this tutorial, please do not think it will erase your hard drive. Press F8 to agree to the license, you may need to do FN > F8. Press enter again. Select whatever you want here but I recommend using the NTFS file system.
Now wait until setup finishes formatting and copying files to the virtual hard drive. Press enter to reboot. Let the computer boot from the hard drive. Now you have started the graphical part of setup!
To use the mouse you may need to click the virtual machine's display or just move your mouse into it, it depends on your settings. The first screen you will see is a welcome one, just click next. The next one is what is shown above wait until it has finished. This screen may take some time, while everything else is probably going twice as fast as it would on normal hardware. When it is done click next (you may change the settings if you want). Type in your name and company (this is required).
Now its time for our best friend! The product key! If you used the iso I provided the key is again: RBDC9-VTRC8-D7972-J97JY-PRVMG. If not I can't help you there. Enter your product key and click next.
Enter a name for the computer and a admin password if you want. I leave mine at the default. Change your time settings if you want and click next. Setup will then install network components. On the next screen please chose typical if you want to be able to connect to the internet. Chose no on the next screen and click 'Next'. Setup will then install components. Then it will start to install items such as the start menu items and the control panel. Once this is done the computer will restart. It will ask you for a password but just press enter if you did not set on up (this is referring to the admin password we had the option to make before). And thats it! Windows 2000 is now installed to Virtual Box! Before you go you do want to remove the virtual CD, by clicking 'Devices' in the top left and then 'Optical Drives' and lastly 'Remove disk from virtual drive'.
Thank you for reading this, and again to those of you who viewed this before I was finished I am sorry I accidentally pressed 'Submit' instead of preview. Hope this helped!