Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 - Page 3

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InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2operating
system
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsoninstallingthefollowingoperatingsystems:
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2StandardEdition(x64)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2EnterpriseEdition(x64)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2StandardEditionwithServicePack1(x64)
•MicrosoftWindowsServer2008R2EnterpriseEditionwithServicePack1(x64)
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallanoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhenthemessagePressanykeytobootfromcdordvd...isdisplayed,pressanykey.Themessage
Windowsisloadingles...isdisplayed,andinstallationleswillbecopiedfromthesetupDVDtoyour
server.Thisprocesstakesseveralminutes.
3.WhentheWindowsServer2008R2installationwindowopens,congurethefollowingoptionsas
youneedandthenclickNext.
•Languagetoinstall
•Timeandcurrencyformat
•Keyboardorinputmethod
4.ClickInstallnow.
5.SelecttheWindowsoperationsystemeditionthatyouhavepurchased.ThenclickNext.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatWindowsServer2008R2Standard(Full
Installation)isselectedinthisstep.
6.ReadthelicensetermsandclickIacceptthelicenseterms.ThenclickNext.
7.SelectCustom(Advanced)forfreshinstallation.
8.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,dooneofthefollowingtoselector
createadrivepartitioninwhichtoinstalltheoperatingsystem:
•Createapartitionautomatically:Ifyouwanttousetheentireharddiskdriveasoneprimarypartition,
selectDisk0unallocatedspacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating
systemandthenclickNext.Apartitionwillbecreatedautomatically.
•Manuallycreateapartition:Ifyouwanttocreateapartitionmanually,dothefollowing:
a.SelectDisk0unallocatedspacefortheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperating
system,clickDriveoptions(advanced),andthenclickNew.
b.Typetheamountofspace(inMB),andthenclickApply.
c.ClickNext.
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