a. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver to your server and click Load Driver.
b. Click Browse to locate the required driver and then click OK.
c. In the “Select the driver to be installed” window, select Hide drivers that are not compatible
with hardware on this computer, select the driver that you want to install, and then click Next to
install the driver.
• If your SATA configuration is set as IDE, go to step 8.
• If your SATA configuration is set as AHCI, go to step 8. Be sure to install the AHCI driver after the
operating system installation is completed, see “Installing the driver for the SATA AHCI” on page 103.
8. In the “Where do you want to install Windows?” window, click Drive options (advanced) ➙ New.
9. Type the amount of space (in MB), and then click Apply.
10. In the Windows Storage Server Setup window, click OK.
11. Ensure that the drive partition is correct, and then click Next. The installation begins.
Note: The server restarts several times during the installation.
12. When the Settings window is displayed, click Next.
13. When the Windows Update window is displayed, click Next.
14. Change your password when prompted, and then click Finish.
Note: The password must be a combination of upper case letters, lower case letters, and numbers.
15. When the message MultiPoint Server Configuration Error is displayed, press any key. The user name will
be configured as “Administrator” after your server restarts. Follow the instructions on the screen to log in
to the operating system.
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system with Service
Pack 1
To install the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 with SP1
operating system” on page 19.
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system
To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 operating
system” on page 20.
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system
To install the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 operating system, see “Installing the Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
operating system” on page 21.
Installing the Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Hyper-V Server 2016 operating system.
To install the Hyper-V Server 2016 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, and 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. The message Loading files... will be displayed. Wait
several minutes for the system to load the files.
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