Installing a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
To install a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, 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 if your server is installed with a 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 the Install now window is displayed, click
Install now
.
5. 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
6. Select
Hide drivers that are not compatible with hardware on this computer
. Then, click
Next
.
7. Select the operating system that you want to install. Then, click
Next
.
8. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license terms
. Then, click
Next
.
9. If the “Which type of installation do you want?” window is displayed, select the type of installation as you
need. The following steps are based on the scenario that
Custom (Advanced)
is selected in this step.
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.
Installing the driver for the chipset
To install the driver for the chipset, do the following:
1. Download the driver for the chipset from the Lenovo Support Web site to your server. If the driver is a
compressed file, unzip it to a folder. The most up-to-date device drivers for various server models are
always available on the Lenovo Support Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
2. Open the folder that contains the driver and double-click the Setup file. The “Welcome to the Setup
Program” window is displayed.
Note:
If the User Account Control window is displayed, click
Yes
.
3. Click
Next
. The License Agreement window is displayed.
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ThinkServer RS140 Operating System Installation Guide
