Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operating
system
To install the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials 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. Then, start the server from the optical drive.
2. If the message
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD
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. When the Windows Server 2012 R2 window is displayed, configure the language and other options as
you need, and then click
Next
.
4. Click
Install now
.
5. Type your product key and then click
Next
.
6. Read the license terms and select
I accept the license terms
. Then click
Next
.
7. Select the type of installation as you need. The following steps are based on the scenario that
Custom:
Install Windows only (Advanced)
is selected in this step.
8. Depending on the configuration, do the following:
• If the server configuration is set as RAID, do the following:
a. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, connect the USB storage device that
contains the driver to your server and then click
Load Driver
.
b. When the Load Driver window is displayed, click
Browse
to go to the folder where the driver is
stored.
c. Click
OK
. The Select the driver to be installed window is displayed.
d. Select
Hide drivers that aren’t compatible with the hardware on this computer
, and then
select the driver that you want to install on your server. Click
Next
.
• If the server configuration is set as IDE or AHCI, go to next step.
Note:
If the server configuration is set as AHCI, ensure that you install AHCI drivers after operating
system installation.
9. In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, click
Drive options (advanced)
. Then, click
New
.
10. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click
Apply
. The Windows Setup window is displayed.
11. Click
OK
.
12. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click
Next
. The installation begins.
Note:
Your server restarts several times during the installation.
13. When the Settings window is displayed, set an administrator password and click
Finish
. Then, follow the
instructions on the screen to sign in when prompted.
Note:
The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition
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