6.Inthe“WheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?”window,connecttheUSBstoragedevicethatcontains
thedrivertoyourserverandclickLoadDriver.
7.GotothefolderwherethedriverisstoredandclickOK.
8.SelectthedriverthatyouwanttoinstallandclickNexttoinstallthedriver.
9.Inthe“WheredoyouwanttoinstallWindows?”window,clickDriveoptions(advanced).
10.Selecttheharddiskdriveonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem,andthenclickNew.
11.Typetheamountofspace(inMB),andthenclickApply.
12.IntheInstallWindowswindow,clickOK.
13.Ensurethatthedrivepartitioniscorrect,andthenclickNext.Theinstallationbegins.
Notes:
•Y ourserverwillrestartseveraltimesduringtheinstallation.
•Thedrivepartitionmustbegreaterthan80GB.Itisrecommendedthatthedrivepartitionisgreater
than120GB.
14.IntheContinueInstallationwindow,selectCleanInstall.Then,clickNext.
15.ClickOpenDateandTimetoverifytheclockandtimezonesettingstosetyourdateandtime.
Then,clickNext.
Note:IftheservercanidentifytheEthernetcard,gotostep22afterstep15.
16.Whenthe“Cannotfindthelocalnetwork”windowisdisplayed,connecttheUSBstoragedevice
thatcontainsthedriverfortheEthernetcardtoyourserver.PressShift+F10,inputthecommand
devmgmt.msc,andpressEnter.
17.IntheDeviceManagerwindow,clickotherdevices,andthenright-clickEthernetController.
18.ClickUpdateDriverSoftware➙Browsemycomputerfordriversoftware.
19.Gotothefolderwherethedriverisstored,andthenclickNext.
20.Inthe“UpdateDriverSoftware-Intel...Connection”window,clickClose.Gobacktothecommand
windowandcloseit.
21.Gobacktothe“Cannotfindthelocalnetwork”window,andclickBacktoreturntothe“Verifytheclock
andtimezonesettings”window.Then,clickNext.
22.Inthe“Servernetworkconfiguration”window,configurethenetworksettingsasyouneed.Then,
clickNext.
23.IntheGetimportantupdateswindow,selecttheupdatemethodasyouneed.
Note:ThefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatDonotgetthemostrecentinstallation
updatesisselectedinthisstep.
24.IntheConnectingyourserverwindow,configurethecompanyinformationasyouneed.ClickNext.
25.Personalizetheserverandnetworkinformationasyouneed.ClickNext.
26.Inthe“Addanetworkadministratoraccount”window,setyourusernameandpassword.Then,click
Next.
Note:Thepasswordmustcontainatleasteightcharactersandconsistofuppercaseletters,lower
caseletters,andnumbers.
27.Inthe“Thatisalltheinformationneeded”window,clickNexttorestarttheserver.WhentheExpanding
andinstallingfileswindowisdisplayed,theserverstartsinstallingfilesautomatically.Yourserverwill
restartseveraltimes.
28.Whenprompted,clickClosetheprogramtologintotheoperatingsystem.
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