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. When the message
Press any key to boot from cd or dvd...
is displayed, press any key. The message
Windows is loading files...
is displayed, and installation files will be copied from the setup DVD to your
server. This process takes several minutes.
3. In the Install Windows window, configure the following options as you need and then click
Next
.
•
Language to install
•
Time and currency format
•
Keyboard or input method
4. Click
Install now
.
5. Type your product key and then click
Next
. The product key information is available on the Microsoft
Certificate of Authenticity label or product packaging.
6. Select the Windows operation system edition that you have purchased. Then click
Next
.
Note:
The following steps are based on the scenario that
Windows Server 2008 Standard (Full
Installation)
is selected in this step.
7. Read the license terms and click
I accept the license terms
. Then click
Next
.
8. Select
Custom (Advanced)
for fresh installation.
9. When all hard disk drives available on the server are displayed, do one of the following to select or
create a drive partition in which to install the operating system:
• Create a partition automatically: If you want to use the entire hard disk drive as one primary partition,
select
Disk 0 unallocated space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system and then click
Next
. A partition will be created automatically.
• Manually create a partition: If you want to create a new partition manually, do the following:
a. Select
Disk 0 unallocated space
for the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating
system, click
Drive options (advanced)
, and then click
New
.
b. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click
Apply
.
c. Click
Next
.
The selected drive partition will be formatted and the applicable files will be copied to the drive partition.
This process takes several minutes. After that, the server will restart.
Note:
A message
No drives were found
might be displayed indicating that you do not have a mass
storage device driver installed. To install a mass storage device driver, connect the USB storage device
containing the RAID controller driver to your server, and then select
Load Driver
.
The setup will continue after the server restarts. When the installation is completed, the server restarts
again.
10. Before you log on to the server for the first time, follow the instructions on the screen to change your
password when prompted.
Note:
The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
Installing a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating
system or a Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
operating system
This topic provides instructions on installing the following operating systems:
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