Installing the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
This topic provides instructions on how to install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Essentials.
Note: Before installing this operating system, connect your server to the network.
To install the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, do the following:
1. Insert the operating system installation disc into the optical drive that you have set as the first startup
device. Connect the USB storage device that contains the driver for the onboard SATA software RAID
(or installed RAID card if your server is installed with a RAID card) to your server. 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. In the Installing Windows window, select New Installation.
Note: If your server has an operating system installed, there will be another option Repair an Existing
Installation. The following steps are based on the scenario that New Installation is selected in this
step.
4. Click Load drivers and browse to the folder where the driver is stored. Click OK to load the driver.
5. Select I understand that if I click Install, all files and folders on your primary hard drive will be
deleted. Then, click Install to start the operating system installation. The Install Windows window is
displayed. Wait for a moment.
Note: Disk partition cannot be performed. If the disk capacity is 2T, all the 2T capacity is used for
installing the operating system.
6. If the “Errors occurred during installation” window is displayed, connect the USB storage device that
contains the driver for the Ethernet card to your server.
7. Press Shift+F10, input the command devmgmt.msc, and then press Enter. The Device Manager window
is displayed.
8. Click other devices, right-click Ethernet Controller, and then click Update Driver Software ➙
Browse my computer for driver software.
9. Browse to the folder where the driver is stored and click OK. Then, click Next to load the driver.
10. After the driver is loaded, click Close. Go back to the command window and close it.
11. In the “Errors occurred during installation” window, click Restart to restart your server.
12. When the “Windows Small Business Server 2011” window is displayed, configure the language and
other options as you need, and then click Next.
13. In the “Verify the date and time settings” window, configure the date and time. Then, click Next.
14. Read the license terms and select I accept the license. Then, click Next.
Note: If prompted, deselect Automatically activate Windows.
15. If prompted, type your product key and then click Next.
16. Personalize the server by typing the user name, and then click Next.
17. In the “Provide your administrator information (account 1 of 2)” window, type your user name and
password. Then, click Next.
Note: The password must contain at least eight characters, and consist of uppercase letters, lowercase
letters, and digits.
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