3.5. Verifying and Troubleshooting the Installation
In the previous two sections, I showed you how to perform attended and unattended installations of Windows. In this section, you look at some tips for verifying and troubleshooting a Windows installation.
First things first. After Windows is installed, ensure that all device drivers have been installed. In Device Manager (choose Start
Control Panel
System and then click the Device Manager button on the Hardware tab in Windows XP; or click Start, right-click Computer, and then choose Manage
Select Device Manager in the Computer Management Console for Vista), verify that all drivers are present. If you are missing drivers for some devices, Device Manager will have a category called Unknown Devices, which are indicated by a yellow question mark.
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NOTE
Windows creates a number of log files during installation. If installation does not go as you planned, peruse these logs for more information about an error. These log files report information only for events that happen during ...
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