Installing a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
To install the Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver for the onboard SATA software RAID or
installed RAID card to your server. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. If the message
Press any key to boot from cd
is displayed, press any key. If the message
Windows Setup
[EMS Enabled]
is displayed, press Enter. Wait several minutes for the system to load the files.
3. If the Windows 7 installation window is displayed, configure the language and other options as you need
and then click
Next
.
4. If prompted, click
Install now
.
5. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license terms
. Then, click
Next
.
6. If prompted, select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario
that
Custom (Advanced)
is selected in this step.
7. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click
Load Driver
.
8. When the Load Driver window is displayed, browse to the folder where the driver is stored, and click
OK
. The “Select the driver to install” window is displayed
9. Select
Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer
. Then, click
Next
.
10. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click
Drive options (advanced)
.
11. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click
New
.
12. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click
Apply
.
13. When the Install Windows dialog box is displayed, click
OK
➙
Next
. The installation begins.
Note:
Your server will restart several times during the installation.
14. Type your user name and password when prompted.
Note:
The password must consist of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits.
15. If the “Type your Windows product key” window is displayed, type your product key, deselect
Automatically activate Windows when I am online
, and then click
Next
. The product key information
is available on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
16. If the “Help protect your computer and improve Windows automatically” window is displayed, click
Ask
me later
.
17. When the “Review your time and date settings” window is displayed, click
Next
.
18. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in to the operating system.
To install the Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (x64) with Service Pack 1, see “Installing a Microsoft
Windows 7 operating system” on page 4 .
Installing drivers for a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
To install drivers for a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, refer to the related topics.
•
“Installing the driver for the chipset” on page 4
•
“Installing the driver for an Ethernet card” on page 5
•
“Installing the driver for an onboard graphics card” on page 5
•
“Installing the driver for onboard USB 3.0 connectors” on page 5
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