Lenovo ThinkServer RS140, Руководство по установке операционной системы

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Installing a Microsoft Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
• Microsoft Windows 8 Professional Edition (x86 and x64)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
This topic also provides instructions on how to install device drivers for the operating system.
Installing a Microsoft Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system
To install a Microsoft Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 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
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 8 installation window is displayed, configure the language and other options as
you need and then click Next .
4. Click Install now .
5. When the “Enter the product key to activate Windows” window is displayed, 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. 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.
Note: If you do not need to configure RAID on your server, go to step 9.
8. If you want to install the driver for the onboard SATA software RAID or installed RAID card, do the
following:
a. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click Load driver .
b. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server, and then browse to the
folder where the driver is stored.
c. Click OK . The “Select the driver to install” windows is displayed.
d. Select Hide drivers that aren’t compatible with this computer’s hardware , and then select the
driver that you want to install on your server. Click Next .
9. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click Drive options (advanced) .
10. Select the hard disk drive on which you want to install the operating system, and then click New .
11. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply .
12. When the Windows Setup dialog box is displayed, click OK .
13. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next . The installation begins.
Note: Your server will restart several times during the installation.
14. In the Personalize window, personalize your server as you need and click Next .
15. When the Settings window is displayed, configure the settings as you need.
Chapter 2
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Installing an operating system in legacy mode
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